9-letter words containing n, o, k, i
- kórinthos — an ancient city in Greece, on the Isthmus of Corinth: one of the wealthiest and most powerful of the ancient Greek cities.
- koshering — Present participle of kosher.
- kostunica — Vojislav (ˈvɒjɪslæf). born 1944, Serbian politician; president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (2000–03); prime minister of Serbia and Montenegro (2004–06); prime minister of Serbia (2006–08)
- kowtowing — Present participle of kowtow.
- kropotkin — Prince Pëter Alekseevich [pyawtr uh-lyi-ksyey-yi-vyich] /ˈpyɔtr ʌ lyɪˈksyeɪ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1842–1921, Russian geographer, author, and anarchist.
- kuniyoshi — Yasuo [yah-soo-aw] /yɑˈsu ɔ/ (Show IPA), 1893–1953, U.S. painter, born in Japan.
- link road — a road used to link two cities or two more major hubs of road transport
- linkoping — a city in S Sweden.
- linstocks — Plural form of linstock.
- 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a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- look into — to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- luck into — the force that seems to operate for good or ill in a person's life, as in shaping circumstances, events, or opportunities: With my luck I'll probably get pneumonia.
- mechnikov — Ilya Ilyich [ee-lyah ee-lyeech] /iˈlyɑ iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), Metchnikoff, Élie.
- milkwoman — A woman who delivers milk to households and sometimes businesses early in the morning.
- milkwomen — Plural form of milkwoman.
- mink coat — overcoat made of mink fur
- minkowski — Hermann [hur-muh n;; German her-mahn] /ˈhɜr mən;; German ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1864–1909, German mathematician.
- 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.
- mockingly — to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
- moleskins — the soft, deep-gray, fragile fur of the mole.
- monkeying — Present participle of monkey.
- monkeyish — Like a monkey.
- monkeyism — the practice of copying or behaving like a monkey
- moonblink — Nyctalopia.
- moss pink — a phlox, Phlox subulata, of the eastern U.S., having showy pink to purple flowers.
- mykerinos — Mycerinus.
- nanticoke — a member of an extinct North American Indian people who inhabited Maryland, Delaware, and Pennsylvania.
- nickelous — containing bivalent nickel.
- nikko fir — a tall evergreen tree, Abies homolepis, native to mountainous areas of Japan, having dark-green needles and purple cones, cultivated as an ornamental.
- nikolayev — a city in S Ukraine, in the SW on the Bug River.
- no-strike — of, relating to, or containing a provision that workers are not permitted to strike under certain terms and conditions: a no-strike clause in a labor contract.
- non-stick — Non-stick saucepans, frying pans, or baking tins have a special coating on the inside which prevents food from sticking to them.
- noncaking — not liable to cake or to become compacted or crusty
- noncoking — not liable to coke
- nonshrink — (of construction materials, such as cement or grout) not liable to contract
- nonsticky — not sticky
- novellike — a fictitious prose narrative of considerable length and complexity, portraying characters and usually presenting a sequential organization of action and scenes.
- of a kind — a class or group of individual objects, people, animals, etc., of the same nature or character, or classified together because they have traits in common; category: Our dog is the same kind as theirs.
- on a kick — currently enthusiastic about a particular activity
- on strike — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
- onionlike — Resembling an onion or some aspect of one, such as its shape, flavour, or layered structure.
- onionskin — a thin, lightweight, translucent, glazed paper, used especially for making carbon copies.
- onlooking — looking on; observing; perceiving.
- ookinesis — the series of nuclear changes occurring in the ovum during maturation and fertilization.
- open mike — a session in a pub or club where members of the public are invited to perform comedy or to sing
- outdrinks — Plural form of outdrink.
- overdrink — Drink too much alcohol.
- overinked — printed using too much ink