9-letter words containing s, a, n, k, r
- krasnodar — a territory of the Russian Federation in SE Europe. 34,200 sq. mi. (88,578 sq. km).
- kronstadt — a naval base in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, on an island in the Gulf of Finland: fortress founded 1710.
- kurdistan — a mountain and plateau region in SE Turkey, NW Iran, and N Iraq: inhabited largely by Kurds. 74,000 sq. mi. (191,660 sq. km).
- landmarks — Plural form of landmark.
- landshark — a person who makes inordinate profits by buying and selling land
- lankester — Sir Edwin Ray, 1847–1929, English zoologist and writer.
- larkiness — the quality or characteristic of being larky
- larrikins — Plural form of larrikin.
- link arms — If two or more people link arms, or if one person links arms with another, they stand next to each other, and each person puts their arm round the arm of the person next to them.
- loanshark — Alternative spelling of loan shark.
- mandrakes — a narcotic, short-stemmed European plant, Mandragora officinarum, of the nightshade family, having a fleshy, often forked root somewhat resembling a human form.
- markdowns — Plural form of markdown.
- miniparks — Plural form of minipark.
- mintmarks — Plural form of mintmark.
- namas kar — a salutation used in India
- nebraskan — of or relating to Nebraska.
- newsbreak — a newsworthy event or incident.
- newsmaker — a person, thing, or event that is newsworthy: a weekly magazine devoted to stories on newsmakers.
- ninebarks — Plural form of ninebark.
- nonskater — a person who does not skate
- osnabruck — a city in Lower Saxony, in NW Germany.
- pankhurst — Christabel Harriette, 1880–1958, English suffragist leader (daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst).
- parkinson — a common neurologic disease believed to be caused by deterioration of the brain cells that produce dopamine, occurring primarily after the age of 60, characterized by tremors, especially of the fingers and hands, muscle rigidity, shuffling gait, slow speech, and a masklike facial expression.
- pasternak — Boris Leonidovich [bawr-is,, bohr-,, bor-;; Russian buh-ryees lyi-uh-nyee-duh-vyich] /ˈbɔr ɪs,, ˈboʊr-,, ˈbɒr-;; Russian bʌˈryis lyɪ ʌˈnyi də vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1960, Russian poet, novelist, and translator: declined 1958 Nobel prize.
- pranksome — tending to play pranks; mischievous; prankish
- prankster — a mischievous or malicious person who plays tricks, practical jokes, etc., at the expense of another.
- rainstick — a musical instrument consisting of a tube filled with sand or pebbles, which is inverted to produce a sound
- rankshift — (in systemic linguistics) to use a unit as a constituent of another unit of the same or lower rank on the rank scale, as in using the phrase next door within the phrase the boy next door or the clause that you met yesterday within the phrase the girl that you met yesterday.
- ransacker — to search thoroughly or vigorously through (a house, receptacle, etc.): They ransacked the house for the missing letter.
- raskolnik — a member of any of several sects founded by dissenters from the Russian Orthodox Church who opposed the liturgical reforms of Nikon in the 17th century.
- rat snake — any of several New and Old World colubrid snakes, of the genus Elaphe, that feed chiefly on small mammals and birds.
- red shank — an Old World sandpiper, Tringa totanus, having red legs and feet.
- rickstand — a platform on which to put or make a rick or haystack
- samarkand — a province of the ancient Persian Empire between the Oxus and Jaxartes rivers: now in Uzbekistan. Capital: Samarkand.
- sandcrack — a perpendicular fissure in some part of the wall of an animal's hoof, esp. of a horse, often caused by sandy soil
- sarkiness — the quality of being sarcastic
- scarfskin — the outermost layer of the skin; epidermis.
- screaking — screeching or creaking
- sevenbark — wild hydrangea.
- shark net — a net for catching sharks
- sharkskin — a smooth fabric of acetate or rayon with a dull or chalklike appearance, for apparel.
- shrinkage — the act or fact of shrinking.
- skin care — the cleansing, massaging, moisturizing, etc., of the skin, especially the face or hands.
- sky train — elevated railway system
- slackener — a person who, or something which, slackens
- snack bar — a lunchroom or restaurant where light meals are sold.
- snakebird — anhinga.
- snakeroot — any of various plants whose roots have been regarded as a remedy for snakebites, as the herb Aristolochia serpentaria (Virginia snakeroot) having a medicinal rhizome and rootlets, and the white-flowered Polygala senega (Seneca snakeroot) having a medicinal root.
- sneakered — wearing sneakers
- snowmaker — a machine that makes artificial snow for ski slopes.