8-letter words containing k, o, r
- markhors — Plural form of markhor.
- merfolks — Plural form of merfolk.
- meshwork — meshed material or a structure of meshes; a network.
- milkwort — any plant or shrub of the genus Polygala, formerly supposed to increase the secretion of milk.
- millwork — ready-made carpentry work from a mill.
- monicker — a person's name, especially a nickname or alias.
- monikers — Plural form of moniker.
- monomark — a series of letters or figures to identify goods, personal articles, etc
- moonrock — a sample of lunar material.
- moorcock — A male red grouse.
- morepork — (chiefly NZ) The vern boobook owl Ninox novaeseelandiae. (from 19th c.).
- muckworm — (not in technical use) the larva of any of several insects, as the dung beetle, which lives in or beneath manure.
- murksome — gloomy; dark
- muskroot — The root of Ferula sumbul, a tall umbelliferous plant, formerly used in medicine and as a substitute for musk.
- nekrasov — Nikolai Alekseyevich (nikaˈlaj alɪkˈsjejɪvitʃ). 1821–77, Russian poet, who wrote chiefly about the sufferings of the peasantry
- netrebko — Anna. born 1971, Russian operatic soprano
- networks — Plural form of network.
- new york — Also called New York State. a state in the NE United States. 49,576 sq. mi. (128,400 sq. km). Capital: Albany. Abbreviation: NY (for use with zip code), N.Y.
- nonskier — a person who does not ski
- nyetwork — notwork
- oak fern — a small woodland fern, Gymnocarpium dryopteris, of northern regions, having triangular, pinnate fronds that slant horizontally.
- oak park — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- oarlocks — Plural form of oarlock.
- ockerism — the conduct or actions that are characteristic of an ocker
- oerlikon — a trade term that denotes a type of artillery and its accoutrements, in particular a type of cannon
- offtrack — occurring or carried on away from a racetrack: offtrack betting.
- oistrakh — David [dey-vid] /ˈdeɪ vɪd/ (Show IPA), 1908–74, Russian violinist.
- on track — heading for sth
- onlooker — spectator; observer; witness.
- openwork — any kind of work, especially ornamental, as of embroidery, lace, metal, stone, or wood, having a latticelike nature or showing openings through its substance.
- oriskany — a village in central New York, near Utica: battle 1777.
- ostmarks — Plural form of ostmark.
- ostrakon — ostracon.
- outbreak — a sudden breaking out or occurrence; eruption: the outbreak of war.
- outbroke — Simple past form of outbreak.
- outdrink — To drink more than someone else.
- outranks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outrank.
- outskirt — 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.
- outtrick — to outdo in trickery
- outworks — Plural form of outwork.
- overbake — (transitive) To bake for too long.
- overbank — to have the balance staff oscillate so greatly that the fork of the lever fails to engage, rendering the escapement inoperative.
- overbook — to accept reservations for in excess of the number that can be accommodated: The airline routinely overbooks its flights so as to fill its planes even if there are last-minute cancellations.
- overbulk — to dwarf or loom over in an oppressive way
- overcook — Cook too much or for too long.
- overdeck — the upper deck
- overkeen — too keen
- overkeep — to keep too long
- overkill — the capacity of a nation to destroy, by nuclear weapons, more of an enemy than would be necessary for a military victory.
- overkind — too kind