9-letter words containing n, a, i, k
- kinkaider — a person who received free land under the provisions of the Kinkaid Act.
- kinkajous — Plural form of kinkajou.
- kinswoman — a female relative.
- kintpuash — (Kintpuash) 1837?–73, Modoc leader.
- kirinyaga — the local name of Mount Kenya
- kirovakan — a city in W Armenia, N of Yerevan.
- kisangani — a city in the N Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the Congo (Zaire) River.
- kiungshan — Qiongshan.
- klinostat — a rotating and tilting plant-holder used for studying and experimenting with plant growth
- knaidlach — a dumpling, especially a small ball of matzo meal, eggs, and salt, often mixed with another foodstuff, as ground almonds or grated potato, usually served in soup.
- knaveship — a small proportion of milled grain that was due to the person who did the milling
- knavishly — In a knavish manner.
- knightage — a group of knights or knights collectively
- kniphofia — Any of several plants, of the genus Kniphofia, having bright, upright flowers.
- kontakion — a short hymn honoring a saint.
- kostunica — Vojislav (ˈvɒjɪslæf). born 1944, Serbian politician; president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (2000–03); prime minister of Serbia and Montenegro (2004–06); prime minister of Serbia (2006–08)
- kraepelin — Emil [ey-meel] /ˈeɪ mil/ (Show IPA), 1856–1926, German psychiatrist.
- kundalini — the vital force lying dormant within one until activated by the practice of yoga, which leads one toward spiritual power and eventual salvation.
- kurdistan — a mountain and plateau region in SE Turkey, NW Iran, and N Iraq: inhabited largely by Kurds. 74,000 sq. mi. (191,660 sq. km).
- kusimanse — (zoology) Several species of dwarf mongoose in genus Crossarchus.
- kwajalein — an atoll in the Marshall Islands, in E Micronesia. About 78 miles (126 km) long.
- lackering — to coat with lacquer.
- lambskins — Plural form of lambskin.
- lankiness — The state or condition of being lanky.
- larkiness — the quality or characteristic of being larky
- larrikins — Plural form of larrikin.
- lawmaking — a person who makes or enacts law; legislator.
- leakiness — The property of being leaky.
- leninakan — a city in NW Armenia.
- line mark — a trademark covering all items of a particular product line.
- link arms — If two or more people link arms, or if one person links arms with another, they stand next to each other, and each person puts their arm round the arm of the person next to them.
- link farm — (file system, Unix) A directory tree that contains mostly symbolic links to files in a master directory tree of files. Link farms save space when one is maintaining several nearly identical copies of the same source tree - for example, when the only difference is architecture-dependent object files. They also mean that changes to the master tree are instantly visible in the link farm. Good text editors provide the option to replace a link with a new version of the target file when saving thus allowing the farm to have its own versions of just those files that differ from the master tree. E.g. "Let's freeze the source and then rebuild the FROBOZZ-3 and FROBOZZ-4 link farms." Link farms may also be used to get around restrictions on the number of "-I" (include-file directory) arguments on older C preprocessors. However, they can also get completely out of hand, becoming the file system equivalent of spaghetti code.
- link road — a road used to link two cities or two more major hubs of road transport
- link-dead — Said of a MUD character who has frozen in place because of a dropped network connection.
- linksland — land used or suitable for use as golf links
- m-banking — the practice of making financial transactions or managing bank accounts using mobile phone technology
- mackenzie — Sir Alexander, 1764–1820, Scottish explorer in Canada.
- mackinaws — Plural form of mackinaw.
- mackinder — Sir Halford John. 1861–1947, British geographer noted esp for his work in political geography. His writings include Democratic Ideas and Reality (1919)
- main deck — the uppermost weatherproof deck, running the full length of a ship.
- make nice — pleasing; agreeable; delightful: a nice visit.
- make-nice — pleasing; agreeable; delightful: a nice visit.
- making-up — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- manlikely — in a manlike manner
- mannikins — Plural form of mannikin.
- mapmaking — Cartography, the making of maps and charts.
- marketing — an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.
- mechanick — Obsolete spelling of mechanic.
- milk bank — a place for collection and storage of human milk for dispensing to those who require it, as for infants who are allergic to cows' milk and whose mothers' milk is unavailable.
- milkwoman — A woman who delivers milk to households and sometimes businesses early in the morning.