9-letter words containing k, r
- corkonian — a native or inhabitant of the city of Cork
- corkscrew — A corkscrew is a device for pulling corks out of bottles.
- corkwoods — Plural form of corkwood.
- corn cake — Midland and Southern U.S. a flat corn bread baked on a griddle.
- corn silk — the silky tuft of styles and stigmas at the tip of an ear of maize, formerly used as a diuretic
- corncrake — a common Eurasian rail, Crex crex, of fields and meadows, with a buff speckled plumage and reddish wings
- cornflake — Cornflakes are small flat pieces of maize that are eaten with milk as a breakfast cereal. They are popular in Britain and the United States.
- cornhusks — Plural form of cornhusk.
- cornstalk — a stalk or stem of corn
- cornstick — a corn muffin baked in the form of a small ear of corn.
- courtlike — reminiscent of the court in style or manner; elegant; courtly
- cow shark — any large primitive shark, esp Hexanchus griseum, of the family Hexanchidae of warm and temperate waters
- cowkeeper — (archaic) cowherd.
- coworkers — a fellow worker; colleague.
- crab cake — patty made of crab meat
- crabstick — a stick, cane, or cudgel made of crab-apple wood
- crack off — to break without complete separation of parts; become fissured: The plate cracked when I dropped it, but it was still usable.
- crackable — to break without complete separation of parts; become fissured: The plate cracked when I dropped it, but it was still usable.
- crackback — (in American football) an illegal block made by an offensive player
- crackdown — A crackdown is strong official action that is taken to punish people who break laws.
- crackhead — a person addicted to the drug crack
- crackling — the crisp browned skin of roast pork
- cracknels — crisply fried bits of fat pork
- crackpots — Plural form of crackpot.
- cracksman — a burglar, esp a safe-breaker
- cracksmen — Plural form of cracksman.
- craftwork — works of artistry or craft
- crampbark — a large deciduous shrub, Viburnum opulus, of the Caprifoliaceae family, native to Europe and eastern parts of North America
- cranbrook — a city in SE British Columbia, in SW Canada.
- crank out — If you say that a company or person cranks out a quantity of similar things, you mean they produce them quickly, in the same way, and are usually implying that the things are not original or are of poor quality.
- crankcase — the metal housing that encloses the crankshaft, connecting rods, etc, in an internal-combustion engine, reciprocating pump, etc
- crankiest — Superlative form of cranky.
- crankness — (of a vessel) the liability to capsize
- crankpins — Plural form of crankpin.
- crapelike — resembling crape
- creamlike — Resembling cream.
- creek war — an uprising in 1813–14 of the Creek Indians against settlers in Alabama: frontier militia from Tennessee, Georgia, and Mississippi under Andrew Jackson helped defeat the Creek, who ceded two-thirds of their land to the U.S.
- crew neck — A crew neck or a crew neck sweater is a sweater with a round neck.
- crew sock — Usually, crew socks. short, thick casual socks usually ribbed above the ankles.
- cricketed — Simple past tense and past participle of cricket.
- cricketer — A cricketer is a person who plays cricket.
- crinkling — Present participle of crinkle.
- crock pot — slow cooker
- crock-pot — an electric cooker consisting of an earthenware pot inside a container with a heating element that maintains a steady low temperature, used as for simmering stews for several hours
- crocketed — (architecture) Having a crocket.
- crockford — short for Crockford's Clerical Directory, the standard directory of living Anglican clergy
- crockpots — Plural form of crockpot.
- crokinole — a board game popular in Canada in which players flick wooden discs
- cronelike — Like a crone; old and withered.
- crookback — a hunchback