9-letter words containing k
- askewness — the state of being askew
- assay kit — equipment used to carry out an analysis, esp a determination of the amount of metal in an ore or the amounts of impurities in a precious metal
- asskicker — to kick ass. See kick (def 33).
- asterisks — Plural form of asterisk.
- astrakhan — Astrakhan is black or grey curly fur from the skins of lambs. It is used for making coats and hats.
- at market — at the current price
- athabaska — a river in W Canada, rising in the Rocky Mountains and flowing northeast to Lake Athabaska. Length: 1230 km (765 miles)
- attack ad — a public notice, such as a printed display or a short film on television, in which a political party criticizes or abuses an opponent
- attackers — Plural form of attacker.
- attacking — to set upon in a forceful, violent, hostile, or aggressive way, with or without a weapon; begin fighting with: He attacked him with his bare hands.
- attackman — a player whose primary role is to attack
- audiobook — a recorded reading of a book recorded on tape, CD, or digital formats
- autarkies — Plural form of autarky.
- automaker — An automaker is a company that manufactures cars.
- autotruck — a motor truck.
- avon lake — a town in N Ohio.
- aw shucks — characterized by a shy, embarrassed, often provincial manner.
- aw-shucks — seeming to be modest, self-deprecating, or shy
- awakeness — The quality or state of being awake.
- awakening — the start of a feeling or awareness in a person
- awestrike — to inspire great awe in
- awestruck — If someone is awestruck, they are very impressed and amazed by something.
- awkwardly — lacking skill or dexterity. Synonyms: clumsy, inept; unskillful, unhandy, inexpert. Antonyms: deft, adroit, skillful, dexterous; handy.
- ayckbourn — Sir Alan. born 1939, English dramatist. His plays include Absurd Person Singular (1973), the trilogy The Norman Conquests (1974), A Chorus of Disapproval (1985), House and Garden (2000), and Private Fears in Public Places (2004)
- ayub khan — Mohammed. 1907–74, Pakistani field marshal; president of Pakistan (1958–69)
- b-toolkit — (tool, programming, product) A set of software tools designed to support a rigorous or formal development of software systems using the B-Method. The Toolkit also provides a development environment automating the management of all associated files, ensuring that the entire development, including code and documentation, is always in a consistent state. The Toolkit includes: a specification, design and code configuration management system, including integrity and dependency management and source file editing facilities; a set of software specification and design analysis tools, which includes syntax checkers, type checkers and a specification animator; a set of verification tools, which includes a proof-obligation generator and automatic and interactive provers; a set of coding tools, which includes a translator, linker, rapid prototyping facilities and a reusable specification/code module library; a documentation tool for automatically producing fully cross-referenced and indexed type-set documents from source files; a re-making tool for automatically re-checking and re-generating specifications, designs, code and documentation after modifications to source files. A normal licence costs 25,000 pounds, academic 6,250 pounds.
- baal kore — an official in the synagogue, as a cantor, who reads the weekly portion of the Torah.
- babushkas — Plural form of babushka.
- baby book — an album for mounting pictures and other memorabilia of a baby and for keeping a record of its growth from infancy.
- baby milk — a powder made from dried cows' milk, or other ingredients, mixed with water to feed babies
- baby talk — Baby talk is the language used by babies when they are just learning to speak, or the way in which some adults speak when they are talking to babies.
- babycakes — (slang) Term of endearment for a young woman.
- babymaker — Somebody who gives birth to a baby.
- back away — If you back away from a commitment that you made or something that you were involved with in the past, you try to show that you are no longer committed to it or involved with it.
- back copy — A back copy of a magazine or newspaper is the same as a back issue.
- back dive — a dive in which the diver stands on the springboard with the back to the water and jumps up, arching backward to land either feetfirst facing the springboard or headfirst facing away from the springboard.
- back door — a door at the rear or side of a building
- back down — If you back down, you withdraw a claim, demand, or commitment that you made earlier, because other people are strongly opposed to it.
- back four — the defensive players in many modern team formations: usually two fullbacks and two centre backs
- back gear — (in a lathe) one of several gears for driving the headstock at various speeds.
- back link — (hypertext) A link in one direction implied by the existence of an explicit link in the other direction.
- back nine — the holes of a golf course numbered 10 through 18, regarded as a unit
- back pain — pain that is felt in the back
- back pass — a deliberate pass backwards to the goalkeeper
- back rest — a support for the back of something
- back road — A back road is a small country road with very little traffic.
- back room — a place where research or planning is done, esp secret research in wartime
- back seat — a seat at the back, esp of a vehicle
- back talk — If you refer to something that someone says as backtalk, you mean that it is rude or shows a lack of respect. You use backtalk especially to refer to things said by a child or by someone who is below you in rank or status.
- back vent — (in plumbing) a vent situated on the sewer side of a trap.