11-letter words containing k, o, r
- prusik loop — a loop formed with a sliding knot that locks under pressure in which a climber can place his foot in order to stand or ascend a rope
- pulled pork — of or denoting meat that is cooked until the meat can easily be pulled off the bone, as in pulled pork.
- punk rocker — 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.
- purple book — 1. (publication) The "System V Interface Definition". The covers of the first editions were an amazingly nauseating shade of off-lavender. 2. (publication) The Wizard Book. See also book titles.
- pyrokinesis — the ability to set objects or people on fire through the concentration of psychic power.
- pyrokinetic — the ability to set objects or people on fire through the concentration of psychic power.
- quark model — a scheme that explains the quantum numbers of all the baryons and mesons by assuming that baryons are composed of three quarks and mesons of a quark and an antiquark, with different combinations of quark and antiquark flavors giving different sets of quantum numbers.
- quick ratio — A quick ratio is a measure of liquidity that is calculated by dividing current assets minus inventories by current liabilities.
- radio knife — an electrical instrument for cutting tissue that by searing severed blood vessels seals them and prevents bleeding.
- radio shack — a room or structure, as on a ship, for housing radio equipment.
- rainbowlike — resembling a rainbow
- raking bond — a brickwork bond in which concealed courses of diagonally laid bricks are used to bond exposed brickwork to the wall structure.
- random walk — Statistics. the path taken by a point or quantity that moves in steps, where the direction of each step is determined randomly.
- ration book — a book showing an individual's entitlement to certain rationed goods
- realpolitik — political realism or practical politics, especially policy based on power rather than on ideals.
- recipe book — a book containing lists of ingredients and directions for making different food dishes
- reckon with — to count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount.
- record book — log
- record deck — a device on which vinyl records can be played, in order to listen to the music or other sounds on them
- relief work — the work carried out by charities providing aid for people in need, esp in disaster areas
- report back — If you report back to someone, you tell them about something that they asked you to find out about.
- retrorocket — a small, auxiliary rocket engine, forming a part of a larger rocket vehicle and having its exhaust nozzle pointed toward the direction of flight, for decelerating the larger rocket, separating one stage from another, etc.
- rickrolling — the playfully pointless practice of performing or playing the song ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ by the British singer Rick Astley to a person or group of people either at a public event or online by means of a disguised hyperlink
- 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.
- road hockey — an imitation of the game of ice hockey played typically by children without ice skates on a public road.
- rock beauty — a gold and black butterflyfish, Holocanthus tricolor, ranging from the West Indies to Brazil.
- rock blenny — a prickleback, Xiphister mucosus, of the Pacific coast from southern California to Alaska.
- rock bottom — lowest possible price
- rock flower — any shrub of the genus Crossosoma, native to the arid regions of the southwestern U.S., having thick, narrow leaves and solitary flowers.
- rock garden — a garden on rocky ground or among rocks, for the growing of alpine or other plants.
- rock gunnel — any small eellike blenny of the family Pholididae (Pholidae), especially Pholis gunnellus (rock gunnel) common in shallow waters of the North Atlantic.
- rock island — a port in NW Illinois, on the Mississippi: government arsenal.
- rock pigeon — rock dove.
- rock rabbit — rock hyrax.
- 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.
- rock thrush — any of several Old World thrushes of the genus Monticola, usually having bluish plumage, especially M. saxatilis, of Europe.
- rock-bottom — at the lowest possible limit or level; extremely low: rock-bottom prices.
- rock-garden — a garden on rocky ground or among rocks, for the growing of alpine or other plants.
- rock-ribbed — having ribs or ridges of rock: the rock-ribbed coast of Maine.
- rockefeller — John D(avison) [dey-vuh-suh n] /ˈdeɪ və sən/ (Show IPA), 1839–1937, and his son John D(avison), Jr. 1874–1960, U.S. oil magnates and philanthropists.
- rocket bomb — an aerial bomb equipped with a rocket for added velocity after being dropped from an aircraft.
- rocket fuel — an explosive charge that powers a rocket
- rocket ship — a rocket-propelled aircraft or spacecraft.
- rocket sled — a sled propelled along a long track by rocket engines, for testing the effects of high rates of acceleration and deceleration.
- rocketsonde — a telemeter for gathering data on the atmosphere at very high altitudes, carried aloft by rocket and returned to earth by parachute.
- rockhampton — a city in E Queensland, in E Australia.
- rocky mount — a city in NE North Carolina.
- rocky river — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- roll-necked — (of a garment) having a high neck that may be rolled over