8-letter words containing k, r, i, e
- limerick — a county in N Munster, in the SW Republic of Ireland. 037 sq. mi. (2686 sq. km).
- linework — (arts) The technique of drawing lines.
- lorikeet — any of various small lories.
- luderick — An edible, herbivorous fish of Australasian coastal waters and estuaries.
- magicker — (fantasy) One who does magic; a sorcerer or magician.
- maverick — Southwestern U.S. an unbranded calf, cow, or steer, especially an unbranded calf that is separated from its mother.
- mimicker — to imitate or copy in action, speech, etc., often playfully or derisively.
- mirkiest — Superlative form of mirky.
- mistaker — One who mistakes.
- monicker — a person's name, especially a nickname or alias.
- monikers — Plural form of moniker.
- murkiest — Superlative form of murky.
- musicker — a musician
- nickered — neigh.
- ninebark — any of several shrubs belonging to the genus Physocarpus, of the rose family, having bark that separates into thin layers.
- nonskier — a person who does not ski
- 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
- 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
- overking — a supreme king
- overmilk — to milk too much
- oversick — too sick
- overskip — to skip over
- parakite — a series of linked kites used to attain higher altitudes
- parklike — an area of land, usually in a largely natural state, for the enjoyment of the public, having facilities for rest and recreation, often owned, set apart, and managed by a city, state, or nation.
- pickerel — any of several small species of pike, as Esox niger (chain pickerel) and E. americanus americanus (redfin pickerel) of eastern North America.
- pilework — construction built from heavy stakes or cylinders
- pinkster — Whitsuntide.
- pipework — pipes and stops on an organ
- pokerish — resembling a poker in stiffness
- pork pie — a snap-brimmed hat with a round, flat crown, usually made of felt.
- purelink — An incremental linker from Pure Software.
- red kite — a large, rare, bird of prey, Milvus milvus, of parts of Europe and Africa: family Accipitridae
- redbrick — of, relating to, or associated with a redbrick university.
- reedlike — resembling a reed, that is, straight, upright, and thin or slender
- reinecke — Carl Heinrich Carsten [kahrl hahyn-rikh kahr-stuh n] /ˈkɑrl ˈhaɪn rɪx ˈkɑr stən/ (Show IPA), 1824–1910, German pianist, conductor, composer, and teacher.
- reinvoke — to call for with earnest desire; make supplication or pray for: to invoke God's mercy.
- rekindle — to excite, stir up, or rouse anew: efforts to rekindle their romance; comments that rekindled her anger.
- restrike — a coin freshly minted from dies of an earlier issue.
- returnik — a person returning or intending to return to his or her own country, esp the former Soviet Union
- rickover — Hyman George, 1900–86, U.S. naval officer, born in Poland: helped to develop the nuclear submarine.
- ringlike — shaped like a ring or circle
- ringneck — a ring-necked animal.
- riskless — free of risk
- rocklike — Something that is rocklike is very strong or firm, and is unlikely to change.
- roderick — a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “glory” and “ruler.”.
- rootlike — a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- ropelike — a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- roskilde — a city on the island of Zealand, in E Denmark: a suburb of Copenhagen.