9-letter words containing ek
- ado-ekiti — a town in SE Nigeria.
- alkekengi — the winter cherry plant or fruit.
- amalekite — a member of a nomadic tribe descended from Esau (Genesis 36:12), dwelling in the desert between Sinai and Canaan and hostile to the Israelites: they were defeated by Saul and destroyed by David (I Samuel 15–30)
- baekeland — Leo Hendrik [lee-oh hen-drik;; Flemish ley-oh hen-drik] /ˈli oʊ ˈhɛn drɪk;; Flemish ˈleɪ oʊ ˈhɛn drɪk/ (Show IPA), 1863–1944, U.S. chemist, born in Belgium: developed Bakelite.
- beekeeper — A beekeeper is a person who owns and takes care of bees.
- bi-weekly — occurring every two weeks.
- cheekbone — Your cheekbones are the two bones in your face just below your eyes.
- cheekiest — Superlative form of cheeky.
- 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.
- 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
- ekphrasis — (rhetoric) A clear, intense, self-contained argument or pictorial description of an object, especially of an artwork.
- fenugreek — a plant, Trigonella foenum-graecum, of the legume family, indigenous to western Asia, but extensively cultivated elsewhere, chiefly for forage and for its mucilaginous seeds, which are used in medicine.
- foreknown — Past participle of foreknow.
- geek chic — a fashion style believed to be characteristic of geeks, including the wearing of heavy-rimmed glasses and T-shirts with humorous slogans
- geekiness — The state of being geeky.
- geekspeak — Technical jargon regarded as characteristic of that used by computer enthusiasts.
- gieseking — Walter (Wilhelm) [wawl-ter wil-helm;; German vahl-tuh r vil-helm] /ˈwɔl tər ˈwɪl hɛlm;; German ˈvɑl tər ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1895–1956, German pianist and composer.
- greek god — a man who is strikingly handsome and well built.
- hektogram — a unit of mass or weight equal to 100 grams, equivalent to 3.527 ounces avoirdupois. Abbreviation: hg.
- hell week — the week of hazing before initiation into a college fraternity or sorority.
- holy week — the week preceding Easter Sunday.
- housekeep — to keep or maintain a house.
- housekept — to keep or maintain a house.
- houseleek — Also called old-man-and-old-woman. a succulent plant, Sempervivum tectorum, of the stonecrop family, native to Europe, having reddish flowers and leaves forming dense basal rosettes.
- jobseeker — A person seeking employment.
- jormunrek — king of the Goths, murderer of Svanhild, the daughter of Sigurd: killed by the Gjukungs; probably identical with Ermanaric (4th century a.d.), the Ostrogothic leader.
- karatekas — Plural form of karateka.
- lek-river — a river in the central Netherlands, flowing W to the Meuse River; the N branch of the lower Rhine. 40 miles (64 km) long.
- limekilns — Plural form of limekiln.
- mekometer — a device that accurately measures distance by measuring the polarization of a reflected beam of light
- midweekly — midweek.
- next week — during the week after this one
- nollekens — Joseph. 1737–1823, British neoclassical sculptor of portrait busts, tombs, and mythological subjects
- oak creek — a town in SE Wisconsin.
- olykoeks' — doughnut.
- peat reek — the smoke of a peat fire
- peekskill — a city in SE New York, on the Hudson.
- pekingese — one of a Chinese breed of small dogs having a long, silky coat.
- placekick — a kick made while the ball is in place, often held in place, on the ground, as in kicking off or in attempting a field goal
- plekhanov — Georgi (or Georgy) Valentinovich [gyi-awr-gyee-vuh-lyin-tyee-nuh-vyich] /gyɪˈɔr gyi və lyɪnˈtyi nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1857–1918, Russian philosopher and leader of the Mensheviks.
- princekin — a small, young, or minor prince.
- sand leek — a Eurasian alliaceous plant, Allium scorodoprasum, having reddish-pink flowers, purple bulbils, and a garlic-like bulb
- shekhinah — the presence of God on earth or a symbol or manifestation of His presence.
- shrieking — a loud, sharp, shrill cry.
- sprekelia — a bulbous plant, Sprekelia formosissima, from Mexico and Guatemala, related to hippeastrum and grown for its striking crimson or white pendent flowers, in the form of a cross: family Amaryllidaceae
- streeking — the act of stretching one's limbs, as on awakening or by exercise.
- sunseeker — a person who travels to a warm and sunny climate, especially during cold months.
- synoekete — an insect that lives in the nests of social insects, esp ants, without receiving any attentions from the inmates
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