8-letter words containing k, e, r, o
- honecker — Erich [er-ik;; German ey-rikh] /ˈɛr ɪk;; German ˈeɪ rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1912–94, East German Communist leader: chairman of the Council of State 1976–89.
- hornbeak — a dialect name for a fish known as the garfish, hornfish or sea needle
- hornlike — Projecting like a horn.
- humoresk — humorous musical composition
- instroke — a stroke traveling in an inward direction.
- invokers — Plural form of invoker.
- ironlike — Resembling iron or some aspect of it.
- j-stroke — (in canoeing) a stroke, made in the shape of the letter J, used to alter the course of the canoe, usually to compensate for drifting sideways.
- jackeroo — an inexperienced person working as an apprentice on a sheep ranch.
- jerk off — a quick, sharp pull, thrust, twist, throw, or the like; a sudden movement: The train started with a jerk.
- jerk out — to utter sharply and abruptly
- jerk-off — a stupid, bumbling, foolish, or lazy person; jerk.
- jerksome — Indicative of quick, rapid movements; jerky.Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed. (1989).
- jokester — a joker, especially a practical joker.
- kabouter — (Dutch mythology) A tiny folkloric man who traditionally wears a pointy red hat, lives in harmony with nature and resides in mushrooms, similar to a gnome, leprechaun or a smurf.
- kangeroo — Archaic form of kangaroo.
- karoline — a female given name.
- karosses — Plural form of kaross.
- kemerovo — a city in the S Russian Federation in Asia, NE of Novosibirsk.
- kenotron — a type of vacuum tube formerly used as a high-voltage rectifier, for example in circuits of X-ray tubes
- keratode — the horny, fibrous substance forming the skeleton of certain sponges.
- keratoid — resembling horn; horny.
- keratoma — keratosis.
- keratose — having a skeleton formed of horny fibers, as certain sponges.
- kerberos — Cerberus (def 1).
- kerosene — a mixture of liquid hydrocarbons obtained by distilling petroleum, bituminous shale, or the like, and widely used as a fuel, cleaning solvent, etc.
- kerosine — Alternative spelling of kerosene.
- keurboom — (South Africa) A species of tree, Virgilia oroboides, noted for it's pretty lilac flowers.
- key-word — a word that serves as a key, as to the meaning of another word, a sentence, passage, or the like.
- keyboard — the row or set of keys on a piano, organ, or the like.
- keynoter — a person who delivers a keynote address.
- keywords — a word that serves as a key, as to the meaning of another word, a sentence, passage, or the like.
- kneeroom — space to put one's knees
- knockers — a person or thing that knocks.
- koestler — Arthur, 1905–83, British novelist, critic, and journalist; born in Hungary.
- kompiler — (language) An early system on the IBM 701. Versions: KOMPILER 2 for IBM 701, KOMPILER 3 for IBM 704.
- kornberg — Arthur, 1918–2007, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1959.
- koshered — Simple past tense and past participle of kosher.
- kowtower — One who kowtows; a sycophant.
- kromesky — a croquette consisting of a piece of bacon wrapped round minced meat or fish
- kullervo — (in the Kalevala) a slave who, after a series of tragic misadventures, commits suicide.
- kurtoses — Plural form of kurtosis.
- kurveyor — a trader who transports goods by ox cart
- lacework — lace (def 1).
- lakeport — a port city located on the shore of a lake, especially one of the Great Lakes.
- larksome — mischievous or fond of larking
- laverock — a lark, especially a skylark.
- leadwork — work involving lead, such as maintenance work on lead pipes
- leg work — work or research involving extensive walking or traveling about, usually away from one's office, as in gathering data for a book, a legal action, etc.
- leg-work — work or research involving extensive walking or traveling about, usually away from one's office, as in gathering data for a book, a legal action, etc.