9-letter words containing k, o, p
- pink root — a disease of onions and other plants, characterized by pink, withered roots, caused by a fungus, Pyrenochaeta terrestris.
- pinkerton — Allan, 1819–84, U.S. detective, born in Scotland.
- pitchfork — a large, long-handled fork for manually lifting and pitching hay, stalks of grain, etc.
- plainwork — simple needlework, such as hemming, as distinct from fancywork
- plekhanov — Georgi (or Georgy) Valentinovich [gyi-awr-gyee-vuh-lyin-tyee-nuh-vyich] /gyɪˈɔr gyi və lyɪnˈtyi nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1857–1918, Russian philosopher and leader of the Mensheviks.
- plow back — an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
- pock-mark — Usually, pockmarks. scars or pits left by a pustule in smallpox or the like.
- pocketful — the amount that a pocket will hold.
- pocketing — a shaped piece of fabric attached inside or outside a garment and forming a pouch used especially for carrying small articles.
- pokeberry — the berry of the pokeweed.
- pokelogan — marshy or stagnant water that has branched off from a stream or lake.
- pokerwork — the art of decorating wood or leather by burning a design with a heated metal point; pyrography
- poliakoff — Stephen. born 1952, British playwright and film director; work includes the stage plays Breaking the Silence (1984) and Blinded by the Sun (1996) and the television serials The Lost Prince (2003), Friends and Crocodiles (2005), and Dancing on the Edge (2013)
- polka dot — a dot or round spot (printed, woven, or embroidered) repeated to form a pattern on a textile fabric.
- polltaker — a person or organization that conducts polls; pollster.
- polo neck — high turtleneck collar
- polokwane — a town in NE South Africa, the capital of Limpopo province: commercial and agricultural centre. Pop: 90 398 (2001)
- pontianak — a seaport on W Kalimantan (Borneo), in central Indonesia.
- pony pack — a tray of usually one dozen growing plants that can be bought from a nursery for transplanting: a pony pack of tomato plants.
- poop deck — a weather deck on top of a poop.
- poppycock — nonsense; bosh.
- pork chop — cutlet of pig meat
- portapack — the first portable combined videotape recorder and camera
- post-rock — a type of music that often varies from traditional rock in terms of form and instrumentation
- potlicker — Midland and Southern U.S. Eye Dialect. pot liquor.
- pound key — a push button on a telephone or key on a computer keyboard that is marked with a pound sign (#).
- poundcake — a rich, sweet cake made originally with approximately a pound each of butter, sugar, and flour.
- pranksome — tending to play pranks; mischievous; prankish
- precooked — to cook (food) partly or completely beforehand, so that it may be cooked or warmed and served quickly at a later time.
- precooker — a device for cooking or partially cooking food in advance of final preparations
- presswork — the working or management of a printing press.
- prick out — to transplant (seedlings) as from seed pans to shallow boxes
- prickwood — the dense wood of the spindle tree, used for making skewers
- prog rock — a style of rock music originating in the 1970s and characterized by large-scale compositions, often on epic themes, in which musicians display instrumental virtuosity
- prokaryon — the nucleus of a prokaryote
- prokaryot — any organism having cells in each of which the genetic material is in a single DNA chain, not enclosed in a nucleus
- prokhorov — Aleksandr Mikhailovich [al-ig-zan-der mi-kahy-luh-vich,, -zahn-;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahn-dr myi-khahy-luh-vyich] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər mɪˈkaɪ lə vɪtʃ,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑn dr myɪˈxaɪ lə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2002, Russian physicist: Nobel prize 1964.
- prokofiev — Sergei Sergeevich [syir-gyey syir-gye-yi-vyich] /syɪrˈgyeɪ syɪrˈgyɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1953, Russian composer.
- prong key — a key or spanner with two prongs or projections which engage corresponding holes in the face of a nut or component to be turned for tightening, adjustment, etc
- prongbuck — a pronghorn antelope from North America
- proselike — the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
- proturkey — a republic in W Asia and SE Europe. 296,184 sq. mi. (767,120 sq. km): 286,928 sq. mi. (743,145 sq. km) in Asia; 9257 sq. mi. (23,975 sq. km) in Europe. Capital: Ankara.
- provoking — serving to provoke; causing annoyance.
- psalmbook — a book containing psalms for liturgical or devotional use.
- puckerood — ruined; exhausted
- punk rock — a type of rock-'n'-roll, reaching its peak in the late 1970s and characterized by loud, insistent music and abusive or violent protest lyrics, and whose performers and followers are distinguished by extremes of dress and socially defiant behavior.
- retropack — a system of retrorockets on a spacecraft
- rock pool — small body of seawater among rocks
- rose pink — a light pinkish red color.
- salt pork — pork cured with salt, especially the fat pork taken from the back, sides, and belly.