11-letter words containing k, o, r, i
- honor trick — (in certain bidding systems) a high card or set of high cards that can reasonably be expected to take a trick, the total worth of such cards in a hand being the basis for evaluating its strength and bidding.
- hormonelike — Resembling a hormone or some aspect of one.
- hot working — Hot working is a process in which a metal is shaped under pressure at a fairly high temperature.
- hybrid rock — an igneous rock formed by molten magma incorporating pre-existing rock through which it passes
- imparkation — the act of imparking
- interbroker — relating to interbroker dealers or their work
- interlocked — Simple past tense and past participle of interlock.
- ioshkar-ola — autonomous republic in the Russian Federation in Europe. 8994 sq. mi. (23,294 sq. km). Capital: Ioshkar-Ola.
- irksomeness — The state of being irksome; vexatiousness; tediousness; wearisomeness.
- ironworkers — Plural form of ironworker.
- ironworking — The making of useful or decorative items from iron.
- irrevokable — Alternative spelling of irrevocable.
- isokeraunic — isoceraunic.
- ivory black — a fine black pigment made by calcining ivory.
- jackarooing — Present participle of jackaroo.
- k-radiation — one of a series of lines (K-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (K-radiation) produced by the transition of an electron to the K-shell.
- kaffir corn — a Southern African variety of sorghum, cultivated in dry regions for its grain and as fodder
- kaiser roll — a rounded, unsweetened roll, formed by folding the corners of a square of dough toward the center, often sprinkled with poppy seeds before baking.
- kantorovich — Leonid Vitalyevich [ley-uh-nid vi-tal-yuh-vich;; Russian lyi-uh-nyeet vyi-tah-lyuh-vyich] /ˈleɪ ə nɪd vɪˈtæl yə vɪtʃ;; Russian lyɪ ʌˈnyit vyɪˈtɑ lyə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1912–86, Soviet mathematician and economist: Nobel Prize in Economics 1975.
- karyotyping — the analysis of chromosomes.
- keratolysis — the loosening or shedding of the horny layer of the epidermis.
- keratolytic — the loosening or shedding of the horny layer of the epidermis.
- ketosteroid — any of a group of steroids containing a ketone group.
- keyboarding — the row or set of keys on a piano, organ, or the like.
- keyboardist — the row or set of keys on a piano, organ, or the like.
- kick around — to strike with the foot or feet: to kick the ball; to kick someone in the shins.
- kid brother — younger male sibling
- kiddie porn — child pornography.
- kidney worm — any of various large nematodes parasitic in the kidneys, especially Stephanurus dentatus, found in pigs.
- kilimanjaro — a volcanic mountain in N Tanzania: highest peak in Africa. 19,321 feet (5889 meters).
- killer blow — something that puts a stop to something or defeats something
- killer boat — a boat used for hunting whales and towing them to a factory ship.
- killer poke — A recipe for inducing hardware damage on a machine via insertion of invalid values (see poke) into a memory-mapped control register; used especially of various fairly well-known tricks on bitty boxes without hardware memory management (such as the IBM PC and Commodore PET) that can overload analog electronics in the monitor. See also HCF.
- kilocalorie — one thousand small calories. Abbreviation: kcal. Also called Calorie, kilogram calorie, large calorie. Compare calorie (def 1a).
- kilometrage — The total distance, in kilometres, travelled.
- kiloparsecs — Plural form of kiloparsec.
- kinetochore — Biology. the place on either side of the centromere to which the spindle fibers are attached during cell division.
- kinetograph — a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope.
- king closer — a brick of regular length and thickness, used in building corners, having a long bevel from a point on one side to one about halfway across the adjacent end.
- kingcroaker — The weakfish or sea trout.
- kiteboarder — A person who participates in kiteboarding.
- knobkerries — Plural form of knobkerry.
- kodiak bear — a large, brown bear, Ursus (arctos) middendorffi, inhabiting coastal areas of Alaska and British Columbia, that grows to a length of 9 feet (2.7 meters).
- koeksisters — Plural form of koeksister.
- kordofanian — a subfamily of Niger-Kordofanian that comprises about 30 languages spoken in southern Kordofan.
- kwashiorkor — a malnutrition disease, chiefly of children, caused by severe protein and vitamin deficiency and characterized by retarded growth, changes in pigmentation, potbelly, and anemia.
- kymographic — Of or pertaining to a kymograph.
- lampworking — the method or process of producing articles made of glass tubes or rods formed or shaped while softened by the flame of a lamp or blast lamp.
- latticework — work consisting of crossed strips usually arranged in a diagonal pattern of open spaces.
- lemon drink — a drink made from lemon juice or that tastes of lemon