5-letter words containing n, k
- krunk — Alternative spelling of crunk.
- kuban — a river flowing NW from the Caucasus Mountains to the Black and the Azov seas. 512 miles (825 km) long.
- kulan — the Asiatic wild ass of the Russian steppes, probably a variety of kiang or onager
- kulun — Chinese name of Ulan Bator.
- kumon — a method of teaching mathematics, reading, and languages in which the student uses worksheets to follow a programme that becomes increasingly advanced
- kunai — A Japanese tool and weapon, possibly derived from the masonry trowel, used as a weapon by ninja (or samurai).
- kylin — (in Chinese art) a mythical animal of composite form
- kynar — a hard, white polyvinylidene fluoride resin that resists chemicals and heat, used in pipes, pumps, etc.
- kynde — Obsolete form of kind.
- kynge — Obsolete spelling of king.
- lakin — Obsolete. ladykin.
- lanky — ungracefully thin and rawboned; bony; gaunt: a very tall and lanky man.
- liken — to represent as similar or like; compare: to liken someone to a weasel.
- likin — (formerly in China) a provincial duty imposed on articles of trade that are in transit.
- links — link
- linkt — (obsolete) Simple past tense and past participle of link.
- linky — (informal) Of or pertaining to hyperlinks.
- lukan — of or relating to the Evangelist Luke or to the Gospel of Luke.
- lunks — a dull or stupid person; blockhead.
- lunky — Stupid; slow-witted; unintelligent.
- makin — (Wearside) present participle of mak.
- manak — a wooden ball fitted with hooks and attached to a rope, used by Eskimos to secure and haul in seals killed offshore.
- manky — (British, Scotland, Ireland, slang) Unpleasantly dirty and disgusting.
- mekin — (nonstandard) eye dialect of making: present participle of make.
- minke — a dark-colored baleen whale, Baleanoptera acutorostrata, inhabiting temperate and polar seas and growing to a length of 33 feet (10 meters): reduced in numbers.
- minks — Plural form of mink.
- minsk — Official name Belarus. Formerly White Russian Soviet Socialist Republic, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic. a republic in E Europe, N of Ukraine: formerly a part of the Soviet Union. 80,154 sq. mi. (207,600 sq. km). Capital: Minsk.
- monck — Sir Charles Stanley (4th Viscount Monck, 1st Baron Monck) 1819–94, British colonial administrator, born in Ireland: governor general of Canada 1861–68.
- monks — (in Christianity) a man who has withdrawn from the world for religious reasons, especially as a member of an order of cenobites living according to a particular rule and under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
- naked — being without clothing or covering; nude: naked children swimming in the lake.
- naker — A kettledrum.
- nakfa — a monetary unit of Eritrea, equal to 100 cents.
- nanak — ("Guru") 1469–1539, Indian religious leader: founder of Sikhism.
- narks — a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- narky — (UK, Australia, slang) Irritated, in a bad mood; disparaging.
- nasik — a city in W Maharashtra, in W central India: pilgrimage city of the Hindus.
- necke — Archaic spelling of neck.
- necks — Plural form of neck.
- ngaka — A traditional Sotho witch doctor.
- nicks — Plural form of nick.
- nicky — a female given name, form of Nicole.
- nikah — a marriage contract
- nikau — Rhopalostylis sapida, a palm tree of New Zealand.
- nikko — a city on central Honshu, in central Japan: famous for shrines and temples.
- nikky — a female given name, form of Nicole.
- nikon — 1605–81, patriarch of Russian Orthodox Church 1652–66.
- nivkh — an indigenous people of the Soviet Far East, now living mainly in scattered communities on the lower Amur River and Sakhalin Island.
- nkomo — Joshua Mquabuko Nyongolo [uh m-kwah-boo-koh nyong-goh-loh] /əm kwɑˈbu koʊ nyɒŋˈgoʊ loʊ/ (Show IPA), 1917–1999, African nationalist and political leader in Zimbabwe.
- nkosi — a term of address to a superior; master; chief
- nocks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nock.