9-letter words containing k, o, r, i, n
- konimeter — an instrument for measuring the amount of dust in the air.
- kórinthos — an ancient city in Greece, on the Isthmus of Corinth: one of the wealthiest and most powerful of the ancient Greek cities.
- koshering — Present participle of kosher.
- kropotkin — Prince Pëter Alekseevich [pyawtr uh-lyi-ksyey-yi-vyich] /ˈpyɔtr ʌ lyɪˈksyeɪ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1842–1921, Russian geographer, author, and anarchist.
- link road — a road used to link two cities or two more major hubs of road transport
- 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.).
- mykerinos — Mycerinus.
- nikko fir — a tall evergreen tree, Abies homolepis, native to mountainous areas of Japan, having dark-green needles and purple cones, cultivated as an ornamental.
- 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.
- nonshrink — (of construction materials, such as cement or grout) not liable to contract
- on strike — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
- outdrinks — Plural form of outdrink.
- overdrink — Drink too much alcohol.
- overinked — printed using too much ink
- overstink — to stink more than (something else)
- overthink — If you overthink, or if you overthink a problem, you spend too much time thinking about something.
- paintwork — layer of paint on wall or vehicle
- parkinson — a common neurologic disease believed to be caused by deterioration of the brain cells that produce dopamine, occurring primarily after the age of 60, characterized by tremors, especially of the fingers and hands, muscle rigidity, shuffling gait, slow speech, and a masklike facial expression.
- pickaroon — to act or operate as a pirate or brigand.
- pinhooker — someone who trades in young racehorses for profit
- 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.
- plainwork — simple needlework, such as hemming, as distinct from fancywork
- provoking — serving to provoke; causing annoyance.
- raskolnik — a member of any of several sects founded by dissenters from the Russian Orthodox Church who opposed the liturgical reforms of Nikon in the 17th century.
- reckoning — count; computation; calculation.
- reworking — revised version
- reznikoff — Charles, 1894–1976, U.S. poet.
- rock hind — a small, orange-spotted grouper, Epinephelus adscensionis, inhabiting warm seas from North Carolina to Brazil, especially in the West Indies, and fished as food.
- rockiness — the state or condition of a person who is shaky or unsteady, as from drinking, fatigue, or illness.
- rockingly — in a rocking manner
- rodzinski — Artur [ahr-too r] /ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1894–1958, U.S. orchestra conductor.
- rose pink — a light pinkish red color.
- skijoring — a sport in which a skier is pulled over snow or ice, generally by a horse.
- sooterkin — the mythical black afterbirth of Dutch women that was believed to result from their warming themselves on stoves
- springbok — a gazelle, Antidorcas marsupialis, of southern Africa, noted for its habit of springing into the air when alarmed.
- stinkaroo — something markedly inferior in quality: a stinkaroo of a motion picture.
- stinkeroo — a bad or contemptible person or thing
- stinkhorn — any of various rank-smelling, brown-capped mushrooms of the genus Phallus, especially P. impudicus.
- thorndike — Ashley Horace, 1871–1933, U.S. literary historian and teacher.
- thornlike — resembling or having the characteristics of a thorn
- tinkertoy — a children's toy construction set
- tokharian — a member of a central Asian people of high culture, who were assimilated with other peoples about the 11th century a.d.
- urokinase — an enzyme, present in the blood and urine of mammals, that activates plasminogen and is used medicinally to dissolve blood clots.
- wonderkid — a young person whose excellence in his or her discipline is appropriate to someone older and more experienced
- workprint — the first positive print of a film, assembled from the dailies: used in the editing process.
- wronskian — the determinant of order n associated with a set of n functions, in which the first row consists of the functions, the second row consists of the first derivatives of the functions, the third row consists of their second derivatives, and so on.