9-letter words containing t, i, n, k
- kittening — The giving birth of kittens.
- kittenish — coyly playful.
- klinostat — a rotating and tilting plant-holder used for studying and experimenting with plant growth
- kneejoint — The joint of the knee.
- kniferest — something upon which to rest a knife when it is not being used.
- knightage — a group of knights or knights collectively
- knighting — Present participle of knight.
- knobstick — A stick with a rounded knob at the end.
- knottiest — Superlative form of knotty.
- komintern — Third International.
- konimeter — an instrument for measuring the amount of dust in the air.
- kontakion — a short hymn honoring a saint.
- kórinthos — an ancient city in Greece, on the Isthmus of Corinth: one of the wealthiest and most powerful of the ancient Greek cities.
- kostunica — Vojislav (ˈvɒjɪslæf). born 1944, Serbian politician; president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (2000–03); prime minister of Serbia and Montenegro (2004–06); prime minister of Serbia (2006–08)
- kowtowing — Present participle of kowtow.
- kropotkin — Prince Pëter Alekseevich [pyawtr uh-lyi-ksyey-yi-vyich] /ˈpyɔtr ʌ lyɪˈksyeɪ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1842–1921, Russian geographer, author, and anarchist.
- kunstlied — an art song, especially as distinguished from a folk song.
- 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).
- kvetching — Present participle of kvetch.
- linstocks — Plural form of linstock.
- look into — to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- luck into — the force that seems to operate for good or ill in a person's life, as in shaping circumstances, events, or opportunities: With my luck I'll probably get pneumonia.
- marketing — an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.
- miniskirt — a very short skirt or skirt part, as of a coat or dress, ending several inches above the knee.
- minitrack — a system for tracking satellites, space vehicles, or rockets by means of radio waves.
- mink coat — overcoat made of mink fur
- mintmarks — Plural form of mintmark.
- mistaking — Present participle of mistake.
- mks units — a metric system of units based on the metre, kilogram, and second as the units of length, mass, and time; it forms the basis of the SI units
- multibank — of or involving more than one bank
- nanticoke — a member of an extinct North American Indian people who inhabited Maryland, Delaware, and Pennsylvania.
- nickstick — a stick on which notches are made for the purpose of keeping a tally; by extension, a tally or account
- nicky-tam — a strap or string secured round a trouser leg below the knee, formerly worn esp by farm workers to keep the trouser bottoms clear of dirt
- night key — a key for a night latch.
- nighthawk — any of several longwinged, American goatsuckers of the genus Chordeiles, related to the whippoorwill, especially C. minor, having variegated black, white, and buff plumage.
- nightlike — Resembling night or some aspect of it; dark, tenebrous.
- nit-picky — tending to raise petty objections; pernickety
- nitpicked — Simple past tense and past participle of nitpick.
- nitpicker — a person who nitpicks, especially habitually.
- no-strike — of, relating to, or containing a provision that workers are not permitted to strike under certain terms and conditions: a no-strike clause in a labor contract.
- non-stick — Non-stick saucepans, frying pans, or baking tins have a special coating on the inside which prevents food from sticking to them.
- nonsticky — not sticky
- np tricky — (humour) A play on NP hard describing an algorithm or piece of code that is too complicated for a mere mortal to understand.
- on strike — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
- outdrinks — Plural form of outdrink.
- overstink — to stink more than (something else)
- overthink — If you overthink, or if you overthink a problem, you spend too much time thinking about something.
- pack into — If someone packs a lot of something into a limited space or time, they fit a lot into it.
- packtrain — a line or succession of pack animals, as mules or burros, used to transport food and supplies over terrain unsuitable for wagons or other vehicles.
- paintwork — layer of paint on wall or vehicle