9-letter words containing k, r, a, i
- perikarya — parts of nerve cells that contain the nuclei
- permalink — a permanent URL that links to a specific web page, typically a single blog entry or news article.
- perovskia — a member of the Perovskia genus of aromatic plant native to central Asia, esp Russian sage, Perovskia atriplicifolia
- phreaking — phone phreak.
- pickaroon — to act or operate as a pirate or brigand.
- pinky bar — a chocolate-covered marshmallow bar
- pipe rack — a steel framed structure that pipes (used to drill for oil, etc) are stacked on for storage
- pipe-rack — offering services or goods at low cost because of avoidance of expensive interior decoration, as by displaying clothing for sale on plain pipe racks.
- plainwork — simple needlework, such as hemming, as distinct from fancywork
- predikant — a minister in the Dutch Reformed Church, esp in South Africa
- printback — an enlarged print from a microfilm copy.
- prisiadka — a step in Slavic folk dancing in which the dancer squats on the haunches and kicks out each foot alternately; the characteristic step of the kazachok.
- quakerism — the beliefs, principles, and practices of Quakers.
- quickdraw — (climbing) A set of two carabiners connected by a strap.
- rack rail — (in an inclined-plane or mountain-climbing railway) a rail between the running rails having cogs or teeth with which cogwheels on the locomotive engage.
- racketing — Slang. an occupation, livelihood, or business. an easy or profitable source of livelihood.
- rackingly — in a racking manner
- ragpicker — a person who picks up rags and other waste material from the streets, refuse heaps, etc., for a livelihood.
- rail link — a rail connection, as between two main routes
- raincheck — a ticket for future use given to spectators at an outdoor event, as a baseball game or concert, that has been postponed or interrupted by rain.
- rainmaker — (among American Indians) a medicine man who by various rituals and incantations seeks to cause rain.
- rainstick — a musical instrument consisting of a tube filled with sand or pebbles, which is inverted to produce a sound
- ranchlike — resembling or characteristic of a ranch
- rankshift — (in systemic linguistics) to use a unit as a constituent of another unit of the same or lower rank on the rank scale, as in using the phrase next door within the phrase the boy next door or the clause that you met yesterday within the phrase the girl that you met yesterday.
- 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.
- ravenlike — resembling a raven
- rein back — To rein back something such as spending means to control it strictly.
- reykjavik — a large island in the N Atlantic between Greenland and Scandinavia. 39,698 sq. mi. (102,820 sq. km).
- rib steak — club steak.
- rice cake — puffed-rice snack food
- rickstand — a platform on which to put or make a rick or haystack
- ridgeback — Rhodesian ridgeback.
- ring back — If you ring someone back, you phone them either because they phoned you earlier and you were not there or because you did not finish an earlier telephone conversation.
- risktaker — a person or corporation inclined to take risks: The management trainees were exhorted to become risktakers.
- riverbank — the slopes bordering a river.
- riverwalk — a paved walkway along the side of a river
- road bike — a bike designed to be ridden on roads, as opposed to a mountain bike
- road kill — Informal. the body of an animal killed on a road by a motor vehicle.
- rudbeckia — any composite plant of the genus Rudbeckia, having alternate leaves and showy flower heads.
- sabrelike — resembling a sabre
- sailmaker — a person who makes or repairs sails.
- sarkiness — the quality of being sarcastic
- scarfskin — the outermost layer of the skin; epidermis.
- schickard — a large crater in the SW quadrant of the moon, about 227 kilometres (141 miles) in diameter
- screaking — screeching or creaking
- seraskier — the Turkish military commander-in-chief
- shakerism — the beliefs and practices of the Shakers.
- sharklike — any of a group of elongate elasmobranch, mostly marine fishes, certain species of which are large, voracious, and sometimes dangerous to humans.
- sharkskin — a smooth fabric of acetate or rayon with a dull or chalklike appearance, for apparel.
- shrinkage — the act or fact of shrinking.