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.
- kasparov — Gary 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.
- koestler — Arthur, 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