9-letter words containing r, a, k
- draw back — a hindrance or disadvantage; an undesirable or objectionable feature.
- drawbacks — Plural form of drawback.
- drawknife — a knife with a handle at each end at right angles to the blade, used by drawing over a surface.
- drawnwork — Ornamental work on linen or other fabric, done by drawing out threads and usually with additional needlework.
- drawworks — A drawworks is a drum for reeling the drill string in and out.
- dreadlock — A single strand of dreadlocks.
- dreamlike — a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
- dreamwork — the processes that cause the transformation of unconscious thoughts into the content of dreams, as displacement, distortion, condensation, and symbolism.
- dressmake — to make dresses
- drinkable — suitable for drinking.
- drinkably — from the point of view of how drinkable something is
- drinkware — Vessels from which people drink.
- drop back — a lowering, as of prices or standards, especially to a previous level: Auto manufacturers requested a dropback in emissions standards.
- drop tank — an external aircraft tank, usually containing fuel, that can be detached and dropped in flight
- drugmaker — a person or company that manufactures pharmaceutical products.
- drunkards — Plural form of drunkard.
- duckboard — a board or boards laid as a track or floor over wet or muddy ground.
- dwarflike — Resembling a dwarf or some aspect of one; small, diminutive.
- earcockle — A disease of wheat in which the ears blacken and contract.
- earmarked — any identifying or distinguishing mark or characteristic: The mayor's statement had all the earmarks of dirty politics.
- earthlike — Of a planet, resembling the Earth.
- 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
- easy mark — sb easily targeted or victimized
- eckermann — Johann Peter [yoh-hahn pey-tuh r] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈpeɪ tər/ (Show IPA), 1792–1854, German writer and literary assistant to Goethe.
- ecofreaks — Plural form of ecofreak.
- ekphrasis — (rhetoric) A clear, intense, self-contained argument or pictorial description of an object, especially of an artwork.
- embarking — Present participle of embark.
- enranckle — to upset, make irate
- entertake — (transitive, obsolete) To entertain; to receive.
- ethertalk — (networking) An Apple Computer network standard used to extend an AppleTalk network across an Ethernet network. Compare LocalTalk.
- 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.
- fairbanks — Charles Warren, 1852–1918, political leader: vice president of the U.S. 1905–09.
- fairylike — Resembling a fairy or some aspect of one.
- falsework — framework for supporting a structure under construction that is not yet capable of supporting itself.
- fancywork — ornamental needlework.
- farcelike — Resembling or characteristic of farce.
- farm-bike — a motorcycle built for off-road travel
- farnarkel — to spend time or act in a careless or inconsequential manner; waste time
- farrakhan — Louis (Louis Eugene Walcott) born 1933, U.S. religious leader: head of the Nation of Islam.
- fernbrake — a thicket or dense growth of ferns.
- filemaker — (software) A database application developed by Claris. It is currently the leading database application for the Macintosh and is the second most popular standalone package for Windows.
- filmmaker — Also called moviemaker. a producer or director of motion pictures, especially one working in all phases of production: the leading young filmmakers of France.
- firebacks — Plural form of fireback.
- firebreak — a strip of plowed or cleared land made to check the spread of a prairie or forest fire.
- firedrake — a mythical fiery dragon.
- flag rank — naval rank above that of captain.
- flankered — Simple past tense and past participle of flanker.