9-letter words containing o, a, k, r
- off break — a bowled ball that spins from off to leg on pitching
- off-track — designating or of legalized betting on horse races, carried on at places away from the racetrack
- one-track — having only one track.
- orkneyman — a native or inhabitant of Orkney
- osnabruck — a city in Lower Saxony, in NW Germany.
- outbacker — a person who lives in the Australian outback
- outbreaks — Plural form of outbreak.
- outranked — Simple past tense and past participle of outrank.
- over-talk — to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.
- overbaked — to cook by dry heat in an oven or on heated metal or stones.
- overbrake — to brake (a wheel, vehicle, etc.) excessively.
- overbreak — earth or rock excavated outside of neat lines.
- overfrank — too frank
- packboard — a rigid wooden or metal frame, covered with fabric and having shoulder straps, to which equipment can be strapped for carrying.
- packhorse — a horse used for carrying goods, freight, supplies, etc.
- paintwork — layer of paint on wall or vehicle
- paperwork — written or clerical work, as records or reports, forming a necessary but often a routine and secondary part of some work or job.
- parkinson — a common neurologic disease believed to be caused by deterioration of the brain cells that produce dopamine, occurring primarily after the age of 60, characterized by tremors, especially of the fingers and hands, muscle rigidity, shuffling gait, slow speech, and a masklike facial expression.
- parokheth — a richly embroidered curtain that hangs in front of the Holy Ark in a synagogue.
- part work — magazine series
- patchwork — something made up of an incongruous variety of pieces or parts; hodgepodge: a patchwork of verse forms.
- peak-hour — during the busiest hours; used esp of traffic and demand for gas, electricity etc
- periaktos — an ancient device used for changing theatre scenery, usually consisting of a revolving triangular prism with different scenes painted on each face; the device was heavily used in the Renaissance
- perovskia — a member of the Perovskia genus of aromatic plant native to central Asia, esp Russian sage, Perovskia atriplicifolia
- pickaroon — to act or operate as a pirate or brigand.
- plainwork — simple needlework, such as hemming, as distinct from fancywork
- pock-mark — Usually, pockmarks. scars or pits left by a pustule in smallpox or the like.
- polltaker — a person or organization that conducts polls; pollster.
- portapack — the first portable combined videotape recorder and camera
- pranksome — tending to play pranks; mischievous; prankish
- prokaryon — the nucleus of a prokaryote
- prokaryot — any organism having cells in each of which the genetic material is in a single DNA chain, not enclosed in a nucleus
- rackboard — a board with holes into which organ pipes are fitted.
- rake over — If you say that someone is raking over something that has been said, done, or written in the past, you mean that they are examining and discussing it in detail, in a way that you do not think is very pleasant.
- rare book — a book that is distinguished by its early printing date, its limited issue, the special character of the edition or binding, or its historical interest.
- raskolnik — a member of any of several sects founded by dissenters from the Russian Orthodox Church who opposed the liturgical reforms of Nikon in the 17th century.
- rave hook — a hooklike tool for reaming old oakum out of seams in planking.
- razorback — a finback or rorqual.
- retropack — a system of retrorockets on a spacecraft
- revokable — that may be revoked.
- road bike — a bike designed to be ridden on roads, as opposed to a mountain bike
- road book — a book of maps, sometimes including a gazetteer
- road kill — Informal. the body of an animal killed on a road by a motor vehicle.
- roadblock — an obstruction placed across a road, especially of barricades or police cars, for halting or hindering traffic, as to facilitate the capture of a pursued car or inspection for safety violations.
- roadworks — work, as construction or repairs, done on a road.
- rock band — heavy pop music group
- rock bass — a game fish, Ambloplites rupestris, of the sunfish family, inhabiting freshwater streams of the eastern U.S.
- rock cake — a small cake containing dried fruit and spice, with a rough surface supposed to resemble a rock
- rock crab — any of several crabs that live along rocky beaches, especially those of the genus Cancer, as C. irroratus, of the eastern coast of North America, having the rear legs modified for running.
- rock face — a perpendicular side of a rock