8-letter words containing k, o, r, i
- nonskier — a person who does not ski
- ockerism — the conduct or actions that are characteristic of an ocker
- oerlikon — a trade term that denotes a type of artillery and its accoutrements, in particular a type of cannon
- oistrakh — David [dey-vid] /ˈdeɪ vɪd/ (Show IPA), 1908–74, Russian violinist.
- oriskany — a village in central New York, near Utica: battle 1777.
- outdrink — To drink more than someone else.
- outskirt — Often, outskirts. the outlying district or region, as of a city, metropolitan area, or the like: to live on the outskirts of town; a sparsely populated outskirt.
- outtrick — to outdo in trickery
- overkill — the capacity of a nation to destroy, by nuclear weapons, more of an enemy than would be necessary for a military victory.
- overkind — too kind
- overking — a supreme king
- overmilk — to milk too much
- oversick — too sick
- overskip — to skip over
- pickford — Mary (Gladys Marie Smith) 1893–1979, U.S. motion-picture actress, born in Canada.
- pilework — construction built from heavy stakes or cylinders
- pinkroot — the root of any of various plants belonging to the genus Spigelia, of the logania family, especially that of S. marilandica of the U.S., that is used as a vermifuge.
- pipework — pipes and stops on an organ
- piroshki — small turnovers or dumplings with a filling, as of meat or fruit.
- pirozhki — small triangular pastries filled with meat, vegetables, etc
- pokerish — resembling a poker in stiffness
- pork pie — a snap-brimmed hat with a round, flat crown, usually made of felt.
- pork pig — a pig, typically of a lean type, bred and used principally for pork
- porkfish — a black and gold grunt, Anisotremus virginicus, of West Indian waters.
- porkling — a young pig; piglet
- reinvoke — to call for with earnest desire; make supplication or pray for: to invoke God's mercy.
- rickover — Hyman George, 1900–86, U.S. naval officer, born in Poland: helped to develop the nuclear submarine.
- rim lock — a lock nailed or screwed to one face of a door, gate, etc., as opposed to one built into its edge.
- rimouski — a city in SE Quebec, in SE Canada, on the St. Lawrence River.
- ringwork — a circular earthwork used as a defence and made up of a surrounding bank and ditch
- roadkill — Informal. the body of an animal killed on a road by a motor vehicle.
- rock oil — petroleum.
- rockfish — any of various fishes found about rocks.
- rocklike — Something that is rocklike is very strong or firm, and is unlikely to change.
- rockling — any of several small cods of the genera Enchalyopus and Gaidropsarus, found in the North Atlantic.
- roderick — a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “glory” and “ruler.”.
- rollicky — rollicking or merry
- rootlike — a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- ropelike — a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- roskilde — a city on the island of Zealand, in E Denmark: a suburb of Copenhagen.
- shitwork — bad work; tedious, badly-paid work
- sickroom — a room in which a sick person is confined.
- sikorski — Władysław (ˈvlædɪslæf). 1881–1943, Polish general and statesman: prime minister (1922–23) and prime minister of the Polish government in exile during World War II: died in an air crash
- sikorsky — Igor [ee-gawr] /ˈi gɔr/ (Show IPA), 1889–1972, U.S. aeronautical engineer, born in Russia.
- silkworm — the larva of the Chinese silkworm moth, Bombyx mori, which spins a cocoon of commercially valuable silk.
- skiatron — a cathode-ray tube used in radar
- skid row — an area of cheap barrooms and run-down hotels, frequented by alcoholics and vagrants.
- skioring — the traditional sport of being dragged on skis behind an animal
- skyrmion — a particle consisting of a magnetic field surrounding a group of atoms
- stroking — an act or instance of stroking; a stroking movement.