9-letter words containing n, a, r, k
- cankerous — having cankers
- carbunkle — Misspelling of carbuncle.
- caretaken — looked after
- chainwork — any work linked or looped in the manner of or resembling a chain or chains
- clearskin — Cleanskin.
- corkonian — a native or inhabitant of the city of Cork
- corn cake — Midland and Southern U.S. a flat corn bread baked on a griddle.
- corncrake — a common Eurasian rail, Crex crex, of fields and meadows, with a buff speckled plumage and reddish wings
- cornflake — Cornflakes are small flat pieces of maize that are eaten with milk as a breakfast cereal. They are popular in Britain and the United States.
- cornstalk — a stalk or stem of corn
- crackdown — A crackdown is strong official action that is taken to punish people who break laws.
- crackling — the crisp browned skin of roast pork
- cracknels — crisply fried bits of fat pork
- cracksman — a burglar, esp a safe-breaker
- cracksmen — Plural form of cracksman.
- cranbrook — a city in SE British Columbia, in SW Canada.
- crank out — If you say that a company or person cranks out a quantity of similar things, you mean they produce them quickly, in the same way, and are usually implying that the things are not original or are of poor quality.
- crankcase — the metal housing that encloses the crankshaft, connecting rods, etc, in an internal-combustion engine, reciprocating pump, etc
- crankiest — Superlative form of cranky.
- crankness — (of a vessel) the liability to capsize
- crankpins — Plural form of crankpin.
- cryobanks — Plural form of cryobank.
- dankworth — Sir John (Philip William). 1927–2010, British jazz composer, bandleader, and saxophonist: married to Cleo Laine
- darkeners — Plural form of darkener.
- darkeness — Obsolete form of darkness.
- darkening — Present participle of darken.
- darklings — in darkness
- darknesse — Archaic spelling of darkness.
- dean rusk — (David) Dean, 1909–94, U.S. statesman: secretary of state 1961–69.
- debarking — Present participle of debark.
- demarking — demarcate.
- drag king — a female who dresses as a man and impersonates male characteristics for public entertainment
- drag link — a link connecting cranks on parallel shafts.
- drawknife — a knife with a handle at each end at right angles to the blade, used by drawing over a surface.
- drawnwork — Ornamental work on linen or other fabric, done by drawing out threads and usually with additional needlework.
- drinkable — suitable for drinking.
- drinkably — from the point of view of how drinkable something is
- drinkware — Vessels from which people drink.
- drop tank — an external aircraft tank, usually containing fuel, that can be detached and dropped in flight
- drunkards — Plural form of drunkard.
- eckermann — Johann Peter [yoh-hahn pey-tuh r] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈpeɪ tər/ (Show IPA), 1792–1854, German writer and literary assistant to Goethe.
- embarking — Present participle of embark.
- enranckle — to upset, make irate
- entertake — (transitive, obsolete) To entertain; to receive.
- fairbanks — Charles Warren, 1852–1918, political leader: vice president of the U.S. 1905–09.
- fancywork — ornamental needlework.
- farnarkel — to spend time or act in a careless or inconsequential manner; waste time
- farrakhan — Louis (Louis Eugene Walcott) born 1933, U.S. religious leader: head of the Nation of Islam.
- fernbrake — a thicket or dense growth of ferns.
- flag rank — naval rank above that of captain.