7-letter words containing n, t
- ketones — Plural form of ketone.
- ketonic — any of a class of organic compounds containing a carbonyl group, CO, attached to two alkyl groups, as CH 3 COCH 3 or CH 3 COC 2 H 5 .
- keynote — Music. the note or tone on which a key or system of tones is founded; the tonic.
- khanate — the area governed by a khan.
- khojent — a town in Tajikistan on the Syr Darya River: one of the oldest towns in central Asia; textile industries. Pop: 146 000 (2005 est)
- kiloton — a unit of weight, equal to 1000 tons.
- kilting — any short, pleated skirt, especially a tartan wraparound, as that worn by men in the Scottish Highlands.
- kindest — of a good or benevolent nature or disposition, as a person: a kind and loving person.
- kinetic — pertaining to motion.
- kinetin — a synthetic cytokinin, C 10 H 9 ON 5 , that retards senescence in plants.
- kineto- — moving, motion
- king it — to act in a superior fashion
- kinglet — a king ruling over a small country or territory.
- kinston — a city in E North Carolina.
- kirkton — a village or town with a parish church
- kirsten — a female given name, Scandinavian form of Christine.
- kirtans — Plural form of kirtan.
- kitchen — a room or place equipped for cooking.
- kitchin — Obsolete form of kitchen.
- kitenge — An African garment similar to the sarong, often worn by women wrapped around the chest or waist or as a headscarf or sling to carry a baby.
- kitling — the young of any animal, especially a young cat; kitten; kit.
- kitsune — (mythology) a Japanese fox spirit, normally female, said to have powers such as shape-shifting, and whose power is symbolized by increase in number of tails.
- kittens — Plural form of kitten.
- kitteny — of or like a kitten
- kitting — a set or collection of tools, supplies, instructional matter, etc., for a specific purpose: a first-aid kit; a sales kit.
- knesset — the unicameral parliament of Israel.
- knights — a comedy (424 b.c.) by Aristophanes.
- knitted — made by knitting, as a cloth article: a knitted bedspread.
- knitter — to make (a garment, fabric, etc.) by interlocking loops of one or more yarns either by hand with knitting needles or by machine.
- knittle — (UK, dialect) A string that draws together a purse or bag.
- knotted — having knots; knotty.
- knotter — a person or thing that ties knots.
- knouted — Simple past tense and past participle of knout.
- knowbot — A program on a network (especially the Internet) that operates independently and has reasoning and decision-making capabilities.
- knowest — (archaic) second-person singular form of 'know'.
- knoweth — Archaic third-person singular form of know.
- kristen — a feminine name: dim. Kris; var. Kristin
- kristin — a female given name, form of Christine.
- krypton — an inert, monatomic gaseous element, present in very small amounts in the atmosphere: used in high-power, tungsten-filament light bulbs. Symbol: Kr; atomic weight: 83.80; atomic number: 36.
- krytron — a type of fast electronic gas-discharge switch, used as a trigger in nuclear weapons
- kuantan — a state in Malaysia, on the SE Malay Peninsula. 13,820 sq. mi. (35,794 sq. km). Capital: Kuantan.
- kunzite — a transparent lilac-colored variety of spodumene, used as a gem.
- kutchin — a member of a group of North American Indians who live in the region of the lower Mackenzie River in northwestern Canada and the Yukon and Porcupine rivers of northeastern Alaska.
- kutenai — a river flowing from SW Canada through NW Montana and N Idaho, swinging back into Canada to the Columbia River. 400 miles (645 km) long.
- kutenay — a member of a North American Indian people of British Columbia, Montana, and Idaho.
- kuznets — Simon (Smith) 1901–85, U.S. economist, born in Russia: Nobel Prize 1971.
- kyanite — a mineral, aluminum silicate, Al 2 SiO 5 , occurring in blue or greenish bladed triclinic crystals, used as a refractory.
- kything — Present participle of kythe.
- la tene — Archaeology. designating the period or culture of the late Iron Age typified by the structural remains, swords, tools, utensils, etc., found at La Tène. Compare Hallstattan.
- lactone — any of a group of internal esters derived from hydroxy acids.