9-letter words containing k, r
- irksomely — In an irksome manner; tediously.
- iron duke — 1st Duke of (Arthur Wellesley"the Iron Duke") 1769–1852, British general and statesman, born in Ireland: prime minister 1828–30.
- iron mask — an iron covering for the face, supposedly used in the past to conceal the identity of a well-known prisoner
- iron-sick — noting a wooden hull, fastened with iron, in which chemical interaction between the iron and the wood has resulted in the decay of both; nail-sick.
- ironworks — an establishment where iron is smelted or where it is cast or wrought.
- irukandji — a tiny but highly venomous Australian jellyfish
- jack arch — flat arch.
- jack rope — a rope for bending the foot of a sail to a boom.
- jack rose — a cocktail made with apple brandy, lime or lemon juice, and grenadine.
- jackfruit — a large, tropical, milky-juiced tree, Artocarpus heterophyllus, of the mulberry family, having stiff and glossy green leaves, cultivated for its very large, edible fruit and seeds.
- jackscrew — a jack for lifting, consisting of a screw steadied by a threaded support and carrying a plate or other part bearing the load.
- jackstraw — one of a group of strips of wood or similar objects, as straws or toothpicks, used in the game of jackstraws.
- jacky tar — jackatar.
- jailbreak — an escape from prison, especially by forcible means.
- jayhawker — a native or inhabitant of Kansas (used as a nickname).
- jaywalker — One who jaywalks; someone who has committed jaywalking.-->.
- jazz rock — a style of music that combines jazz and rock
- jazz-rock — music that combines elements of both jazz and rock and is usually performed on amplified electric instruments.
- jerkiness — characterized by jerks or sudden starts; spasmodic.
- jerkingly — in a jerking manner
- jerkwater — Informal. insignificant and out-of-the-way: a jerkwater town.
- jharkhand — a state in NE India, created in 2000 from S Bihar. 28,833 sq. mi. (74,677 sq. km). Capital: Ranchi.
- jim clark — Dr. James H. Clark
- jinriksha — A two-wheeled carriage pulled along by a person.
- jobseeker — A person seeking employment.
- jockstrap — an elasticized belt, a men's undergarment, with a pouch for supporting and protecting the genitals, worn especially while participating in athletics.
- jokesters — Plural form of jokester.
- jormunrek — king of the Goths, murderer of Svanhild, the daughter of Sigurd: killed by the Gjukungs; probably identical with Ermanaric (4th century a.d.), the Ostrogothic leader.
- junk room — a room in a house that is used as a store room
- junkerdom — the Junkers as a group.
- junkerism — the spirit or policy of the Junkers.
- junketeer — a person who goes on junkets, especially regularly or habitually: weekend junketeers to Las Vegas.
- junkyards — Plural form of junkyard.
- k&r style — (programming) An ugly, obsolete, deprecated source code indent style that looks like this: if (cond) { } The basic indent is eight spaces (or one tab) per level; less commonly four. It is named after Kernighan & Ritchie because the examples in K&R are formatted this way. It is also called "kernel style" (because the Unix kernel was written in it) or Egyptian brackets. This style was popular when programmers worked on small displays, or when printing code on paper, becuase it saves vertical space. It should be avoided because the opening brace is easy to miss at the end of a long condition in an "if" or "while" statement and it makes it hard to pair up braces.
- kabardian — a Circassian language of the Kabardino-Balkar Autonomous Republic.
- kachcheri — The government department that administrates a district in Sri Lanka.
- kachumber — a salad of chopped onion, tomato, cucumber, and (sometimes) other vegetables, typically seasoned with chilli and coriander, served as an accompaniment to a main meal
- kaffraria — a region in the S Republic of South Africa: inhabited mostly by the Xhosa.
- kairomone — A chemical substance emitted by an organism and detected by another of a different species that gains advantage from this, e.g., a parasite seeking a host.
- kaiserdom — The dignity, rank or office of a kaiser; the state of being a kaiser.
- kaiserism — autocratic rule, like that of a German kaiser.
- kala-azar — a chronic, usually fatal disease occurring in tropical areas of Asia and the Western Hemisphere, characterized by irregular fever, enlargement of the spleen, anemia, and emaciation, caused by the protozoan Leishmania donovani.
- kalamkari — A type of cotton cloth printed by hand, originally made in southern India.
- kamarhati — a city in West Bengal state, in NE India, a suburb of Kolkata.
- kamilaroi — an Australian aboriginal language spoken in northern New South Wales.
- kangaroos — Plural form of kangaroo.
- kantharos — a deep bowl set upon a stem terminating in a foot and having two handles rising from the brim and curving downward to join the body.
- karabiner — a D -shaped ring with a spring catch on one side, used for fastening ropes in mountaineering.
- karaganda — a city in central Kazakhstan.
- karakoram — Also called Mustagh. a mountain range in NW India, in N Kashmir. Highest peak, K2, 28,250 feet (8611 meters).