9-letter words containing k, o, r, n
- foreknown — Past participle of foreknow.
- foresaken — Misspelling of forsaken.
- foreshank — Anatomy. the part of the lower limb in humans between the knee and the ankle; leg.
- foreskins — Plural form of foreskin.
- forethink — to have prescience of
- foretoken — a sign of a future event; omen; forewarning.
- forkiness — the state of being forky
- forsaking — Present participle of forsake.
- forskolin — (biochemistry) A labdane diterpene produced by the plant Coleus forskohlii; commonly used in the study and research of cell physiology.
- fort knox — (William) Frank(lin) 1874–1944, U.S. publisher and government official.
- frankfort — a state in the E central United States. 40,395 sq. mi. (104,625 sq. km). Capital: Frankfort. Abbreviation: KY (for use with zip code), Ken., Ky.
- gear knob — a gear lever
- glen rock — a borough in NE New Jersey.
- gruntwork — Alternative spelling of grunt work.
- handiwork — work done by hand.
- handywork — Dated form of handiwork.
- heraklion — Iraklion
- hieromonk — a monk who is also a priest.
- hornbooks — Plural form of hornbook.
- hornwrack — a yellowish bryozoan or sea mat sometimes found on beaches after a storm
- hornywink — a lapwing
- interknot — to knot together
- interlock — to fit into each other, as parts of machinery, so that all action is synchronized.
- interwork — to work or weave together; interweave.
- inworking — an internal operation
- iron duke — 1st Duke of (Arthur Wellesley"the Iron Duke") 1769–1852, British general and statesman, born in Ireland: prime minister 1828–30.
- iron mask — an iron covering for the face, supposedly used in the past to conceal the identity of a well-known prisoner
- iron-sick — noting a wooden hull, fastened with iron, in which chemical interaction between the iron and the wood has resulted in the decay of both; nail-sick.
- ironworks — an establishment where iron is smelted or where it is cast or wrought.
- jormunrek — king of the Goths, murderer of Svanhild, the daughter of Sigurd: killed by the Gjukungs; probably identical with Ermanaric (4th century a.d.), the Ostrogothic leader.
- junk room — a room in a house that is used as a store room
- junkerdom — the Junkers as a group.
- kairomone — A chemical substance emitted by an organism and detected by another of a different species that gains advantage from this, e.g., a parasite seeking a host.
- kangaroos — Plural form of kangaroo.
- kantharos — a deep bowl set upon a stem terminating in a foot and having two handles rising from the brim and curving downward to join the body.
- kerbstone — one of the stones, or a range of stones, forming a curb, as along a street.
- ketonuria — the presence of ketone bodies in the urine.
- keynoters — Plural form of keynoter.
- keystoner — a native or inhabitant of Pennsylvania (used as a nickname).
- king horn — the earliest extant verse romance (late 13th century) in the English language.
- kingsport — a city in NE Tennessee.
- 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.
- kirovakan — a city in W Armenia, N of Yerevan.
- klondiker — an East European factory ship
- klystrons — Plural form of klystron.
- knee drop — a wrestling attack in which a wrestler lifts his or her opponent and drops him or her onto his or her bent knee
- kneeboard — a short board for surfing or water-skiing in a kneeling position.
- knobkerry — A wooden stick like a club, used in southern Africa.
- knockover — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- knotgrass — A common Eurasian plant of the dock family, with jointed creeping stems and small pink flowers. It is a serious weed in some areas.