10-letter words containing k, r, p
- gamekeeper — a person employed, as on an estate or game preserve, to prevent poaching and provide a natural environment conducive to the propagation of game, as by thinning brush, scattering food after a snowstorm, and the like.
- gatekeeper — a person in charge of a gate, usually to identify, count, supervise, etc., the traffic or flow through it.
- goalkeeper — (in ice hockey, field hockey, lacrosse, soccer, etc.) a player whose chief duty is to prevent the ball or puck from crossing or entering the goal.
- grass pink — a pink, Dianthus plumarius, of Europe and Asia, having fragrant, fringed pink, purplish, or white flowers.
- grays peak — a mountain in N central Colorado; highest point in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. 14,270 feet (4352 meters).
- greenspeak — the jargon used by those who campaign for the conservation of the world's natural resources and the improvement of the environment
- group work — a method, used by professional social workers, of aiding a group or members of a group toward individual adjustment and increased participation in community activity by exploiting the mechanisms of group life.
- 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.
- hammerkops — Plural form of hammerkop.
- hazel park — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- hektograph — to copy with the hectograph.
- henpeckery — the state of being harassed or tormented through henpecking
- hoop skirt — a woman's skirt made to stand out and drape in a stiff bell-like shape from the waist by an undergarment framework of flexible hoops connected by tapes.
- hoop-skirt — a skirt that has hoops made of bone or metal, etc fastened inside it to make it stiff and full
- hop-picker — a person employed or a machine used to pick hops
- hyperlinks — Plural form of hyperlink.
- innkeepers — Plural form of innkeeper.
- jockstraps — Plural form of jockstrap.
- jump spark — spark1 (def 2).
- kaempferol — (organic compound) A flavonoid, isolated from tea and other plants, that may reduce the risk of heart disease.
- kaisership — the office of kaiser.
- kapfenberg — an industrial town in E Austria, in Styria. Pop: 22 234 (2001)
- kapok tree — any of several tropical bombacaceous trees of the genus Ceiba, esp Ceiba pentandra, having seeds covered with silky hairs from which kapok is obtained
- karyolymph — The liquid part of the nucleus of a cell.
- karyoplasm — nucleoplasm.
- karyotyped — Simple past tense and past participle of karyotype.
- karyotypes — Plural form of karyotype.
- karyotypic — Of or pertaining to karyotypes.
- keep order — to maintain or enforce order
- keep score — sport: record results
- keep track — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- keep under — to remain or cause to remain below (a surface)
- ketoprofen — A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, derived from propionic acid, that has analgesic and antipyretic effects and acts by inhibiting the body's production of prostaglandin.
- key player — The key players in a particular organization, event, or situation are the most important people or things involved in it.
- keypuncher — A keypunch.
- kidnappers — Plural form of kidnapper.
- killer app — a highly innovative, very powerful, or extremely useful computer application; esp one sufficiently important as to justify purchase of the equipment or software
- kiloampère — one thousand amperes
- kiloparsec — a unit of distance, equal to 1000 parsecs. Abbreviation: kpc.
- kilpatrick — Hugh Judson [juhd-suh n] /ˈdʒʌd sən/ (Show IPA), 1836–81, Union general in the U.S. Civil War.
- king prawn — any of several large prawns of the genus Penaeus, which are fished commercially in Australian waters
- kings park — a town in NW Long Island, in SE New York.
- kinsperson — A kinsman or kinswoman.
- kipper tie — a very wide tie, often brightly coloured and patterned
- kirby grip — type of hairgrip
- kiwisports — a fitness programme developed for schools, involving a selection of sports such as rounders, cricket, and netball
- kleptocrat — a government official who is a thief or exploiter.
- kneecapper — Person doing kneecapping.
- kriegspiel — (sometimes initial capital letter) a game using small figures and counters that represent troops, ships, etc., played on a map or miniature battlefield, developed for teaching military tactics to officers.
- krung thep — Bangkok