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

  • pieceworker — someone who does work paid for according to the quantity produced
  • pink collar — of or relating to a type of employment traditionally held by women, especially relatively low-paying work: secretaries, phone operators, and other pink-collar workers.
  • pink-collar — of or relating to a type of employment traditionally held by women, especially relatively low-paying work: secretaries, phone operators, and other pink-collar workers.
  • pipe smoker — a person who smokes a tobacco pipe
  • police work — the everyday duties of police officers, esp the investigation of criminal activities
  • policymaker — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
  • pollakiuria — abnormally frequent urination.
  • pool a risk — If an insurer pools a risk, it takes on a share of each risk underwritten by every other member in an association of insurers or reinsurers.
  • porkpie hat — a hat with a round flat crown and a brim that can be turned up or down
  • pot sticker — a pan-fried and steamed Chinese dumpling with a ground meat or vegetable filling.
  • prajadhipok — 1893–1941, king of Siam 1925–35.
  • prokaryotic — any cellular organism that has no nuclear membrane, no organelles in the cytoplasm except ribosomes, and has its genetic material in the form of single continuous strands forming coils or loops, characteristic of all organisms in the kingdom Monera, as the bacteria and blue-green algae.
  • prusik loop — a loop formed with a sliding knot that locks under pressure in which a climber can place his foot in order to stand or ascend a rope
  • pyrokinesis — the ability to set objects or people on fire through the concentration of psychic power.
  • pyrokinetic — the ability to set objects or people on fire through the concentration of psychic power.
  • quick ratio — A quick ratio is a measure of liquidity that is calculated by dividing current assets minus inventories by current liabilities.
  • radio knife — an electrical instrument for cutting tissue that by searing severed blood vessels seals them and prevents bleeding.
  • radio shack — a room or structure, as on a ship, for housing radio equipment.
  • rainbowlike — resembling a rainbow
  • raking bond — a brickwork bond in which concealed courses of diagonally laid bricks are used to bond exposed brickwork to the wall structure.
  • ration book — a book showing an individual's entitlement to certain rationed goods
  • realpolitik — political realism or practical politics, especially policy based on power rather than on ideals.
  • recipe book — a book containing lists of ingredients and directions for making different food dishes
  • reckon with — to count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount.
  • relief work — the work carried out by charities providing aid for people in need, esp in disaster areas
  • rickrolling — the playfully pointless practice of performing or playing the song ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ by the British singer Rick Astley to a person or group of people either at a public event or online by means of a disguised hyperlink
  • risk factor — a condition, behavior, or other factor that increases risk: Smoking is a major risk factor for cancer; depression as a risk factor in suicide.
  • rock island — a port in NW Illinois, on the Mississippi: government arsenal.
  • rock pigeon — rock dove.
  • rock rabbit — rock hyrax.
  • rock-ribbed — having ribs or ridges of rock: the rock-ribbed coast of Maine.
  • rocket ship — a rocket-propelled aircraft or spacecraft.
  • rocky river — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
  • roller rink — a rink for roller-skating.
  • rollicksome — rollicking; frolicsome.
  • roman brick — a long, thin face brick, usually yellow-brown and having a length about eight times its thickness.
  • rotary kiln — type of industrial oven
  • scissorlike — like scissors; moving, operating, or crossing in a manner suggesting the blades of scissors.
  • sherlockian — pertaining to or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, known for his skill in solving mysteries through deductive reasoning.
  • ship-broker — a person who acts for a shipowner by getting cargo and passengers for his ships and also handling insurance and other matters
  • shock radio — broadcasting by a commercial radio station whose humor includes tasteless jokes, sexual innuendo, and ethnic insults.
  • silver book — (publication)   Jensen and Wirth's infamous "Pascal User Manual and Report", so called because of the silver cover of the widely distributed Springer-Verlag second edition of 1978 (ISBN 0-387-90144-2). See also book titles, Pascal.
  • ski touring — cross-country skiing.
  • skin colour — the colour of a person's skin, ie Black, White, etc
  • skinner box — a box used in experiments in animal learning, especially in operant conditioning, equipped with a mechanism that automatically gives the animal food or other reward or permits escape, as by opening a door.
  • smoke-dried — to dry or cure (meat or other food) using smoke.
  • smoking car — smoker (def 2a).
  • smoky river — a river in W central Alberta, Canada, flowing N to the Peace River. 250 miles (402 km) long.
  • snickometer — a device, which uses sound waves recorded by the stump microphone, employed by TV commentators to determine whether or not a batsman has made contact with the ball
  • snorkelling — the activity of swimming with a snorkel
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