6-letter words containing k, r
- ikaros — Icarus.
- imbark — to cover in bark
- impark — to enclose or shut up, as in a park.
- inkers — Plural form of inker.
- inwork — to work or produce (a result) in
- irking — to irritate, annoy, or exasperate: It irked him to wait in line.
- irokos — Plural form of iroko.
- jacker — any of various portable devices for raising or lifting heavy objects short heights, using various mechanical, pneumatic, or hydraulic methods.
- janker — a device for transporting logs
- jerked — jerky2 .
- jerker — A North American river chub (Hybopsis biguttatus).
- jerkin — a close-fitting jacket or short coat, usually sleeveless, as one of leather worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- jinker — a sulky.
- jokers — Plural form of joker.
- junker — any old or discarded material, as metal, paper, or rags.
- k star — a relatively cool, orange-to-red star, as Aldebaran or Arcturus, having a surface temperature between 3500 and 5000 K and an absorption spectrum with strong lines of calcium and many neutral metals.
- kadder — (dialect) The jackdaw.
- kaffir — Disparaging and Offensive. (in South Africa) a contemptuous term used to refer to a black person: originally used of the Xhosa people only.
- kafiri — an Indo-Iranian language, or small group of languages, of Nuristan, closely related to but not a part of the Indic subbranch.
- kafirs — Plural form of kafir.
- kagera — a river in equatorial Africa flowing into Lake Victoria from the west: the most remote headstream of the Nile. 430 miles (690 km) long.
- kairos — A propitious moment for decision or action.
- kaiser — Henry J(ohn) 1882–1967, U.S. industrialist.
- kakuro — a puzzle in which numbers must be fitted into a grid so that the numbers in each row and column add up to the total indicated
- kalmar — a seaport in SE Sweden, on Kalmar Sound.
- kamora — The diacritic {{l|mul|sc=Cyrs|\u0484| \u0484}}, used in the Old Cyrillic alphabet to represent palatalisation of certain consonants.
- kanara — a region in SW India, on the Deccan Plateau. About 60,000 sq. mi. (155,400 sq. km).
- kangri — A small wicker-covered clay pot containing hot coals, worn under clothing in Kashmir to warm the skin.
- kannur — a port in N Kerala, in SW India, on the Arabian Sea.
- kanpur — a city in S Uttar Pradesh, in N India, on the Ganges River.
- kantar — (in some Middle Eastern countries) a unit of weight corresponding to the hundredweight, but varying in different localities.
- kantor — MacKinlay [muh-kin-lee] /məˈkɪn li/ (Show IPA), 1904–77, U.S. novelist.
- kanuri — a member of a people living in northeast Nigeria and in Niger.
- kapoor — Sir Anish (ˈænɪʃ). born 1954, British sculptor, born in Bombay; winner of the Turner Prize (1991); noted for the ArcelorMittal Orbit, a sculpture and observation tower exhibited at the London Olympic Park from 2012
- karahi — A deep circular vessel resembling a wok, traditionally of cast iron, used in Indian and Pakistani cuisine.
- karait — Alternative spelling of krait.
- karaka — An evergreen tree, Corynocarpus laevigatus, the New Zealand laurel.
- karami — Rashid [ra-sheed] /ræˈʃid/ (Show IPA), 1921–1987, Lebanese lawyer and statesman: eight-time prime minister between 1955 and 1987.
- karamu — a small New Zealand tree, Coprosma robusta, with glossy leaves and orange fruit
- karate — a method developed in Japan of defending oneself without the use of weapons by striking sensitive areas on an attacker's body with the hands, elbows, knees, or feet. Compare judo, jujitsu.
- karats — Plural form of karat.
- kareem — a male given name: from an Arabic word meaning “generous.”.
- kariba — an artificial lake in SE Africa on the border of SW Zimbabwe and S Zambia: site of hydroelectric power project. About 2000 sq. mi. (5200 sq. km).
- karmal — Babrak [bah-brahk] /bɑˈbrɑk/ (Show IPA), 1929–1996, Afghan political leader: president 1979–86.
- karman — Theodore von, Von Kármán, Theodore.
- karmas — Plural form of karma.
- karmic — Hinduism, Buddhism. action, seen as bringing upon oneself inevitable results, good or bad, either in this life or in a reincarnation: in Hinduism one of the means of reaching Brahman. Compare bhakti (def 1), jnana.
- karnak — a village in E Egypt, on the Nile: the northern part of the ruins of ancient Thebes.
- karnal — A large, straight brass ceremonial trumpet played in parts of Northern India and Nepal.
- karoro — a large seagull, Laris dominicanus, with black feathers on its back