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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
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