8-letter words containing k, r
- bukharin — Nikolai Ivanovich (nikaˈlaj iˈvanəvitʃ). 1888–1938, Soviet Bolshevik leader: executed in one of Stalin's purges
- bunkroom — temporary sleeping quarters, especially for travelers.
- busywork — Busywork is work that is intended to keep someone occupied and is not completely necessary.
- byrlakin — a mild oath
- cab rank — an area, often specially designated, where taxis wait to pick up passengers
- cagework — openwork resembling the bars of a cage
- cambrick — Obsolete form of cambric.
- canework — strips of cane that are interlaced and used in cane chairs or the like.
- cankered — (esp of fruit trees) affected by canker
- cap rock — a layer of rock that overlies a salt dome and consists of limestone, gypsum, etc
- capework — the use of the cape by the matador
- capmaker — a person who makes caps
- car keys — a key or keys used to lock, unlock, and operate an automobile
- car park — A car park is an area or building where people can leave their cars.
- car sick — If someone feels car sick, they feel sick as a result of traveling in a car.
- card key — a small plastic card with magnetic coding that is read electronically when inserted into a scanner and used in place of a key to open locks, hotel doors, etc.
- card-key — a small plastic card with magnetic coding that is read electronically when inserted into a scanner and used in place of a key to open locks, hotel doors, etc.
- caretake — to work as a caretaker
- carjacks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of carjack.
- carmaker — a company that manufactures automobiles
- casework — Casework is social work that involves actually dealing or working with the people who need help.
- catworks — the machinery used on a drilling platform
- cerenkov — Pavel A [pah-vuh l;; Russian pah-vyil] /ˈpɑ vəl;; Russian ˈpɑ vyɪl/ (Show IPA), 1904–1990, Russian physicist: Nobel Prize 1958.
- charikar — a city in E Afghanistan, in the Hindu Kush range.
- charkhas — Plural form of charkha.
- charking — charcoal (def 1).
- charlock — a weedy Eurasian plant, Sinapis arvensis (or Brassica kaber), with hairy stems and foliage and yellow flowers: family: Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- charvaka — Lokayatika.
- checkers — a game for two players using a checkerboard and 12 checkers each. The object is to jump over and capture the opponent's pieces
- checkrow — a row of plants, esp corn, in which the spaces between adjacent plants are equal to those between adjacent rows to facilitate cultivation
- cheekier — Comparative form of cheeky.
- cherokee — a member of a Native American people formerly living in and around the Appalachian Mountains, now chiefly in Oklahoma; one of the Iroquois peoples
- chickory — Alternative spelling of chicory.
- chinkara — an Indian gazelle, Gazella gazella bennetti
- chirchik — a city in E Uzbekistan, E of Tashkent.
- chockers — Alternative form of chocker.
- chokidar — (in India) a warden, custodian, or gatekeeper
- chuckers — woodchuck.
- chuckler — Someone who chuckles.
- chukkars — one of the periods of play.
- chukkers — Plural form of chukker.
- ciderkin — a weak type of cider
- clackers — any of various percussion toys consisting of balls or blocks joined by a cord.
- clarkson — Thomas. 1760–1846, British campaigner for the abolition of slavery
- clerkess — a female office clerk
- clerking — Present participle of clerk.
- clerkish — Like or resembling a clerk.
- clickers — Plural form of clicker.
- clinkers — Plural form of clinker.
- clockers — Plural form of clocker.