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8-letter words containing o, r, s, k

  • humoresk — humorous musical composition
  • hydroski — a hydrofoil attached to a seaplane to aid in takeoffs and landings.
  • inkhorns — Plural form of inkhorn.
  • instroke — a stroke traveling in an inward direction.
  • invokers — Plural form of invoker.
  • j-stroke — (in canoeing) a stroke, made in the shape of the letter J, used to alter the course of the canoe, usually to compensate for drifting sideways.
  • jerksome — Indicative of quick, rapid movements; jerky.Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed. (1989).
  • jokester — a joker, especially a practical joker.
  • karosses — Plural form of kaross.
  • kasparovGary or Garry, born 1963, Armenian chess player.
  • keratose — having a skeleton formed of horny fibers, as certain sponges.
  • kerberos — Cerberus (def 1).
  • kerosene — a mixture of liquid hydrocarbons obtained by distilling petroleum, bituminous shale, or the like, and widely used as a fuel, cleaning solvent, etc.
  • kerosine — Alternative spelling of kerosene.
  • keywords — a word that serves as a key, as to the meaning of another word, a sentence, passage, or the like.
  • klystron — An electron tube that generates or amplifies microwaves by velocity modulation.
  • knockers — a person or thing that knocks.
  • koestlerArthur, 1905–83, British novelist, critic, and journalist; born in Hungary.
  • koshered — Simple past tense and past participle of kosher.
  • kostroma — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Moscow, on the Volga.
  • kourbash — to whip with a kurbash.
  • kromesky — a croquette consisting of a piece of bacon wrapped round minced meat or fish
  • kurosawa — Akira [ah-kee-rah] /ɑˈki rɑ/ (Show IPA), 1910–1998, Japanese film director.
  • kuroshio — Japan Current.
  • kurtoses — Plural form of kurtosis.
  • kurtosis — the state or quality of flatness or peakedness of the curve describing a frequency distribution in the region about its mode.
  • larksome — mischievous or fond of larking
  • low-risk — A low-risk customer, risk, occupation, or property is not very likely to be exposed to a danger.
  • markhors — Plural form of markhor.
  • merfolks — Plural form of merfolk.
  • meshwork — meshed material or a structure of meshes; a network.
  • monikers — Plural form of moniker.
  • murksome — gloomy; dark
  • muskroot — The root of Ferula sumbul, a tall umbelliferous plant, formerly used in medicine and as a substitute for musk.
  • nekrasov — Nikolai Alekseyevich (nikaˈlaj alɪkˈsjejɪvitʃ). 1821–77, Russian poet, who wrote chiefly about the sufferings of the peasantry
  • networks — Plural form of network.
  • nonskier — a person who does not ski
  • oarlocks — Plural form of oarlock.
  • ockerism — the conduct or actions that are characteristic of an ocker
  • oistrakh — David [dey-vid] /ˈdeɪ vɪd/ (Show IPA), 1908–74, Russian violinist.
  • oriskany — a village in central New York, near Utica: battle 1777.
  • ostmarks — Plural form of ostmark.
  • ostrakon — ostracon.
  • outranks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outrank.
  • outskirt — Often, outskirts. the outlying district or region, as of a city, metropolitan area, or the like: to live on the outskirts of town; a sparsely populated outskirt.
  • outworks — Plural form of outwork.
  • oversick — too sick
  • overskip — to skip over
  • oversoak — to soak too much
  • overtask — to impose too heavy a task upon
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