10-letter words containing r, a, n, k
- imran khan — full name Imran Ahmad Khan Niazi. born 1952, Pakistani cricketer and politician: an all-rounder, he played in 88 test matches and captained Pakistan to victory in the 1992 World Cup
- inbreaking — The act of breaking in; incursion; invasion; inroad.
- ink eraser — an eraser for removing ink
- interlaken — a town in central Switzerland between the lakes of Brienz and Thun: tourist center.
- jailbroken — an escape from prison, especially by forcible means.
- jef raskin — (person) The person who started the Macintosh project at Apple Computer, Inc. but left the company before the product was launched.
- jerkinhead — a roof having a hipped end truncating a gable.
- jinricksha — Alternative spelling of jinriksha.
- jinrikisha — a small, two-wheeled, cartlike passenger vehicle with a fold-down top, pulled by one person, formerly used widely in Japan and China.
- jinrikshas — Plural form of jinriksha.
- kaffrarian — a region in the S Republic of South Africa: inhabited mostly by the Xhosa.
- kafiristan — former name of Nuristan.
- kairomones — Plural form of kairomone.
- kallikrein — a type of protease that liberates kinins from kininogens
- kans grass — kans.
- kapfenberg — an industrial town in E Austria, in Styria. Pop: 22 234 (2001)
- karamanlis — Konstantinos [kawn-stahn-dee-naws] /ˌkɔn stɑnˈdi nɔs/ (Show IPA), 1907–98, Greek politician: prime minister 1955–63, 1974–80; president 1980–85, 1990–95.
- karlskrona — a port in S Sweden: Sweden's main naval base since 1680. Pop: 61 097 (2004 est)
- kashmirian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Kashmir or the Kashmiri.
- keratinise — Alternative form of keratinize.
- keratinize — Change or become changed into a form containing keratin.
- keratinous — composed of or resembling keratin; horny.
- kermanshah — a city in W Iran.
- kernmantel — denoting a type of mountaineering rope
- kersantite — an igneous rock containing black mica and plagioclase
- kid around — behave jokingly or playfully
- kidnappers — Plural form of kidnapper.
- kilmarnock — Official name Kilmarnock and Loudon. an administrative district in the Strathclyde region, in SW Scotland.
- kilner jar — a glass preserving jar with an airtight lid, used for bottling fruit or vegetables
- kincardine — a former county in E Scotland.
- king cobra — a cobra, Ophiophagus hannah, of southeastern Asia and the East Indies, that grows to a length of more than 15 feet (5 meters): the largest of the venomous snakes.
- king prawn — any of several large prawns of the genus Penaeus, which are fished commercially in Australian waters
- kingmakers — Plural form of kingmaker.
- kings park — a town in NW Long Island, in SE New York.
- klagenfurt — a province in S Austria. 3681 sq. mi. (9535 sq. km). Capital: Klagenfurt.
- klangfarbe — instrumental timbre or tone colour
- knackebrod — flat, thin, brittle unleavened rye bread.
- knackeries — Plural form of knackery.
- knackwurst — a short, thick, highly seasoned sausage.
- knee brace — a diagonal member for bracing the angle between two joined members, as a stud or column and a joist or rafter, being joined to each partway along its length.
- kneecapper — Person doing kneecapping.
- kommunarsk — a city in E Ukraine.
- koniggratz — German name of Hradec Králové.
- korean war — the war, begun on June 25, 1950, between North Korea, aided by Communist China, and South Korea, aided by the United States and other United Nations members forming a United Nations armed force: truce signed July 27, 1953.
- kronshtadt — city & naval fortress on an island in NW Russia, on the Gulf of Finland: pop. 45,000
- krugerrand — (sometimes lowercase) a one-ounce gold coin of the Republic of South Africa, equal to 25 rand: first issued in 1967.
- kryptonate — (inorganic chemistry) To infuse a solid with krypton gas (especially with radioactive krypton-85).
- kuropatkin — Aleksei Nikolaevich [uh-lyi-ksyey nyi-kuh-lah-yi-vyich] /ʌ lyɪˈksyeɪ nyɪ kʌˈlɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1925, Russian general.
- kurrajongs — Plural form of kurrajong.
- kurunegala — a city in W central Sri Lanka.