kern
kern is a 4-letter English word with 13 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A light-armed foot soldier of the ancient militia of Ireland and Scotland; -- distinguished from gallowglass, and often used as a term of contempt. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. A light-armed foot soldier of the ancient militia of Ireland and Scotland; -- distinguished from gallowglass, and often used as a term of contempt.
- noun. Any kind of boor or low-lived person.
- noun. An idler; a vagabond.
- noun. A part of the face of a type which projects beyond the body, or shank.
- transitive verb. To form with a kern. See 2d Kern.
- noun. A churn.
- noun. A hand mill. See Quern.
- intransitive verb. To harden, as corn in ripening.
- intransitive verb. To take the form of kernels; to granulate.
- noun. the part of a metal typeface that projects beyond its body
- noun. United States composer of musical comedies (1885-1945)
- verb. remove a portion of space between (adjacent letters)
- verb. furnish with a kern
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in kern:
Common word forms
kerns, kerned, kerner, kernes, kerning
Words from these letters
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