9-letter words containing k, o, r, i
- kickboxer — someone who practises kickboxing
- kilocurie — a unit of radioactivity, equal to 1000 curies. Abbreviation: kCi, kc.
- kilograms — Plural form of kilogram.
- kilohertz — a unit of frequency, equal to 1000 cycles per second. Abbreviation: kHz.
- kiloliter — a unit of volume, equal to 1000 liters; a cubic meter. Abbreviation: kl.
- kilolitre — a unit of volume, equal to 1000 liters; a cubic meter. Abbreviation: kl.
- kilometer — a unit of length, the common measure of distances equal to 1000 meters, and equivalent to 3280.8 feet or 0.621 mile. Abbreviation: km.
- kilometre — a unit of length, the common measure of distances equal to 1000 meters, and equivalent to 3280.8 feet or 0.621 mile. Abbreviation: km.
- king horn — the earliest extant verse romance (late 13th century) in the English language.
- kingsport — a city in NE Tennessee.
- kirchhoff — Gustav Robert [goo s-tahf roh-bert] /ˈgʊs tɑf ˈroʊ bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1824–87, German physicist.
- kirilenko — Andrei Pavlovich [uhn-dryey puh-vlaw-vyich;; English ahn-drey pav-loh-vich] /ʌnˈdryeɪ pʌˈvlɔ vyɪtʃ;; English ˈɑn dreɪ pævˈloʊ vɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1906–90, Soviet government official.
- kirovabad — a city in NW Azerbaijan.
- kirovakan — a city in W Armenia, N of Yerevan.
- kissogram — A novelty greeting or message delivered by a man or woman who accompanies it with a kiss, arranged as a humorous surprise for the recipient.
- kiteboard — A specialized light weight wakeboard used for kiteboarding.
- klondiker — an East European factory ship
- kol nidre — a liturgical prayer for recitation at the beginning of the service on the eve of Yom Kippur asking that all unfulfilled vows to God be nullified and all transgressions forgiven.
- komintern — Third International.
- 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.
- korzybski — Alfred (Habdank Skarbek) [hab-dangk skahr-bek;; Polish hahp-dahngk skahr-bek] /ˈhæb dæŋk ˈskɑr bɛk;; Polish ˈhɑp dɑŋk ˈskɑr bɛk/ (Show IPA), 1879–1950, U.S. writer on general semantics, born in Poland.
- koshering — Present participle of kosher.
- krakowiak — a lively Polish folk dance in duple meter with syncopated accents.
- kraurosis — atrophy and shrinkage of the skin, especially of the vulva.
- 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
- lock rail — the rail of a door that meets the shutting stile at the level of the lock.
- lockerbie — a town in SW Scotland, in Dumfries and Galloway: scene (1988) of the UK's worst air disaster when a passenger jet (Pan Am flight 103) was brought down by a terrorist bomb, killing 270 people, including eleven residents of the town. Pop: 4009 (2001)
- lorikeets — Plural form of lorikeet.
- markowitz — Harry M, born 1927, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1990.
- mccormick — Anne Elizabeth O'Hare, 1882–1954, U.S. journalist, born in England.
- milkworts — Plural form of milkwort.
- 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.).
- mockeries — Plural form of mockery.
- more like — in more accurate terms
- motorbike — a small, lightweight motorcycle.
- 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
- oak ridge — a city in E Tennessee, near Knoxville: atomic research center.
- odd trick — Bridge. each trick exceeding six that is taken by the declarer.
- 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.
- outskirts — 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.
- outstrike — (transitive) To strike faster than.
- overdrink — Drink too much alcohol.
- overinked — printed using too much ink