8-letter words containing n, a, k, i
- fleaking — (UK, dialect, obsolete) A light covering of reeds, over which the main covering is laid, in thatched houses.
- fracking — a process in which fractures in rocks below the earth's surface are opened and widened by injecting chemicals and liquids at high pressure: used especially to extract natural gas or oil.
- frakking — Present participle of frak.
- franking — The action of franking a letter or parcel.
- frankish — of or relating to the Franks.
- franklin — Aretha [uh-ree-thuh] /əˈri θə/ (Show IPA), born 1942, U.S. singer.
- freaking — a fleck or streak of color.
- goatskin — the skin or hide of a goat.
- grandkid — grandchild.
- hackling — Present participle of hackle.
- handlike — Resembling a hand.
- handpick — to pick by hand.
- hanukiah — a candelabrum having nine branches that is lit during the festival of Hanukkah
- hawkling — A small, young, or immature hawk.
- heatsink — Alternative spelling of heat sink.
- icekhana — an auto-racing competition testing driving skills on a frozen lake.
- ikhnaton — Amenhotep IV.
- in baulk — inside one of these spaces
- indo-pak — of or relating to India and Pakistan
- ink ball — one of a pair of heavy pads of horsehair and cotton covered with sheepskin or buckskin and equipped with a handle, used before the invention of the ink roller for dabbing ink on type for printing.
- inkerman — a town in S Crimea, in S Ukraine: Russian defeat by the English and French 1854.
- inkstand — a small stand, usually on a desk, for holding ink, pens, etc.
- inky cap — any mushroom of the genus Coprinus, especially C. atramentarius, characterized by gills that disintegrate into blackish liquid after the spores mature.
- intaking — Present participle of intake.
- iraklion — a seaport in N Crete.
- ironbark — any of the various Australian eucalyptuses having a hard, solid bark.
- jackling — the winning of the ball, by the defender's team, after a tackle and before a ruck has formed
- k ration — an emergency field ration for U.S. armed forces when other food or rations are not available, consisting of three separate packaged meals of concentrated or dehydrated food.
- ka-ching — expressing sth moneymaking
- kabinett — cabinet (def 10).
- kachinas — Plural form of kachina.
- kaingang — Caingang.
- kairouan — a city in NE Tunisia: a holy city of Islam.
- kaiserin — the wife of a Kaiser
- kakiemon — a Japanese porcelain design credited to Kakiemon Sakaida, first produced in the 17th century and widely collected and imitated in the West
- kakinada — a port city in Andhra Pradesh state, SE India.
- kalinite — a mineral, hydrous sulfate of potassium and aluminum, chemically similar to alum.
- kallidin — a peptide in blood plasma that dilates blood vessels and causes contraction of smooth muscles
- kamaaina — a longtime resident of Hawaii.
- kamyshin — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Volgograd, on the Volga River.
- kantikoy — a ceremonial dance of some Native American tribes, often involving sacrifices
- kaoliang — a variety of grain sorghum.
- karelian — of or relating to Karelia, its people, or their language.
- karoline — a female given name.
- karyotin — chromatin
- katahdin — Mount, the highest peak in Maine, in the central part. 5273 feet (1607 meters).
- kayaking — an Eskimo canoe with a skin cover on a light framework, made watertight by flexible closure around the waist of the occupant and propelled with a double-bladed paddle.
- kazooing — Present participle of kazoo.
- keewatin — a district in the Northwest Territories, in N Canada. 228,160 sq. mi. (590,935 sq. km).
- kephalin — Alternative spelling of cephalin.