10-letter words containing n, i, k, a
- 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.
- jinricksha — Alternative spelling of jinriksha.
- jinrikisha — a small, two-wheeled, cartlike passenger vehicle with a fold-down top, pulled by one person, formerly used widely in Japan and China.
- jinrikshas — Plural form of jinriksha.
- kaffrarian — a region in the S Republic of South Africa: inhabited mostly by the Xhosa.
- kafiristan — former name of Nuristan.
- kairomones — Plural form of kairomone.
- kalimantan — Indonesian name of Borneo, especially referring to the southern, or Indonesian, part.
- kallikrein — a type of protease that liberates kinins from kininogens
- kannapolis — a town in W North Carolina.
- kantianism — the philosophy of Kant, who held that the content of knowledge comes a posteriori from sense perception, but that its form is determined by a priori categories of the mind: he also declared that God, freedom, and immortality, although they cannot be proved or disproved, are necessary postulates of a rational morality
- kaolinitic — Of or relating to kaolinite.
- kaolinosis — the inhalation of clay dust leading to pneumoconiosis
- karamanlis — Konstantinos [kawn-stahn-dee-naws] /ˌkɔn stɑnˈdi nɔs/ (Show IPA), 1907–98, Greek politician: prime minister 1955–63, 1974–80; president 1980–85, 1990–95.
- kashmirian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Kashmir or the Kashmiri.
- kefallinia — Cephalonia
- kenophobia — an abnormal fear of empty spaces
- kentishman — a native or inhabitant of Kent, England.
- kentuckian — a state in the E central United States. 40,395 sq. mi. (104,625 sq. km). Capital: Frankfort. Abbreviation: KY (for use with zip code), Ken., Ky.
- keratinise — Alternative form of keratinize.
- keratinize — Change or become changed into a form containing keratin.
- keratinous — composed of or resembling keratin; horny.
- kersantite — an igneous rock containing black mica and plagioclase
- ketonaemia — an excess of ketone bodies in the blood
- kickstands — Plural form of kickstand.
- kid around — behave jokingly or playfully
- kidnappers — Plural form of kidnapper.
- kidnapping — to steal, carry off, or abduct by force or fraud, especially for use as a hostage or to extract ransom.
- kiel canal — a canal connecting the North and Baltic seas. 61 miles (98 km) long.
- kilmarnock — Official name Kilmarnock and Loudon. an administrative district in the Strathclyde region, in SW Scotland.
- kilner jar — a glass preserving jar with an airtight lid, used for bottling fruit or vegetables
- kincardine — a former county in E Scotland.
- kinematics — the branch of mechanics that deals with pure motion, without reference to the masses or forces involved in it.
- kinesipath — someone who uses kinesipathy to treat diseases
- king cobra — a cobra, Ophiophagus hannah, of southeastern Asia and the East Indies, that grows to a length of more than 15 feet (5 meters): the largest of the venomous snakes.
- king plank — a plank running along the center line of a deck, into which all other planks are fitted.
- king prawn — any of several large prawns of the genus Penaeus, which are fished commercially in Australian waters
- king snake — any of several New World constrictors of the genus Lampropeltis, that often feed on other snakes.
- kingmakers — Plural form of kingmaker.
- kings park — a town in NW Long Island, in SE New York.
- kings peak — a mountain in NE Utah: highest peak in the Uinta Mountains. 13,528 feet (4123 meters).
- klinotaxis — a wavering side-to-side motion of the head occurring as an organism moves forward in response to a source of stimulation, caused by the alternating reaction of sensory receptors on either side of the body.
- knackeries — Plural form of knackery.
- knackiness — the quality or condition of being knacky
- knagginess — the state or quality of being knaggy or knotty
- knickknack — an ornamental trinket or gimcrack; a bit of bric-a-brac.
- knighthead — either of a pair of upright members flanking and securing the bowsprit of a ship at the bow, often used as mooring bitts; apostle.
- koniggratz — German name of Hradec Králové.
- kuomintang — the dominant political party of China from 1928 to 1949, founded chiefly by Sun Yat-sen in 1912 and led from 1925 to 1975 by Chiang Kai-shek; the dominant party of the Republic of China (Taiwan) since 1949.