6-letter words containing n, i, k, a
- kiruna — a city in N Sweden: important iron-mining center.
- kistna — former name of Krishna (def 2).
- kozani — a city in central Greece.
- kutani — Japanese porcelain made in Kaga province in the late 17th century, often with both underglaze and overglaze enamel decoration; imitated in the 19th century.
- laking — Present participle of lake.
- larkin — Philip, 1922–85, English poet and critic.
- making — the style or manner in which something is made; form; build.
- malkin — an untidy woman; slattern.
- mankin — (rare) A little man; a manikin.
- maukin — (Scotland) Alternative form of malkin.
- mawkin — malkin.
- napkin — a small piece of cloth or paper, usually square, for use in wiping the lips and fingers and to protect the clothes while eating.
- narvik — a seaport in N Norway.
- nashik — a city in W Maharashtra, in W central India: pilgrimage city of the Hindus.
- naskhi — the cursive variety of Arabic script from which was derived the variety used in modern printed works.
- natick — a town in E Massachusetts, W of Boston.
- nickar — a hard, round seed with a smooth, bluish or yellowish shell, produced by the tropical plant Caesalpinia (nickar tree)
- parkin — (in Britain and New Zealand) a moist spicy ginger cake usually containing oatmeal
- raking — inclination or slope away from the perpendicular or the horizontal.
- rankin — Jeannette, 1880–1973, U.S. women's-rights leader and pacifist: first woman elected to Congress; served 1917–19, 1941–43.
- sikang — a former province in W China, now part of Sichuan.
- suakin — a port in the NE Sudan, on the Red Sea: formerly the chief port of the African Red Sea; now obstructed by a coral reef. Pop: reliable recent estimates are not available
- taking — the act of taking.
- tankia — a population of boat-people who live off the coast of Guangzhou, China
- tanuki — a Japanese raccoon dog, formerly believed in Japan to be a mischievous animal capable of shape-shifting
- unakin — not related or comparable
- waking — to become roused from sleep; awake; awaken; waken (often followed by up).
- xikang — a former province in W China, now part of Sichuan.
- yadkin — a part of the Pee Dee River that flows SE through central North Carolina.
- yankie — a shrewish, nagging, or impudent woman