9-letter words containing k
- alkalotic — characterized by alkalosis
- alkekengi — the winter cherry plant or fruit.
- alkoxides — Plural form of alkoxide.
- alkylated — Simple past tense and past participle of alkylate.
- allen key — an L-shaped tool consisting of a rod having a hexagonal cross section, used to turn a screw (Allen screw) with a hexagonal recess in the head. A different size of key is required for each size of screw
- alum rock — a town in W central California, near San Jose.
- amagasaki — an industrial city in Japan, in W Honshu, on Osaka Bay. Pop: 463 256 (2002 est)
- amalekite — a member of a nomadic tribe descended from Esau (Genesis 36:12), dwelling in the desert between Sinai and Canaan and hostile to the Israelites: they were defeated by Saul and destroyed by David (I Samuel 15–30)
- amberjack — any of several large carangid fishes of the genus Seriola, esp S. dumerili, with golden markings when young, occurring in tropical and subtropical Atlantic waters
- ampakines — Plural form of ampakine.
- amsinckia — a genus of flowering herb found in Europe and the Americas
- aniakchak — an active volcanic crater in SW Alaska, on the Alaska Peninsula: the largest explosion crater in the world. Height: 1347 m (4420 ft). Diameter: 9 km (6 miles)
- anklebone — the bone of the ankle; talus
- ankylosed — Simple past tense and past participle of ankylose.
- ankylosis — abnormal adhesion or immobility of the bones in a joint, as by a direct joining of the bones, a fibrous growth of tissues within the joint, or surgery
- ankylotic — Of or pertaining to ankylosis.
- anorakish — (British, informal) Obsessively absorbed in a subject, especially an unusual or obscure subject.
- antalkali — a substance that neutralizes alkalis, esp one used to treat alkalosis
- anti-lock — designating or of an automotive braking system that prevents the wheels from locking during a sudden stop
- anti-skid — intended to prevent vehicles from skidding
- antiblack — showing discrimination against Black people
- anticrack — protecting a computer against unauthorized access
- antiknock — a compound, such as lead tetraethyl, added to petrol to reduce knocking in the engine
- antinuker — a person who is opposed to nuclear weapons or energy
- antiquark — the antiparticle of a quark
- antishake — denoting a technology that reduces the blurring caused by movement of the person taking a photograph
- antishark — designed to protect against shark attacks
- antishock — designed to reduce the force of impact
- antismoke — preventing smoke
- antistick — acting to prevent adhesion
- antshrike — any of several antbirds, especially of the genus Thamnophilus, superficially resembling the shrike.
- antwackie — old-fashioned
- applejack — a brandy made from apples; distilled cider
- appletalk — (networking, protocol) A proprietary local area network protocol developed by Apple Computer, Inc. for communication between Apple products (e.g. Macintosh) and other computers. This protocol is independent of the network layer on which it runs. Current implementations exist for Localtalk, a 235 kilobyte per second local area network and Ethertalk, a 10 megabyte per second local area network.
- apres-ski — Apres-ski is evening entertainment and social activities in places where people go skiing.
- apronlike — resembling an apron
- archdukes — Plural form of archduke.
- ark shell — any marine bivalve of the family Arcidae, especially of the genus Arca, characterized by a heavy shell with a toothed hinge and a deep, boatlike inner surface.
- arkwright — Sir Richard. 1732–92, English cotton manufacturer: inventor of the spinning frame (1769) which produced cotton thread strong enough to be used as a warp
- aroostook — river in N Me., flowing into the St. John River in New Brunswick, Canada: c. 140 mi (225 km)
- arrow key — (hardware) One of four keys on a keyboard marked with arrows pointing up, down, left and right. The arrow keys are used for such things as moving the cursor in a text document, for moving the input focus between the fields of a form or sometimes for scrolling a picture.
- arrowlike — resembling an arrow
- artemovsk — a city in E Ukraine.
- artichoke — Artichokes or globe artichokes are round green vegetables that have fleshy leaves arranged like the petals of a flower.
- asahikawa — city in central Hokkaido, Japan: pop. 360,000
- asdfghjkl — Common filler text.
- ashkenazi — of or relating to the Jews of Germany and E Europe
- ashkenazy — Vladimir. born 1937, Soviet-born Icelandic pianist and conductor
- ashkhabad — the capital of Turkmenistan. Pop: 598 000 (2005 est)
- ask after — If someone asks after you, they ask someone how you are.