9-letter words containing r, a, k
- crank out — If you say that a company or person cranks out a quantity of similar things, you mean they produce them quickly, in the same way, and are usually implying that the things are not original or are of poor quality.
- crankcase — the metal housing that encloses the crankshaft, connecting rods, etc, in an internal-combustion engine, reciprocating pump, etc
- crankiest — Superlative form of cranky.
- crankness — (of a vessel) the liability to capsize
- crankpins — Plural form of crankpin.
- crapelike — resembling crape
- creamlike — Resembling cream.
- creek war — an uprising in 1813–14 of the Creek Indians against settlers in Alabama: frontier militia from Tennessee, Georgia, and Mississippi under Andrew Jackson helped defeat the Creek, who ceded two-thirds of their land to the U.S.
- crookback — a hunchback
- crossjack — a square sail on a ship's mizzenmast
- crosstalk — unwanted signals in one channel of a communications system as a result of a transfer of energy from one or more other channels
- crosswalk — A crosswalk is a place where pedestrians can cross a street and where drivers must stop to let them cross.
- cryobanks — Plural form of cryobank.
- cyberhack — Computers. hack1 (def 22b).
- dankworth — Sir John (Philip William). 1927–2010, British jazz composer, bandleader, and saxophonist: married to Cleo Laine
- dark ages — the period from about the late 5th century ad to about 1000 ad, once considered an unenlightened period
- dark meat — meat that is dark in appearance after cooking, especially a leg or thigh of chicken or turkey (distinguished from white meat).
- dark star — an invisible star known to exist only from observation of its radio, infrared, or other spectrum or of its gravitational effect, such as an invisible component of a binary or multiple star
- dark-eyed — (of a person) having dark eyes
- darkeners — Plural form of darkener.
- darkeness — Obsolete form of darkness.
- darkening — Present participle of darken.
- darkhorse — Having the character of a dark horse.
- darklings — in darkness
- darknesse — Archaic spelling of darkness.
- darkrooms — Plural form of darkroom.
- darkslide — Alternative form of dark slide.
- data fork — Macintosh file system
- daybreaks — Plural form of daybreak.
- daywalker — (fantasy) One who can go out in the sunlight, distinguished from vampires etc. who cannot.
- dayworker — a person who works during the daytime
- dealmaker — A dealmaker is someone in business or politics who makes deals.
- dean rusk — (David) Dean, 1909–94, U.S. statesman: secretary of state 1961–69.
- debarking — Present participle of debark.
- deckchair — A deckchair is a simple chair with a folding frame, and a piece of canvas as the seat and back. Deckchairs are usually used on the beach, on a ship, or in the garden.
- deer park — a town on central Long Island, in SE New York.
- dekagrams — Plural form of dekagram.
- dekaliter — ten liters, or one tenth of a hectoliter (2.6418 gallons liquid measure or 1.135 pecks dry measure): abbrev. dal
- dekameter — ten meters, or one tenth of a hectometer (32.808 feet): abbrev. dam
- demarking — demarcate.
- disembark — to go ashore from a ship.
- dish rack — frame for drying dishes
- disk farm — (jargon) (Or "laundromat") A large room or rooms filled with disk drives (especially washing machines).
- dockyards — Plural form of dockyard.
- dog track — racing circuit for dogs
- door jack — a frame for holding a door while its edge is being planed.
- drag king — a female who dresses as a man and impersonates male characteristics for public entertainment
- drag link — a link connecting cranks on parallel shafts.
- drag rake — a heavy rake with closely set, hooklike teeth, for use in digging for clams.
- drake fly — mayfly (def 2).