8-letter words containing k, r, o
- koriyama — a city on E central Honshu, in Japan.
- kornberg — Arthur, 1918–2007, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1959.
- korngold — Erich Wolfgang [er-ik woo lf-gang;; German ey-rikh vawlf-gahng] /ˈɛr ɪk ˈwʊlf gæŋ;; German ˈeɪ rɪx ˈvɔlf gɑŋ/ (Show IPA), 1897–1957, Austrian composer, conductor, and pianist in the U.S.
- koromiko — a flowering New Zealand shrub, Hebe salicifolia
- kortrijk — Flemish name of Courtrai.
- koshered — Simple past tense and past participle of kosher.
- kostroma — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Moscow, on the Volga.
- kourbash — to whip with a kurbash.
- kowtower — One who kowtows; a sycophant.
- krakatoa — a volcano and small island in Indonesia, between Java and Sumatra: violent eruption 1883.
- kromesky — a croquette consisting of a piece of bacon wrapped round minced meat or fish
- krumhorn — crumhorn.
- kullervo — (in the Kalevala) a slave who, after a series of tragic misadventures, commits suicide.
- kurosawa — Akira [ah-kee-rah] /ɑˈki rɑ/ (Show IPA), 1910–1998, Japanese film director.
- kuroshio — Japan Current.
- kurtoses — Plural form of kurtosis.
- kurtosis — the state or quality of flatness or peakedness of the curve describing a frequency distribution in the region about its mode.
- kurveyor — a trader who transports goods by ox cart
- kymogram — the graphic record produced by a diagnostic kymograph.
- lacework — lace (def 1).
- lakeport — a port city located on the shore of a lake, especially one of the Great Lakes.
- lampwork — (glassblowing) A method for working with blown glass that does not require a furnace.
- larksome — mischievous or fond of larking
- lathwork — work made of laths
- laverock — a lark, especially a skylark.
- leadwork — work involving lead, such as maintenance work on lead pipes
- leg work — work or research involving extensive walking or traveling about, usually away from one's office, as in gathering data for a book, a legal action, etc.
- leg-work — work or research involving extensive walking or traveling about, usually away from one's office, as in gathering data for a book, a legal action, etc.
- liakoura — modern name of Parnassus (def 1).
- lifework — the complete or principal work, labor, or task of a lifetime.
- linework — (arts) The technique of drawing lines.
- link rot — (web) The process by which links on a web page became unusable as the pages they point to change location or are removed.
- linkwork — something composed of links, as a chain.
- lockhart — John Gibson, 1794–1854, Scottish biographer and novelist.
- lockport — a city in W New York, on the New York State Barge Canal.
- lokacara — an action in accordance with socially accepted rules.
- look for — to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- lookover — A brief visual inspection.
- lorikeet — any of various small lories.
- low-risk — A low-risk customer, risk, occupation, or property is not very likely to be exposed to a danger.
- lynbrook — a village on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- makarova — Natalia [nuh-tal-yuh,, -tahl-;; Russian nuh-tah-lyuh] /nəˈtæl yə,, -ˈtɑl-;; Russian nʌˈtɑ lyə/ (Show IPA), born 1940, Soviet ballerina, in the U.S. and England since 1970.
- make for — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- makeover — remodeling; renovation; restoration: The old house needs a complete makeover.
- makework — Alternative form of make-work.
- mark off — delineate, outline
- mark out — delineate, define: boundaries
- mark you — You can say mark you to emphasize and draw attention to something you have just said.
- markdown — a reduction in price, usually to encourage buying.
- markhoor — markhor.