7-letter words containing o, r, s, k
- skouras — Spyros (Panagiotes) [speer-ohs pan-uh-yoh-tis;; Greek spee-raws pah-nah-yaw-tees] /ˈspɪər oʊs ˌpæn əˈyoʊ tɪs;; Greek ˈspi rɔs ˌpɑ nɑˈyɔ tis/ (Show IPA), 1893–1971, U.S. film-studio executive, born in Greece.
- skyborn — born in heaven
- snooker — a variety of pool played with 15 red balls and 6 balls of colors other than red, in which a player must shoot one of the red balls, each with a point value of 1, into a pocket before shooting at one of the other balls, with point values of from 2 to 7.
- snorkel — Also called, British, snort. a device permitting a submarine to remain submerged for prolonged periods, consisting of tubes extended above the surface of the water to take in air for the diesel engine and for general ventilation and to discharge exhaust gases and foul air.
- soakers — absorbent, knitted briefs or shorts, often of wool, used as a diaper cover on infants.
- sokotra — an island in the Indian Ocean, S of Arabia: a part of the Republic of Yemen. 1382 sq. mi. (3579 sq. km).
- sorokin — Pitirim Alexandrovitch [pi-ti-reem al-ig-zan-druh-vich,, -zahn-;; Russian pyi-tyi-ryeem uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /pɪ tɪˈrim ˌæl ɪgˈzæn drə vɪtʃ,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian pyɪ tyɪˈryim ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1889–1968, U.S. sociologist, born in Russia.
- sourock — a Scots name for the sorrel plant
- stocker — a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
- stonker — to hit hard; knock unconscious.
- stooker — shock2 (def 1).
- stroker — someone or something that strokes
- strooke — a stroke
- sukarno — Achmed [ahk-med] /ˈɑk mɛd/ (Show IPA), 1901–1970, Indonesian statesman: president of the Republic of Indonesia 1945–67.
- trotsky — Leon (Lev or Leib, Davidovich Bronstein) 1879–1940, Russian revolutionary and writer: minister of war 1918–25.
- vxworks — (operating system) A real-time multitasking operating system from Wind River Systems. Originally it used the VRTX kernel but this has been replaced by Wind River's own "Wind kernel 2.4". Before version 5.3 VxWorks included a software development environment but this is now called "Tornado".
- workers — Plural form of worker.
- workshy — (British) Disinclined to work; lazy.
- worksop — a town in N central England, in N Nottinghamshire. Pop: 39 072 (2001)
- workups — Plural form of workup.
- yonkers — a city in SE New York, on the Hudson, near New York City.
- yorkers — Plural form of yorker.
- yorkist — an adherent or member of the royal family of York, especially in the Wars of the Roses.
- zagorsk — former name (1930–91) of Sergiyev Posad.
- zonkers — Plural form of zonker.