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.
- shakspere — William ("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.