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9-letter words containing k, r, p

  • ragpicker — a person who picks up rags and other waste material from the streets, refuse heaps, etc., for a livelihood.
  • re-uptake — the process by which the presynaptic terminal of a neuron reabsorbs and recycles the molecules of neurotransmitter it has previously secreted in conveying an impulse to another neuron.
  • repackage — to package again or afresh, as in a different style, design, or size: The soap has been repackaged to be more eye-catching.
  • retropack — a system of retrorockets on a spacecraft
  • rock pool — small body of seawater among rocks
  • rose pink — a light pinkish red color.
  • salt pork — pork cured with salt, especially the fat pork taken from the back, sides, and belly.
  • sapsucker — any of several American woodpeckers of the genus Sphyrapicus that drill holes in maple, apple, hemlock, etc., drinking the sap and eating the insects that gather there.
  • scrapbook — an album in which pictures, newspaper clippings, etc., may be pasted or mounted.
  • serpukhov — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Moscow.
  • shakspereWilliam ("the Bard"; "the Bard of Avon") 1564–1616, English poet and dramatist.
  • shipwreck — the destruction or loss of a ship, as by sinking.
  • shunpiker — a driver who takes a side road to avoid paying a turnpike toll
  • skatepark — A skatepark is an area that is designed for people to practise skateboarding.
  • skiagraph — a radiograph.
  • skidproof — preventing or resistant to skidding, as certain road surfaces or vehicle tires.
  • skip rope — A skip rope is a piece of rope, usually with handles at each end. You exercise or play with it by turning it around and around and jumping over it.
  • spadework — preliminary or initial work, such as the gathering of data, on which further activity is to be based.
  • spar deck — the upper deck of a vessel, extending from stem to stern.
  • spark gap — a space between two electrodes, across which a discharge of electricity may take place.
  • spark off — cause, provoke
  • sparkless — having no spark
  • sparkling — to issue in or as if in little sparks, as fire or light: The candlelight sparkled in the crystal.
  • sparkover — spark1 (def 2).
  • sparkplug — to lead, inspire, or animate something or someone.
  • speak for — to utter words or articulate sounds with the ordinary voice; talk: He was too ill to speak.
  • spearlike — resembling a spear
  • spelunker — a person who explores caves, especially as a hobby.
  • speranski — Mikhail Mikhailovich (mixɑˈil). 1772–1839, Russian statesman, chief adviser (1807–12) to Alexander I. His greatest achievement was the codification of Russian law (begun 1826)
  • spikenard — an aromatic, Indian plant, Nardostachys jatamansi, of the valerian family, believed to be the nard of the ancients.
  • spinnaker — a large, usually triangular sail carried by a yacht as a headsail when running before the wind or when the wind is abaft the beam.
  • sprekelia — a bulbous plant, Sprekelia formosissima, from Mexico and Guatemala, related to hippeastrum and grown for its striking crimson or white pendent flowers, in the form of a cross: family Amaryllidaceae
  • springbok — a gazelle, Antidorcas marsupialis, of southern Africa, noted for its habit of springing into the air when alarmed.
  • sprinkler — any of various devices for sprinkling, as a watering pot, a container of water with a perforated top used to sprinkle clothes before ironing, or especially a perforated ring or small stand with a revolving nozzle to which a hose is attached for watering a lawn with a fine, even spray.
  • stockport — borough of Greater Manchester, in NW England.
  • stop-work — a temporary cessation of work as a form of protest
  • strapwork — a type of ornamentation imitating pierced and interlaced straps or bands, usually forming a geometric pattern.
  • strike up — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
  • stumpwork — a type of embroidery popular in the 17th century, consisting of intricate, colorful designs padded with horsehair to make them stand out in relief.
  • superbank — a bank that owns other banks; an overarching banking organization
  • superbike — a high-performance motorcycle
  • superjock — an extremely athletic person
  • supertalk — Silicon Beach Software. A superset of HyperTalk used in SuperCard.
  • supertask — a paradox resulting from the notion that a task requiring an infinite number of steps could be performed in a finite time by halving the duration of each step.
  • take part — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
  • tank trap — any obstacle, such as a number of concrete stumps set in the ground, designed to stop a military tank
  • top quark — a type of quark with a mass of c. 176 to 199 GeV/c2, a positive charge 2⁄3 that of an electron, zero charm, and zero strangeness
  • trap rock — trap2
  • tripitaka — Pali Canon.
  • truckstop — a gas station, usually at the side of a major highway, where truck drivers stop for fuel, and often including a restaurant, sleeping and showering rooms, a store selling basic items, etc.
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