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9-letter words containing o, k, r, i

  • overquick — too quick: Let's not be overquick to criticize.
  • overskirt — an outer skirt.
  • overstink — to stink more than (something else)
  • overthick — too thick
  • overthink — If you overthink, or if you overthink a problem, you spend too much time thinking about something.
  • overtrick — a trick won by declarer in excess of the number of tricks necessary to make the contract.
  • paintwork — layer of paint on wall or vehicle
  • 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.
  • 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
  • pick over — to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
  • pickaroon — to act or operate as a pirate or brigand.
  • pickproof — (of a lock) designed so that it cannot be picked.
  • piecework — work done and paid for by the piece.
  • pinhooker — someone who trades in young racehorses for profit
  • pink root — a disease of onions and other plants, characterized by pink, withered roots, caused by a fungus, Pyrenochaeta terrestris.
  • pinkerton — Allan, 1819–84, U.S. detective, born in Scotland.
  • pitchfork — a large, long-handled fork for manually lifting and pitching hay, stalks of grain, etc.
  • plainwork — simple needlework, such as hemming, as distinct from fancywork
  • potlicker — Midland and Southern U.S. Eye Dialect. pot liquor.
  • prick out — to transplant (seedlings) as from seed pans to shallow boxes
  • prickwood — the dense wood of the spindle tree, used for making skewers
  • prokofiev — Sergei Sergeevich [syir-gyey syir-gye-yi-vyich] /syɪrˈgyeɪ syɪrˈgyɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1953, Russian composer.
  • proselike — the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
  • provoking — serving to provoke; causing annoyance.
  • quicksort — A sorting algorithm with O(n log n) average time complexity. One element, x of the list to be sorted is chosen and the other elements are split into those elements less than x and those greater than or equal to x. These two lists are then sorted recursively using the same algorithm until there is only one element in each list, at which point the sublists are recursively recombined in order yielding the sorted list. This can be written in Haskell:
  • quillwork — a type of decoration using softened and usually dyed porcupine or bird quills.
  • 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.
  • reckoning — count; computation; calculation.
  • reworking — revised version
  • reznikoff — Charles, 1894–1976, U.S. poet.
  • road bike — a bike designed to be ridden on roads, as opposed to a mountain bike
  • road kill — Informal. the body of an animal killed on a road by a motor vehicle.
  • 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 milk — a white, powdery surface crust of calcite, formed by efflorescence in limestone caves and fissures.
  • rock-like — Something that is rock-like is very strong or firm, and is unlikely to change.
  • rockiness — the state or condition of a person who is shaky or unsteady, as from drinking, fatigue, or illness.
  • rockingly — in a rocking manner
  • rockslide — a fall of rocks down a hillside
  • rockville — a city in central Maryland.
  • rodzinski — Artur [ahr-too r] /ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1894–1958, U.S. orchestra conductor.
  • rose pink — a light pinkish red color.
  • semiworks — a manufacturing plant equipped to develop and manufacture a new product in small quantities prior to full-scale manufacture
  • shiftwork — a system of employment where an individual's normal hours of work are, in part, outside the period of normal day working and may follow a different pattern in consecutive periods of weeks
  • silk road — ancient trade route extending from China to the Mediterranean
  • skid road — an area of cheap barrooms and run-down hotels, frequented by alcoholics and vagrants.
  • skidproof — preventing or resistant to skidding, as certain road surfaces or vehicle tires.
  • skijoring — a sport in which a skier is pulled over snow or ice, generally by a horse.
  • skimboard — a type of short, rounded surfboard used for riding in shallow water.
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