9-letter words containing o, r, k
- drop tank — an external aircraft tank, usually containing fuel, that can be detached and dropped in flight
- drop-kick — to score (a field goal or point after touchdown) by a drop kick.
- dropkicks — Plural form of dropkick.
- droshkies — Plural form of droshky.
- dry stock — cattle that are raised for meat
- dubrovnik — a seaport in S Croatia, on the Adriatic: resort.
- duckboard — a board or boards laid as a track or floor over wet or muddy ground.
- duikerbok — duiker.
- dukhobors — a pacifistic, nonritualistic, mystical religious sect that separated (1785) from the Eastern Orthodox Church: in the 1890s, many members emigrated to W Canada
- earcockle — A disease of wheat in which the ears blacken and contract.
- earthwork — excavation and piling of earth in connection with an engineering operation.
- east york — city in SE Ontario, Canada: part of metropolitan Toronto: pop. 108,000
- ecofreaks — Plural form of ecofreak.
- eukaryote — An organism consisting of a cell or cells in which the genetic material is DNA in the form of chromosomes contained within a distinct nucleus. Eukaryotes include all living organisms other than the eubacteria and archaebacteria.
- fabrikoid — a waterproof fabric made of cloth coated with pyroxylin
- fair oaks — Also called Seven Pines. a locality in E Virginia, near Richmond: battle 1862.
- falsework — framework for supporting a structure under construction that is not yet capable of supporting itself.
- fancywork — ornamental needlework.
- fieldwork — Also, field work. work done in the field, as research, exploration, surveying, or interviewing: archaeological fieldwork.
- firelocks — Plural form of firelock.
- fireworks — Often, fireworks. a combustible or explosive device for producing a striking display of light or a loud noise, used for signaling or as part of a celebration.
- fish fork — a small fork having usually three tines, used for eating fish at table.
- floodmark — A mark indicating the height reached by the waters in a previous flood.
- flushwork — decorative treatment of the surface of an outside wall with flints split to show their smooth black surface, combined with dressed stone to form patterns such as tracery or initials
- folk hero — a hero to the common people of a country
- folk rock — a style of music combining characteristics of rock-'n'-roll and folk music, often exemplified by protest songs to a rock-'n'-roll beat, and at its height of popularity in the late 1960s.
- folk-rock — a style of music combining characteristics of rock-'n'-roll and folk music, often exemplified by protest songs to a rock-'n'-roll beat, and at its height of popularity in the late 1960s.
- folklores — Plural form of folklore.
- folkloric — based on or resembling folklore: folkloric music.
- folkright — a law or right of the people as opposed to that of the privileged classes.
- footbrake — a brake operated by applying pressure to a foot pedal
- footmarks — Plural form of footmark.
- for keeps — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
- for kicks — If you say that someone does something for kicks, you mean that they do it because they think it will be exciting.
- forecheck — Play an aggressive style of defense, checking opponents in their own defensive zone, before they can organize an attack.
- foredecks — Plural form of foredeck.
- forehocks — Plural form of forehock.
- foreknown — Past participle of foreknow.
- forelocks — Plural form of forelock.
- forepeaks — Plural form of forepeak.
- foresaken — Misspelling of forsaken.
- foreshank — Anatomy. the part of the lower limb in humans between the knee and the ankle; leg.
- foreshock — a relatively small earthquake that precedes a greater one by a few days or weeks and originates at or near the focus of the larger earthquake.
- foreskins — Plural form of foreskin.
- foreskirt — the front skirt of an article of clothing (as opposed to the train)
- forespeak — to predict; foretell.
- forestick — the front log in a wood fire, as in a fireplace.
- forestock — (firearms) forearm; handguard.
- forethink — to have prescience of
- foretoken — a sign of a future event; omen; forewarning.