9-letter words containing k, r
- rock hill — a city in N South Carolina.
- rock hind — a small, orange-spotted grouper, Epinephelus adscensionis, inhabiting warm seas from North Carolina to Brazil, especially in the West Indies, and fished as food.
- rock jock — a mountaineering enthusiast.
- rock milk — a white, powdery surface crust of calcite, formed by efflorescence in limestone caves and fissures.
- rock pool — small body of seawater among rocks
- rock salt — common salt occurring in extensive, irregular beds in rocklike masses.
- rock star — a rock-'n'-roll star or celebrity.
- rock wall — rock fence.
- rock wool — mineral wool.
- rock wren — an American wren, Salpinctes obsoletus, inhabiting the foothills, badlands, and mesa country of the western U.S. and Mexico.
- rock-face — an exposure of rock in a steep slope or cliff.
- rock-hard — Something that is rock-hard is very hard indeed.
- rock-like — Something that is rock-like is very strong or firm, and is unlikely to change.
- rock-salt — common salt occurring in extensive, irregular beds in rocklike masses.
- rockbound — surrounded or covered by rocks
- rocketeer — a person who discharges, rides in, or pilots a rocket.
- rockhound — a person who collects or who is interested in rocks and minerals
- rockiness — the state or condition of a person who is shaky or unsteady, as from drinking, fatigue, or illness.
- rockingly — in a rocking manner
- rockledge — a city in E central Florida.
- rockshaft — an oscillating shaft.
- rockslide — a fall of rocks down a hillside
- rockville — a city in central Maryland.
- rockwater — water that comes out of rock
- rodchenko — Aleksandr (Mikhailovich) [al-ig-zan-der,, -zahn-,, mi-key-luh-vich;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahn-dr myi-khahy-luh-vyich] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər,, -ˈzɑn-,, mɪˈkeɪ lə vɪtʃ;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑn dr myɪˈxaɪ lə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1956, Soviet painter, photographer, and designer.
- rodzinski — Artur [ahr-too r] /ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1894–1958, U.S. orchestra conductor.
- roll back — to move along a surface by revolving or turning over and over, as a ball or a wheel.
- roll book — a book in which attendance records are kept, as of students or employees.
- roll-neck — A roll-neck sweater or a roll-necked sweater is a sweater with a high neck than can be rolled over.
- roof rack — A roof rack is a metal frame that is fixed on top of a car and used for carrying large objects.
- roof-deck — a part of a flat roof used for gardening, sunbathing, etc.
- root knot — a disease of plants, characterized by galls or knots on the roots and stunted growth, caused by any of several nematodes of the genus Meloidogyne.
- rootstalk — a rhizome.
- rootstock — Horticulture. a root and its associated growth buds, used as a stock in plant propagation.
- rose pink — a light pinkish red color.
- roughback — any of several large American flatfishes having rough skin, especially Hippoglossoides platessoides, a species of plaice.
- roughneck — a rough, coarse person; a tough.
- royal oak — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- rubtsovsk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Asia.
- rudbeckia — any composite plant of the genus Rudbeckia, having alternate leaves and showy flower heads.
- rule book — A rule book is a book containing the official rules for a particular game, job, or organization.
- rush-work — the handicraft of making objects woven of rushes.
- ruvo kale — broccoli rabe.
- sabrelike — resembling a sabre
- sack race — a race in which each contestant jumps ahead while his or her legs are confined in a sack.
- sailmaker — a person who makes or repairs sails.
- salt pork — pork cured with salt, especially the fat pork taken from the back, sides, and belly.
- saltworks — (often used with a plural verb) a building or plant where salt is made.
- samarkand — a province of the ancient Persian Empire between the Oxus and Jaxartes rivers: now in Uzbekistan. Capital: Samarkand.
- sandcrack — a perpendicular fissure in some part of the wall of an animal's hoof, esp. of a horse, often caused by sandy soil