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11-letter words containing k, o, i, r

  • 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.
  • sockdoliger — a conclusive argument; a hard blow
  • soft drinks — A soft drink is a cold, nonalcoholic drink such as lemonade or fruit juice, or a carbonated drink.
  • soldierlike — resembling a soldier
  • soured milk — milk that has been deliberately soured by fermentation or by adding acids such as lemon juice or vinegar, to be used in cooking
  • spot strike — a labor strike by a local branch of a union.
  • spring lock — a lock that fastens automatically by a spring.
  • strike down — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
  • strike home — to deliver an effective blow
  • strike note — the note produced by a bell when struck, defining its musical pitch
  • strike zone — the area above home plate extending from the batter's knees to his or her shoulders.
  • strikebound — closed by a strike: a strikebound factory.
  • strip poker — a game of poker in which the losers in a hand remove an article of clothing.
  • tailor-make — to make or adjust to meet the needs of the particular situation, individual, object, etc.: to tailor-make a tour.
  • teleworking — Teleworking is working from home using equipment such as telephones, fax machines, and modems to contact people.
  • 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.
  • trelliswork — latticework.
  • tretchikoff — Vladimir. 1913–2006, South African painter, born in Russia, known for his kitsch appeal, especially for his much-reproduced Chinese Girl (1950; also known as The Green Lady)
  • trickledown — of, relating to, or based on the trickle-down theory: the trickle-down benefits to the local community.
  • tumour-like — (of a growth, swelling, nodule, etc) resembling a tumour or tumours
  • tuning fork — a steel instrument consisting of a stem with two prongs, producing a musical tone of definite, constant pitch when struck, and serving as a standard for tuning musical instruments, making acoustical experiments, and the like.
  • unloverlike — not typical of a lover or resembling a lover
  • unreckoning — to count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount.
  • 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.
  • whisk broom — a small, short-handled broom used chiefly to brush clothes.
  • whiskbrooms — Plural form of whiskbroom.
  • whiskerando — a man with extravagant whiskers
  • white stork — a large Eurasian stork, Ciconia ciconia, having white plumage with black in the wings and a red bill.
  • widowmakers — Plural form of widowmaker.
  • willowbrook — a city in SW California.
  • wind-broken — having the breathing impaired; affected with heaves.
  • wireworking — the use of wire to make functional or decorative works
  • 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.
  • woodworking — the act or art of making things of wood.
  • work permit — a document giving permission to work in a particular country
  • 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 bee — a voluntary group doing a job for charity
  • working day — daytime hours occupied by work
  • working dog — one of any of several breeds of usually large, powerful dogs originally developed to assist people in their daily work, as draft animals, guard dogs, and guide dogs, and including the boxer, bullmastiff, Doberman pinscher, Great Dane, St. Bernard, and Siberian Husky.
  • 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.
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