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8-letter words containing k, r, o

  • koriyama — a city on E central Honshu, in Japan.
  • kornbergArthur, 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.
  • lockhartJohn 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.
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