9-letter words containing k, o, r, n
- overfrank — too frank
- overinked — printed using too much ink
- overstink — to stink more than (something else)
- overthink — If you overthink, or if you overthink a problem, you spend too much time thinking about something.
- paintwork — layer of paint on wall or vehicle
- parkinson — a common neurologic disease believed to be caused by deterioration of the brain cells that produce dopamine, occurring primarily after the age of 60, characterized by tremors, especially of the fingers and hands, muscle rigidity, shuffling gait, slow speech, and a masklike facial expression.
- pickaroon — to act or operate as a pirate or brigand.
- pinhooker — someone who trades in young racehorses for profit
- pink root — a disease of onions and other plants, characterized by pink, withered roots, caused by a fungus, Pyrenochaeta terrestris.
- pinkerton — Allan, 1819–84, U.S. detective, born in Scotland.
- plainwork — simple needlework, such as hemming, as distinct from fancywork
- pranksome — tending to play pranks; mischievous; prankish
- prokaryon — the nucleus of a prokaryote
- prong key — a key or spanner with two prongs or projections which engage corresponding holes in the face of a nut or component to be turned for tightening, adjustment, etc
- prongbuck — a pronghorn antelope from North America
- provoking — serving to provoke; causing annoyance.
- punk rock — a type of rock-'n'-roll, reaching its peak in the late 1970s and characterized by loud, insistent music and abusive or violent protest lyrics, and whose performers and followers are distinguished by extremes of dress and socially defiant behavior.
- raskolnik — a member of any of several sects founded by dissenters from the Russian Orthodox Church who opposed the liturgical reforms of Nikon in the 17th century.
- reckon on — count on, rely on
- reckoning — count; computation; calculation.
- reef knot — a square knot used in reefing sails.
- rent book — a document that acts as a record of the regular amounts of money that you have paid as rent for accommodation
- reworking — revised version
- reznikoff — Charles, 1894–1976, U.S. poet.
- rock band — heavy pop music group
- rock hind — a small, orange-spotted grouper, Epinephelus adscensionis, inhabiting warm seas from North Carolina to Brazil, especially in the West Indies, and fished as food.
- rock wren — an American wren, Salpinctes obsoletus, inhabiting the foothills, badlands, and mesa country of the western U.S. and Mexico.
- rockbound — surrounded or covered by rocks
- rockhound — a person who collects or who is interested in rocks and minerals
- rockiness — the state or condition of a person who is shaky or unsteady, as from drinking, fatigue, or illness.
- rockingly — in a rocking manner
- rodchenko — Aleksandr (Mikhailovich) [al-ig-zan-der,, -zahn-,, mi-key-luh-vich;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahn-dr myi-khahy-luh-vyich] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər,, -ˈzɑn-,, mɪˈkeɪ lə vɪtʃ;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑn dr myɪˈxaɪ lə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1956, Soviet painter, photographer, and designer.
- rodzinski — Artur [ahr-too r] /ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1894–1958, U.S. orchestra conductor.
- roll-neck — A roll-neck sweater or a roll-necked sweater is a sweater with a high neck than can be rolled over.
- root knot — a disease of plants, characterized by galls or knots on the roots and stunted growth, caused by any of several nematodes of the genus Meloidogyne.
- rose pink — a light pinkish red color.
- roughneck — a rough, coarse person; a tough.
- schnorkel — (formerly) snorkel (def 1).
- schnorkle — (formerly) snorkel (def 1).
- skijoring — a sport in which a skier is pulled over snow or ice, generally by a horse.
- snakeroot — any of various plants whose roots have been regarded as a remedy for snakebites, as the herb Aristolochia serpentaria (Virginia snakeroot) having a medicinal rhizome and rootlets, and the white-flowered Polygala senega (Seneca snakeroot) having a medicinal root.
- snockered — drunk; intoxicated.
- snookered — a variety of pool played with 15 red balls and 6 balls of colors other than red, in which a player must shoot one of the red balls, each with a point value of 1, into a pocket before shooting at one of the other balls, with point values of from 2 to 7.
- snowmaker — a machine that makes artificial snow for ski slopes.
- sokemanry — tenure of land subject to the soke of someone else.
- sooterkin — the mythical black afterbirth of Dutch women that was believed to result from their warming themselves on stoves
- springbok — a gazelle, Antidorcas marsupialis, of southern Africa, noted for its habit of springing into the air when alarmed.
- stinkaroo — something markedly inferior in quality: a stinkaroo of a motion picture.
- stinkeroo — a bad or contemptible person or thing
- stinkhorn — any of various rank-smelling, brown-capped mushrooms of the genus Phallus, especially P. impudicus.