9-letter words containing r, e, i, n, k
- hyperlink — hypertext link
- innkeeper — a person who owns or manages an inn or, sometimes, a hotel.
- interbank — Agreed, arranged, or operating between banks.
- interknit — to knit together, one with another; intertwine.
- interknot — to knot together
- interlink — to link, one with another.
- interlock — to fit into each other, as parts of machinery, so that all action is synchronized.
- interpeak — Between peaks.
- intertask — Between tasks.
- interwork — to work or weave together; interweave.
- iron duke — 1st Duke of (Arthur Wellesley"the Iron Duke") 1769–1852, British general and statesman, born in Ireland: prime minister 1828–30.
- jerkiness — characterized by jerks or sudden starts; spasmodic.
- jerkingly — in a jerking manner
- junkerism — the spirit or policy of the Junkers.
- kairomone — A chemical substance emitted by an organism and detected by another of a different species that gains advantage from this, e.g., a parasite seeking a host.
- karabiner — a D -shaped ring with a spring catch on one side, used for fastening ropes in mountaineering.
- katharine — a popular female first name
- katherine — a female given name: from the Greek word meaning “pure.”.
- kerneling — the softer, usually edible part contained in the shell of a nut or the stone of a fruit.
- ketonuria — the presence of ketone bodies in the urine.
- kettering — Charles Franklin, 1876–1958, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- kidnapers — Plural form of kidnaper.
- kidnapper — to steal, carry off, or abduct by force or fraud, especially for use as a hostage or to extract ransom.
- kilderkin — a unit of capacity, usually equal to half a barrel or two firkins.
- killarney — a town in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- king lear — a tragedy (1606) by Shakespeare.
- kingmaker — a person who has great power and influence in the choice of a ruler, candidate for public office, business leader, or the like.
- kinkaider — a person who received free land under the provisions of the Kinkaid Act.
- kippering — Present participle of kipper.
- kirilenko — Andrei Pavlovich [uhn-dryey puh-vlaw-vyich;; English ahn-drey pav-loh-vich] /ʌnˈdryeɪ pʌˈvlɔ vyɪtʃ;; English ˈɑn dreɪ pævˈloʊ vɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1906–90, Soviet government official.
- kissinger — Henry A(lfred) born 1923, U.S. statesman, born in Germany: secretary of state 1973–77; Nobel Peace Prize 1973.
- kitchener — Horatio Herbert (1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and of Broome) 1850–1916, English field marshal and statesman.
- klondiker — an East European factory ship
- knickered — wearing knickers.
- kniferest — something upon which to rest a knife when it is not being used.
- kol nidre — a liturgical prayer for recitation at the beginning of the service on the eve of Yom Kippur asking that all unfulfilled vows to God be nullified and all transgressions forgiven.
- komintern — Third International.
- konimeter — an instrument for measuring the amount of dust in the air.
- koshering — Present participle of kosher.
- kraepelin — Emil [ey-meel] /ˈeɪ mil/ (Show IPA), 1856–1926, German psychiatrist.
- lackering — to coat with lacquer.
- larkiness — the quality or characteristic of being larky
- licker-in — a roller on a carding machine, especially the roller that opens the stock as it is fed into the card and transfers the fibers to the main cylinder.
- line mark — a trademark covering all items of a particular product line.
- mackinder — Sir Halford John. 1861–1947, British geographer noted esp for his work in political geography. His writings include Democratic Ideas and Reality (1919)
- marketing — an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.
- minibiker — a rider of a minibike
- minibreak — A brief pause for relaxation.
- 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.).