10-letter words containing i, r, o, k
- kefalotyri — A Greek cheese similar to parmesan.
- kenilworth — a town in central Warwickshire, in central England, SE of Birmingham.
- keratinous — composed of or resembling keratin; horny.
- ketotriose — (carbohydrate) Any ketose having three carbon atoms; in reality, only dihydroxyacetone.
- kickboards — Plural form of kickboard.
- kicksorter — a multichannel pulse-height analyser used esp to distinguish between isotopes by sorting their characteristic pulses (kicks)
- kid around — behave jokingly or playfully
- kidney ore — a form of hematite that occurs in kidney-shaped masses
- kidneywort — the navelwort, Umbilicus rupestris, of the stonecrop family, having drooping yellowish-green flowers.
- kilmarnock — Official name Kilmarnock and Loudon. an administrative district in the Strathclyde region, in SW Scotland.
- kiloampère — one thousand amperes
- kilogramme — (British) alternative spelling of kilogram.
- kiloliters — Plural form of kiloliter.
- kilolitres — Plural form of kilolitre.
- kilometers — a unit of length, the common measure of distances equal to 1000 meters, and equivalent to 3280.8 feet or 0.621 mile. Abbreviation: km.
- kilometres — Plural form of kilometre.
- kiloparsec — a unit of distance, equal to 1000 parsecs. Abbreviation: kpc.
- king cobra — a cobra, Ophiophagus hannah, of southeastern Asia and the East Indies, that grows to a length of more than 15 feet (5 meters): the largest of the venomous snakes.
- kingsolver — Barbara, born 1955, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- kinsperson — A kinsman or kinswoman.
- kir royale — an apéritif of white wine or sometimes champagne (Kir Royale) flavored with cassis.
- kirovograd — a city in S central Ukraine.
- kirovohrad — Kirovograd.
- kissograms — Plural form of kissogram.
- kiwisports — a fitness programme developed for schools, involving a selection of sports such as rounders, cricket, and netball
- knobkerrie — a short, heavy wooden club with a knob on one end, used especially by native peoples of South Africa for striking and throwing.
- koeksister — (South Africa) A traditional Malay confection consisting of a deep-fried twisted or plaited doughnut dipped in syrup immediately after cooking.
- koh-i-noor — an Indian diamond weighing 106 carats; now part of the British crown jewels.
- kohlrabies — Plural form of kohlrabi.
- konditorei — (often initial capital letter) a German pastry and coffee shop.
- koniggratz — German name of Hradec Králové.
- konigsberg — a former province in NE Germany: an enclave separated from Germany by the Polish Corridor; now divided between Poland and the Russian Federation. 14,283 sq. mi. (36,993 sq. km). Capital: Königsberg.
- koobi fora — an archaeological locality on the northeastern side of Lake Rudolf, in northern Kenya, yielding important early hominid fossils and some of the oldest hominid areas with stone tools, bone food waste, and possible evidence of fire use, dating from one to two million years ago.
- krivoi rog — a city in SE Ukraine, SW of Dnepropetrovsk.
- krivoy rog — a city in SE Ukraine: founded in the 17th century by Cossacks; iron-mining centre; iron- and steelworks. Pop: 658 000 (2005 est)
- kryptonite — The one weakness of something or someone that is otherwise invulnerable, an Achilles' heel.
- kuropatkin — Aleksei Nikolaevich [uh-lyi-ksyey nyi-kuh-lah-yi-vyich] /ʌ lyɪˈksyeɪ nyɪ kʌˈlɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1925, Russian general.
- lego brick — a toy plastic brick with studs which can be connected to other plastic bricks and used to construct toy buildings, vehicles, etc
- long drink — a drink containing a large quantity of non-alcoholic beverage
- māori bunk — a raised sleeping platform
- marketroid — /mar'k*-troyd/ (Or "marketing slime", "marketeer", "marketing droid", "marketdroid") A member of a company's marketing department, especially one who promises users that the next version of a product will have features that are not actually scheduled for inclusion, are extremely difficult to implement, and/or are in violation of the laws of physics; and/or one who describes existing features (and misfeatures) in ebullient, buzzword-laden adspeak. Derogatory.
- maskirovka — the use, by Russia or the former Soviet Union, of military deception intended to confuse Western intelligence
- matronlike — Like a matron; sedate; grave; matronly.
- mesokurtic — (of a frequency distribution or its graphical representation) having the same kurtosis as the normal distribution.
- microcrack — a microscopic crack in a material
- microquake — Microearthquake.
- microskirt — An extremely short skirt, ending just underneath the buttocks.
- milk round — If someone has a milk round, they work as a milkman, going from house to house delivering milk.
- millworker — A worker in a mill or factory.
- mineworker — miner.