10-letter words containing n, a, k, e, r
- jef raskin — (person) The person who started the Macintosh project at Apple Computer, Inc. but left the company before the product was launched.
- jerkinhead — a roof having a hipped end truncating a gable.
- kairomones — Plural form of kairomone.
- kallikrein — a type of protease that liberates kinins from kininogens
- kapfenberg — an industrial town in E Austria, in Styria. Pop: 22 234 (2001)
- keratinise — Alternative form of keratinize.
- keratinize — Change or become changed into a form containing keratin.
- keratinous — composed of or resembling keratin; horny.
- kermanshah — a city in W Iran.
- kernmantel — denoting a type of mountaineering rope
- kersantite — an igneous rock containing black mica and plagioclase
- kidnappers — Plural form of kidnapper.
- kilner jar — a glass preserving jar with an airtight lid, used for bottling fruit or vegetables
- kincardine — a former county in E Scotland.
- kingmakers — Plural form of kingmaker.
- klagenfurt — a province in S Austria. 3681 sq. mi. (9535 sq. km). Capital: Klagenfurt.
- klangfarbe — instrumental timbre or tone colour
- knackebrod — flat, thin, brittle unleavened rye bread.
- knackeries — Plural form of knackery.
- knee brace — a diagonal member for bracing the angle between two joined members, as a stud or column and a joist or rafter, being joined to each partway along its length.
- kneecapper — Person doing kneecapping.
- korean war — the war, begun on June 25, 1950, between North Korea, aided by Communist China, and South Korea, aided by the United States and other United Nations members forming a United Nations armed force: truce signed July 27, 1953.
- krugerrand — (sometimes lowercase) a one-ounce gold coin of the Republic of South Africa, equal to 25 rand: first issued in 1967.
- kryptonate — (inorganic chemistry) To infuse a solid with krypton gas (especially with radioactive krypton-85).
- kurunegala — a city in W central Sri Lanka.
- lake huron — a member of an Indian tribe, the northwestern member of the Iroquoian family, living west of Lake Huron.
- lakefronts — Plural form of lakefront.
- landmarked — a prominent or conspicuous object on land that serves as a guide, especially to ships at sea or to travelers on a road; a distinguishing landscape feature marking a site or location: The post office served as a landmark for locating the street to turn down.
- linebacker — a player on defense who takes a position close behind the linemen.
- lunchbreak — A period of rest from work for the purpose of eating lunch.
- lyre snake — any of several mildly venomous colubrid snakes of the genus Trimorphodon, inhabiting rocky areas from the southwestern U.S. to Central America, having fangs in the rear of the upper jaw and a lyre-shaped marking on the head.
- maasbanker — (South Africa) A species of edible mackerel, Trachurus trachurus.
- mamaroneck — a city in SE New York.
- markedness — strikingly noticeable; conspicuous: with marked success.
- marker pen — a pen with a thick tip made of felt
- marketings — Plural form of marketing.
- markswomen — Plural form of markswoman.
- matronlike — Like a matron; sedate; grave; matronly.
- menlo park — a city in W California, near San Francisco.
- mini-break — A mini-break is a short holiday.
- minimarket — a grocery store or delicatessen.
- moneymaker — a person engaged in or successful at acquiring much money.
- moonrakers — Plural form of moonraker.
- moonwalker — One who moonwalks; an astronaut who has walked on the moon.
- mossbanker — A fish, the menhaden.
- natterjack — a European toad, Bufo calamita, that moves by running.
- naturelike — the material world, especially as surrounding humankind and existing independently of human activities.
- nectarlike — Resembling or characteristic of nectar.
- newark bay — a bay in NE New Jersey. 6 miles (10 km) long; 1 mile (1.6 km) wide.
- newsbreaks — Plural form of newsbreak.