9-letter words containing k, e, r, o
- klondiker — an East European factory ship
- knee drop — a wrestling attack in which a wrestler lifts his or her opponent and drops him or her onto his or her bent knee
- kneeboard — a short board for surfing or water-skiing in a kneeling position.
- knobkerry — A wooden stick like a club, used in southern Africa.
- knockover — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- knurl toe — French foot (def 1).
- kol nidre — a liturgical prayer for recitation at the beginning of the service on the eve of Yom Kippur asking that all unfulfilled vows to God be nullified and all transgressions forgiven.
- komintern — Third International.
- konimeter — an instrument for measuring the amount of dust in the air.
- koshering — Present participle of kosher.
- kreymborg — Alfred, 1883–1966, U.S. poet, playwright, and critic.
- kronecker — Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; German ley-oh-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; German ˈleɪ oʊˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1823–91, German mathematician.
- lakefront — the land along the edge of a lake: Property along the lakefront is more expensive every year.
- lakeshore — lakefront.
- leadworks — a factory that makes things out of lead
- leakproof — designed to prevent leaking: a leakproof bottle.
- lockerbie — a town in SW Scotland, in Dumfries and Galloway: scene (1988) of the UK's worst air disaster when a passenger jet (Pan Am flight 103) was brought down by a terrorist bomb, killing 270 people, including eleven residents of the town. Pop: 4009 (2001)
- lockmaker — a person who makes locks
- look here — used when raising an objection
- look over — the act of looking: a look of inquiry.
- look-over — a brief or superficial examination or reading.
- looker-on — a person who looks on; onlooker; witness; spectator.
- lookovers — Plural form of lookover.
- lorikeets — Plural form of lorikeet.
- lossmaker — a business that consistently operates at a loss.
- lovemaker — Someone who makes love.
- major key — a key whose essential harmony is based on the major scale.
- make over — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- make-work — work, usually of little importance, created to keep a person from being idle or unemployed.
- makeovers — Plural form of makeover.
- meatworks — (Australia, New Zealand) A slaughterhouse or meat processing plant.
- mekometer — a device that accurately measures distance by measuring the polarization of a reflected beam of light
- metalwork — objects made of metal.
- minor key — a key or mode based on a minor scale.
- misreckon — (transitive) To add (something) up incorrectly, make a wrong calculation of (an amount etc.).
- mockeries — Plural form of mockery.
- mockernut — a North American hickory, Carya tomentosa, bearing a sweet, edible nut.
- mon-khmer — a group of Austroasiatic languages that includes Mon, of Burma, and Khmer, the language of Cambodia.
- moonraker — Also called moonsail [moon-suh l, -seyl] /ˈmun səl, -ˌseɪl/ (Show IPA). Nautical. a light square sail set above a skysail.
- more like — in more accurate terms
- moreporks — Plural form of morepork.
- motorbike — a small, lightweight motorcycle.
- musk rose — a rose, Rosa moschata, of the Mediterranean region, having white, musk-scented flowers.
- mykerinos — Mycerinus.
- neck cord — lash1 (def 7).
- networked — any netlike combination of filaments, lines, veins, passages, or the like: a network of arteries; a network of sewers under the city.
- networker — any netlike combination of filaments, lines, veins, passages, or the like: a network of arteries; a network of sewers under the city.
- no-strike — of, relating to, or containing a provision that workers are not permitted to strike under certain terms and conditions: a no-strike clause in a labor contract.
- nonkosher — Not kosher.
- nonmarket — an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.