9-letter words containing k, r
- awkwardly — lacking skill or dexterity. Synonyms: clumsy, inept; unskillful, unhandy, inexpert. Antonyms: deft, adroit, skillful, dexterous; handy.
- ayckbourn — Sir Alan. born 1939, English dramatist. His plays include Absurd Person Singular (1973), the trilogy The Norman Conquests (1974), A Chorus of Disapproval (1985), House and Garden (2000), and Private Fears in Public Places (2004)
- baal kore — an official in the synagogue, as a cantor, who reads the weekly portion of the Torah.
- babymaker — Somebody who gives birth to a baby.
- back door — a door at the rear or side of a building
- back four — the defensive players in many modern team formations: usually two fullbacks and two centre backs
- back gear — (in a lathe) one of several gears for driving the headstock at various speeds.
- back rest — a support for the back of something
- back road — A back road is a small country road with very little traffic.
- back room — a place where research or planning is done, esp secret research in wartime
- back yard — an area, usually paved, at the rear of a building
- back-door — secret; furtive; illicit; indirect.
- backbiter — to attack the character or reputation of (a person who is not present).
- backboard — In basketball, the backboard is the flat board above each of the baskets.
- backcourt — In sports such tennis and badminton, the backcourt is the section of each side of the court that is furthest from the net. In basketball, the backcourt is the rear part of the court, where the defense plays. You can also use backcourt to refer to the members of a team who play mainly in this part of the court.
- backcross — to mate (a hybrid of the first generation) with one of its parents
- backdraft — an explosive surge in a fire produced by the sudden mixing of air with other combustible gases.
- backdrops — Plural form of backdrop.
- backer-up — a supporter; backer; second.
- backfired — Simple past tense and past participle of backfire.
- backfires — Plural form of backfire.
- backorder — Commerce. an order or part of an order waiting to be filled.
- backprint — The mark or impression left by a person's back having been pressed against a surface.
- backrests — Plural form of backrest.
- backroads — Plural form of backroad.
- backronym — an existing word turned into an acronym by creating an apt phrase whose initial letters match the word, as to help remember it or offer a theory of its origin. For example, rap has been said to be a backronym of “rhythm and poetry.”.
- backrooms — Plural form of backroom.
- backround — Misspelling of background.
- backshore — the area of a beach above the usual high tide mark
- backspeir — to cross-examine, interrogate
- backstory — the events which take place before, and which help to bring about, the events portrayed in a film
- backstrap — A pull strap extending the backstay of a boot or shoe.
- backsword — a person who uses the backsword
- backtrace — (computing) A stack trace.
- backtrack — If you backtrack on a statement or decision you have made, you do or say something that shows that you no longer agree with it or support it.
- backwards — If you move or look backwards, you move or look in the direction that your back is facing.
- backwater — A backwater is a place that is isolated.
- backwords — Plural form of backword.
- backyards — Plural form of backyard.
- bad break — misfortune, period of bad luck
- bairnlike — childlike
- bakeboard — a board on which bread dough is rolled and kneaded
- bakhtaran — city in W Iran: pop. 561,000
- balakirev — Mily Alexeyevich (ˈmilij alɪkˈsjejɪvitʃ). 1837–1910, Russian composer, whose works include two symphonic poems, two symphonies, and many arrangements of Russian folk songs
- balikesir — city in NW Asiatic Turkey: pop. 173,000
- balk ring — A balk ring is a rotating part of a gearbox that prevents the gears from engaging too early.
- ballparks — Plural form of ballpark.
- bandbrake — a device used to measure the power of brakes
- bank barn — a barn built into the side of a hill or with earth banked around it, often a two-story barn thus having a ground-level entrance for each story.
- bank card — A bank card is a plastic card which your bank gives you so you can get money from your bank account using a cash machine. It is also called an ATM card in American English. In Britain, you also use bank cards to prove who you are when you pay for something by cheque.