10-letter words containing k, r, o, n
- crack down — If people in authority crack down on a group of people, they become stricter in making the group obey rules or laws.
- crackdowns — Plural form of crackdown.
- crooked on — hostile or averse to
- crooknecks — Plural form of crookneck.
- cross-link — a chemical bond, atom, or group of atoms that connects two adjacent chains of atoms in a large molecule such as a polymer or protein
- dark money — money donated to politically active nonprofit organizations or anonymous corporate entities, which spend this money to influence political campaigns or other special interests but are not required to reveal their donors.
- defrocking — Present participle of defrock.
- deskperson — Journalism. a member of a newspaper staff who processes news and prepares copy, usually from information telephoned in by reporters.
- donkeywork — Informal. tedious, repetitious work; drudgery.
- donnybrook — an inordinately wild fight or contentious dispute; brawl; free-for-all.
- down quark — a type of quark with a mass of c. 0.005 to 0.015 GeV/c2, a negative charge that is 1⁄3 the charge of an electron, zero charm, and zero strangeness
- downmarket — Toward or relating to the cheaper or less prestigious sector of the market.
- downstroke — a downward stroke, as of a machine part, piston, or the like.
- dragonlike — a mythical monster generally represented as a huge, winged reptile with crested head and enormous claws and teeth, and often spouting fire.
- dragonskin — The skin of a dragon, or leather made from it.
- drakestone — a flat stone thrown across the surface of water so as to make it skim or skip before sinking
- drawn work — ornamental work done by drawing threads from a fabric, the remaining portions usually being formed into lacelike patterns by needlework.
- drunkathon — a session in which excessive quantities of alcohol are consumed
- fingerwork — Alternative spelling of finger work.
- folksinger — A person who sings folk songs.
- foreknower — One who foreknows.
- foreshanks — Plural form of foreshank.
- frithsoken — (from Old English) a refuge; a sanctuary
- frolicking — merry play; merriment; gaiety; fun.
- front desk — a desk at which a receptionist works, as in an office.
- front-rank — among the best or most important; foremost; topnotch.
- go-karting — racing in small vehicle
- gonkulator — /gon'kyoo-lay-tr/ (From "Hogan's Heroes", the TV series) A pretentious piece of equipment that actually serves no useful purpose. Usually used to describe one's least favourite piece of computer hardware. See gonk.
- green book — 1.
Informal name for one of the four standard references on PostScript. The other three official guides are known as the Blue Book, the Red Book, and the White Book. 2. (publication) Informal name for one of the three standard references on SmallTalk. Also associated with blue and red books. 3. The "X/Open Compatibility Guide", which defines an international standard Unix environment that is a proper superset of POSIX/SVID. It also includes descriptions of a standard utility toolkit, systems administrations features, and the like. This grimoire is taken with particular seriousness in Europe. See Purple Book. 4. The IEEE 1003.1 POSIX Operating Systems Interface standard has been dubbed "The Ugly Green Book". 5. Any of the 1992 standards issued by the ITU-T's tenth plenary assembly. These include, among other things, the dreadful X.400 electronic mail standard and the Group 1 through 4 fax standards. 6. Green Book CD-ROM. See also book titles. - grind rock — whetstone.
- groundwork — foundation or basis: He laid the groundwork for an international conference.
- groupthink — the practice of approaching problems or issues as matters that are best dealt with by consensus of a group rather than by individuals acting independently; conformity.
- grunt work — work that is repetitious, often physically exhausting, and boring.
- handstroke — the downward movement of the bell rope as the bell swings around allowing the ringer to grasp and pull it
- hard-knock — beset with hardship.
- hemikaryon — a haploid nucleus.
- henry knox — (William) Frank(lin) 1874–1944, U.S. publisher and government official.
- herakleion — a seaport in N Crete.
- herrenvolk — master race.
- heterokont — any organism that possesses two flagella of unequal length. Heterokonts include diatoms and some other algae
- hoodwinker — One who hoodwinks.
- hooktender — (in lumbering) the supervisor of a rigging crew.
- hunky-dory — about as well as one could wish or expect; satisfactory; fine; OK.
- ink roller — a roller impregnated with ink used in printing
- inner dock — a part of dock or pier which is further inland
- interlocks — Plural form of interlock.
- intershock — To shock mutually, as if by collision.
- interstock — a stock grafted between the understock and the scion.
- ion rocket — a rocket or rocket engine using ion propulsion.
- iron brick — brick having a sprinkling of dark spots caused by the presence of iron salts.