9-letter words containing n, e, k, i
- knifeless — without a knife
- knifelike — Resembling a knife or its effects.
- kniferest — something upon which to rest a knife when it is not being used.
- knightage — a group of knights or knights collectively
- knottiest — Superlative form of knotty.
- knoxville — a city in E Tennessee, on the Tennessee River.
- kol nidre — a liturgical prayer for recitation at the beginning of the service on the eve of Yom Kippur asking that all unfulfilled vows to God be nullified and all transgressions forgiven.
- komintern — Third International.
- konimeter — an instrument for measuring the amount of dust in the air.
- koniscope — a device for detecting and measuring dust in the air
- kookiness — The state of being kooky.
- koshering — Present participle of kosher.
- kraepelin — Emil [ey-meel] /ˈeɪ mil/ (Show IPA), 1856–1926, German psychiatrist.
- kunstlied — an art song, especially as distinguished from a folk song.
- kusimanse — (zoology) Several species of dwarf mongoose in genus Crossarchus.
- kvetching — Present participle of kvetch.
- kwajalein — an atoll in the Marshall Islands, in E Micronesia. About 78 miles (126 km) long.
- lackering — to coat with lacquer.
- lankiness — The state or condition of being lanky.
- larkiness — the quality or characteristic of being larky
- leakiness — The property of being leaky.
- leninakan — a city in NW Armenia.
- libeskind — Daniel. born 1946, US architect, born in Poland. Based in Berlin, he designed the Jewish Museum there (1999), the Imperial War Museum in Manchester (2000), and the "Freedom Tower" that will replace the World Trade Center in New York
- licker-in — a roller on a carding machine, especially the roller that opens the stock as it is fed into the card and transfers the fibers to the main cylinder.
- lickpenny — something that uses up large amounts of money
- lime kiln — a kiln in which calcium carbonate is calcined to produce quicklime
- limekilns — Plural form of limekiln.
- line mark — a trademark covering all items of a particular product line.
- link-dead — Said of a MUD character who has frozen in place because of a dropped network connection.
- locked in — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- luckiness — having or marked by good luck; fortunate: That was my lucky day.
- mackenzie — Sir Alexander, 1764–1820, Scottish explorer in Canada.
- 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.
- manlikely — in a manlike manner
- 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.
- mechnikov — Ilya Ilyich [ee-lyah ee-lyeech] /iˈlyɑ iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), Metchnikoff, Élie.
- menshevik — a member of the Russian Social-Democratic Workers' Party in opposition to the Bolsheviks: advocated gradual development of full socialism through parliamentary government and cooperation with bourgeois parties; absorbed into the Communist party formed in 1918.
- milkiness — The property of being milky.
- milkwomen — Plural form of milkwoman.
- minibiker — a rider of a minibike
- minibreak — A brief pause for relaxation.
- minor key — a key or mode based on a minor scale.
- misreckon — (transitive) To add (something) up incorrectly, make a wrong calculation of (an amount etc.).
- misspoken — Simple past tense and past participle of misspeak.
- moleskins — the soft, deep-gray, fragile fur of the mole.
- monkeying — Present participle of monkey.