8-letter words containing k, o, r, b
- forkball — a pitch thrown with the ball inserted between the index and middle fingers, causing it to dip sharply near home plate.
- go broke — a simple past tense of break.
- grosbeak — any of various finches having a thick, conical bill.
- herblock — Herbert Lawrence (Herblock) 1909–2001, U.S. cartoonist.
- herdbook — A book containing the list and pedigrees of one or more herds of cattle.
- holbrook — Stewart H(all) 1893–1964, U.S. historian and editor.
- hornbeak — a dialect name for a fish known as the garfish, hornfish or sea needle
- hornbook — a leaf or page containing the alphabet, religious materials, etc., covered with a sheet of transparent horn and fixed in a frame with a handle, formerly used in teaching children to read.
- ironbark — any of the various Australian eucalyptuses having a hard, solid bark.
- job work — miscellaneous printing work, as distinguished from books, periodicals, etc.
- 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.
- kerberos — Cerberus (def 1).
- keurboom — (South Africa) A species of tree, Virgilia oroboides, noted for it's pretty lilac flowers.
- keyboard — the row or set of keys on a piano, organ, or the like.
- kir moab — ancient name of Kerak.
- kohlrabi — a cultivated cabbage, Brassica oleracea gongylodes, whose stem above ground swells into an edible, bulblike formation.
- korfball — (uncountable) A non-contact unisex team sport originating from Holland, similar to netball, where players attempt to throw a ball into a basket atop a pole.
- kornberg — Arthur, 1918–2007, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1959.
- kourbash — to whip with a kurbash.
- lynbrook — a village on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- netrebko — Anna. born 1971, Russian operatic soprano
- outbreak — a sudden breaking out or occurrence; eruption: the outbreak of war.
- outbroke — Simple past form of outbreak.
- overbake — (transitive) To bake for too long.
- overbank — to have the balance staff oscillate so greatly that the fork of the lever fails to engage, rendering the escapement inoperative.
- overbook — to accept reservations for in excess of the number that can be accommodated: The airline routinely overbooks its flights so as to fill its planes even if there are last-minute cancellations.
- overbulk — to dwarf or loom over in an oppressive way
- pembroke — a borough in Dyfed, in SW Wales: birthplace of King Henry VII.
- 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. - rockable — (of a chair, crib, etc) able to be rocked
- rockabye — used in lullabies or nursery rhymes to encourage a baby to sleep
- rollback — an act or instance of rolling back.
- roorback — a false and more or less damaging report circulated for political effect, usually about a candidate seeking an office.
- row back — If you row back on something you have said or written, you express a different or contrary opinion about it.
- skyboard — a sport that is similar to skydiving but uses a special lightweight board (skyboard) attached to the feet and usually equipped with a parachute.
- skyborne — airborne.
- soapbark — a Chilean tree, Quillaja saponaria, of the rose family, having evergreen leaves and small, white flowers.
- tubework — tubes collectively
- unbroken — not broken; whole; intact.
- wordbook — a book of words, usually with definitions, explanations, etc.; a dictionary.
- workable — practicable or feasible: He needs a workable schedule.
- workably — In an workable fashion.
- workbags — Plural form of workbag.
- workboat — a boat used for work or trade rather than sport, public transportation, or military purposes.
- workbook — a manual of operating instructions.
- yearbook — a book published annually, containing information, statistics, etc., about the past year: an encyclopedia yearbook.