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10-letter words containing p, o, r, k

  • rock plant — a plant found among rocks or in rock gardens.
  • rock spray — a low, evergreen, Himalayan shrub, Cotoneaster microphyllus, of the rose family, having shiny leaves with grayish, hairy undersides, white flowers, and scarlet berries.
  • rock tripe — any lichen of the genus Umbilicaria.
  • rockhopper — a small penguin, Eudyptes crestatus, of Antarctica, the Falkland Islands, and New Zealand, with a yellow crest on each side of its head
  • rope maker — a craftsman who makes ropes
  • ropemaking — the act, skill, or process of fabricating rope.
  • ropewalker — a ropedancer.
  • rosa parks — Gordon (Alexander Buchanan) 1912–2006, U.S. photojournalist and film director.
  • shockproof — Also, shock-proof. (of timepieces, machinery, etc.) protected against damage resulting from anticipated shocks.
  • shopkeeper — a retail merchant or tradesman; a person who owns or operates a small store or shop.
  • shopwalker — a floorwalker.
  • skeuomorph — an ornament or design on an object copied from a form of the object when made from another material or by other techniques, as an imitation metal rivet mark found on handles of prehistoric pottery.
  • ski troops — a body of soldiers trained to fight on skis.
  • skytrooper — a paratrooper.
  • smokeproof — that cannot be penetrated by smoke: a fireproof and smokeproof compartment.
  • spark coil — a coil of many turns of insulated wire on an iron core, used for producing sparks.
  • spiderwork — a thing which has the appearance of a spider's web
  • spoken for — engaged, reserved, or allocated
  • springlock — a lock that fastens automatically by a spring.
  • strap work — a type of ornamentation imitating pierced and interlaced straps or bands, usually forming a geometric pattern.
  • stud poker — a variety of poker in which each player is dealt one card face down in the first round and one card face up in each of the next four rounds, each of the last four rounds being followed by a betting interval. Compare seven-card stud.
  • superblock — an area of city land larger than the usual block, treated according to a unified plan and generally closed to vehicular through traffic.
  • superstock — an exceptionally lucrative investment
  • tollkeeper — the collector at a tollgate.
  • top-ranked — A top-ranked sports player or team is the most successful player or team in a particular sport.
  • trackpoint — (hardware)   (Or "pointing stick", "nipple") A small knob found in the middle of some keyboards that works like a very short isometric joystick. Pressing it toward or away from you or from side to side moves the pointer on the screen. Ted Selker brought the concept of an in-keyboard pointing device to IBM in September 1987. TrackPoint was introduced in 1992 on the IBM ThinkPad and later on some desktops. It takes up virtually no extra room on the box or the work area and also requires minimal movement of the hands from the keyboard. Many imitations of highly variable quality appeared. Pointing sticks have also been used in many other notebook brands, including TI, HP, Compac, Dell, Toshiba (e.g. Portege 4000's "AccuPoint II"), and AST (e.g. Ascentia 910N). "TrackPoint" and "Trackpoint" are IBM trademarks.
  • truck crop — a vegetable crop raised on a truck farm.
  • truck stop — a gas station, usually at the side of a major highway, where truck drivers stop for fuel, and often including a restaurant, sleeping and showering rooms, a store selling basic items, etc.
  • turkophile — a person who favors or admires Turkey, Turkish customs, or Turks.
  • turkophobe — a person who has a morbid fear of Turks.
  • unprovoked — to anger, enrage, exasperate, or vex.
  • upperworks — the parts of a vessel above the waterline when fully laden
  • vapor lock — an obstruction to the flow of fuel to a gasoline engine, caused by the formation of bubbles in the gasoline as a result of overheating.
  • woodpecker — any of numerous climbing birds of the family Picidae, having a hard, chisellike bill that it hammers repeatedly into wood in search of insects, stiff tail feathers to assist in climbing, and usually more or less boldly patterned plumage.
  • work space — area used for work
  • workpeople — Plural form of workperson.
  • workperson — A worker; an employee.
  • workpieces — Plural form of workpiece.
  • workplaces — Plural form of workplace.
  • workspaces — Plural form of workspace.
  • yom kippur — a Jewish high holy day observed on the 10th day of the month of Tishri by abstinence from food and drink and by the daylong recitation of prayers of repentance in the synagogue.
  • zoo keeper — a person who looks after the animals in a zoo
  • zookeepers — Plural form of zookeeper.
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