8-letter words containing k, e, r, o
- overtake — to catch up with in traveling or pursuit; draw even with: By taking a cab to the next town, we managed to overtake and board the train.
- overtalk — to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.
- overtask — to impose too heavy a task upon
- overtook — simple past tense of overtake.
- overweak — too weak
- overwork — to cause to work too hard, too much, or too long; weary or exhaust with work (often used reflexively): Don't overwork yourself on that new job.
- oxpecker — either of two African starlings of the genus Buphagus, characterized by their habit of riding on large, wild animals and domestic cattle to feed on ticks.
- parroket — parakeet.
- pembroke — a borough in Dyfed, in SW Wales: birthplace of King Henry VII.
- pilework — construction built from heavy stakes or cylinders
- pipework — pipes and stops on an organ
- pocketer — a person who pockets something
- pokerish — resembling a poker in stiffness
- pokeroot — pokeweed
- pork pie — a snap-brimmed hat with a round, flat crown, usually made of felt.
- pornaoke — an entertainment in which members of an audience emit lustful utterances in synchronization with those seen on a pornographic film played silently on a large screen
- pre-soak — to soak something (such as washing) beforehand
- provoked — to anger, enrage, exasperate, or vex.
- provoker — to anger, enrage, exasperate, or vex.
- rake off — a share or amount taken or received illicitly, as in connection with a public enterprise.
- rake-off — a share or amount taken or received illicitly, as in connection with a public enterprise.
- re-evoke — to evoke again
- reaphook — a sickle
- reckoned — to count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount.
- reckoner — a person who reckons.
- red book — 1.
Informal name for one of the four standard references on PostScript. The other three official guides are known as the Blue Book, the Green Book, and the White Book. 2. (publication) Informal name for one of the three standard references on Smalltalk. This book also has blue and green siblings. 3. Any of the 1984 standards issued by the ITU-T eighth plenary assembly. These include, among other things, the X.400 electronic mail specification, the Group 1 through 4 fax standards, ISDN, the R2 signalling system (Q.400 series recommendations), data communication via the PSTN (the V series recommendations) and tariffs and metering principles (the D series). 4. The new version of the Green Book - IEEE 1003.1-1990, also known as ISO 9945-1 - is (because of the colour and the fact that it is printed on A4 paper) known in the USA. as "the Ugly Red Book That Won't Fit On The Shelf" and in Europe as "the Ugly Red Book That's A Sensible Size". 5. The NSA "Trusted Network Interpretation" companion to the Orange Book. See also book titles. - reinvoke — to call for with earnest desire; make supplication or pray for: to invoke God's mercy.
- rickover — Hyman George, 1900–86, U.S. naval officer, born in Poland: helped to develop the nuclear submarine.
- rock elm — an elm, Ulmus thomasii, of eastern North America, having deeply furrowed, grayish-brown bark.
- rock-eel — rock blenny.
- rockable — (of a chair, crib, etc) able to be rocked
- rockabye — used in lullabies or nursery rhymes to encourage a baby to sleep
- rocketed — any of various simple or complex tubelike devices containing combustibles that on being ignited liberate gases whose action propels the tube through the air: used for pyrotechnic effect, signaling, carrying a lifeline, hurling explosives at an enemy, putting a space vehicle into orbit, etc.
- rocketer — a game bird such as a pheasant that launches itself into the air like a rocket after it is forced to take flight, for example by a dog
- rocketry — the science of rocket design, development, and flight.
- rockface — an exposure of rock in a steep slope or cliff.
- rockless — lacking rocks
- rocklike — Something that is rocklike is very strong or firm, and is unlikely to change.
- rockrose — any plant of the genus Cistus or some allied genus, as Helianthemum.
- rockweed — a fucoid seaweed growing on rocks exposed at low tide.
- rockwell — Norman, 1894–1978, U.S. illustrator.
- roderick — a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “glory” and “ruler.”.
- rollneck — (of a garment) having a high neck that may be rolled over
- room key — A room key is a key given to a guest in a hotel in order to open or lock the door of their room.
- rootlike — a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- ropelike — a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- ropewalk — a long, narrow path or building where ropes are made.
- ropework — the activities involved in making, mending, tying, and using ropes
- roskilde — a city on the island of Zealand, in E Denmark: a suburb of Copenhagen.
- seatwork — work that can be done by a child at his or her seat in school without supervision.