11-letter words containing k, o, r, s, a
- nosy parker — a prying person
- other ranks — (in the armed forces) all those who do not hold a commissioned rank
- outer banks — chain of long, narrow, sandy islands, along the coast of N.C.
- oyster rake — a rake with a long handle and curved teeth for gathering in oysters from shallow waters
- park forest — a city in NE Illinois.
- passagework — writing that is often extraneous to the thematic material of a work and is typically of a virtuosic or decorative character: passagework consisting of scales, arpeggios, trills, and double octaves.
- perestroika — Russian. the program of economic and political reform in the Soviet Union initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev in 1986.
- pervouralsk — a city in the central RSFSR, in the Ural Mountains in Asia.
- phrase book — a small book containing everyday phrases and sentences and their equivalents in a foreign language, written especially for travelers.
- piatigorsky — Gregor [greg-er] /ˈgrɛg ər/ (Show IPA), 1903–76, U.S. cellist, born in Russia.
- plasterwork — finish or ornamental work done in plaster.
- pond-skater — any of various heteropterous insects of the family Gerrididae, esp Gerris lacustris (common pond-skater), having a slender hairy body and long hairy legs with which they skim about on the surface of ponds
- 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.
- prokaryotes — 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.
- radio shack — a room or structure, as on a ship, for housing radio equipment.
- 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 salmon — (formerly) any of several coarse fishes when used as food, esp the dogfish or wolffish: now called rockfish or catfish
- rock steady — the style of vocalized Jamaican popular music that succeeded ska and preceded reggae in the 1960s, influenced by American soul music and having a more upbeat tempo with emphasis on electric bass and guitar rather than on horns.
- rollerskate — a form of skate with four wheels or rollers instead of a runner, for use on a sidewalk or other surface offering traction.
- round steak — a steak cut from directly above the hind leg of beef.
- schwarzkopf — Elisabeth, 1915–2006, German soprano, born in Poland.
- shcherbakov — a former name (1946–57) of Andropov.
- sherlockian — pertaining to or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, known for his skill in solving mysteries through deductive reasoning.
- shock radio — broadcasting by a commercial radio station whose humor includes tasteless jokes, sexual innuendo, and ethnic insults.
- shopbreaker — a robber who breaks into a shop
- smoke alarm — A smoke alarm or a smoke detector is a device fixed to the ceiling of a room which makes a loud noise if there is smoke in the air, to warn people.
- smoke-eater — a firefighter.
- smokechaser — a person who fights forest fires, especially one with lightweight equipment.
- smokey bear — an officer or officers of a state highway patrol.
- smoking car — smoker (def 2a).
- social work — organized work directed toward the betterment of social conditions in the community, as by seeking to improve the condition of the poor, to promote the welfare of children, etc.
- sockdolager — something unusually large, heavy, etc.
- south korea — a country in E Asia: formed 1948 after the division of the former country of Korea at 38° N. 36,600 sq. mi. (94,795 sq. km). Capital: Seoul. Compare Korea.
- sparrowhawk — a small, short-winged European hawk, Accipiter nisus, that preys on smaller birds.
- spatterdock — any of various water lilies of the genus Nuphar, having globular yellow flowers and growing in lakes or sluggish streams, especially N. advena, of the eastern U.S.
- spatterwork — a method of decorating whereby ink or another fluid is spattered over a medium
- spot market — a market in which commodities, as grain, gold, or crude oil, are dealt in for cash and immediate delivery (distinguished from futures market).
- square knot — a common knot in which the ends come out alongside of the standing parts.
- stake horse — a horse that is regularly entered in stake races.
- stakeholder — the holder of the stakes of a wager.
- staktometer — an instrument for counting drops of liquid, consisting of a glass tube with a hollow bulb in it and one narrow end with a small opening
- stary oskol — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, SW of Voronezh.
- stock guard — a barrier for keeping cattle and other animals off the tracks or right of way.
- storm track — the path followed by the center of a cyclonic storm.
- stroke play — medal play.
- theodorakis — Mikis (ˈmikis). born 1925, Greek composer, who wrote the music for the films Zorba the Greek (1965) and Serpico (1973): imprisoned (1967–70) for his opposition to the Greek military government
- track shoes — light running shoes fitted with steel spikes for better grip
- visualworks — (language) A modern commercial implementation of the Smalltalk programming language. VisualWorks descends directly from the original Smalltalk-80 by Xerox PARC and was originally developed (for some time under the name Objectworks\Smalltalk) by ParcPlace Systems. VisualWorks relies on dynamic translation as its virtual machine technology.
- whiskerando — a man with extravagant whiskers