11-letter words containing i, k, a, r, o
- ration book — a book showing an individual's entitlement to certain rationed goods
- realpolitik — political realism or practical politics, especially policy based on power rather than on ideals.
- risk factor — a condition, behavior, or other factor that increases risk: Smoking is a major risk factor for cancer; depression as a risk factor in suicide.
- rock island — a port in NW Illinois, on the Mississippi: government arsenal.
- rock rabbit — rock hyrax.
- roman brick — a long, thin face brick, usually yellow-brown and having a length about eight times its thickness.
- rotary kiln — type of industrial oven
- sherlockian — pertaining to or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, known for his skill in solving mysteries through deductive reasoning.
- shock radio — broadcasting by a commercial radio station whose humor includes tasteless jokes, sexual innuendo, and ethnic insults.
- smoking car — smoker (def 2a).
- social work — organized work directed toward the betterment of social conditions in the community, as by seeking to improve the condition of the poor, to promote the welfare of children, etc.
- tailor-make — to make or adjust to meet the needs of the particular situation, individual, object, etc.: to tailor-make a tour.
- theodorakis — Mikis (ˈmikis). born 1925, Greek composer, who wrote the music for the films Zorba the Greek (1965) and Serpico (1973): imprisoned (1967–70) for his opposition to the Greek military government
- top-ranking — A top-ranking person is someone who has a very high rank or status in a particular organization or field of activity.
- utgard-loki — a Jotun appearing in the story of Thor's voyage to Utgard: at first disguised under another name (Skrymir)
- violinmaker — a person who designs and constructs violins, especially professionally.
- visualworks — (language) A modern commercial implementation of the Smalltalk programming language. VisualWorks descends directly from the original Smalltalk-80 by Xerox PARC and was originally developed (for some time under the name Objectworks\Smalltalk) by ParcPlace Systems. VisualWorks relies on dynamic translation as its virtual machine technology.
- walk on air — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- warriorlike — Like a warrior.
- whiskerando — a man with extravagant whiskers
- widowmakers — Plural form of widowmaker.
- wizard book — (publication) Hal Abelson, Gerald Sussman and Julie Sussman's "Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs" (MIT Press, 1984; ISBN 0-262-01077-1), an excellent computer science text used in introductory courses at MIT. So called because of the wizard on the jacket. One of the bibles of the LISP/Scheme world. Also, less commonly, known as the Purple Book.
- workability — practicable or feasible: He needs a workable schedule.
- workaholics — Plural form of workaholic.
- workaholism — a person who works compulsively at the expense of other pursuits.
- working day — daytime hours occupied by work
- working-day — workaday; everyday.
- workmanlike — like or befitting a workman.
- workmanship — the art or skill of a workman or workwoman.
- workstation — a work or office area assigned to one person, often one accommodating a computer terminal or other electronic equipment.