9-letter words containing r, e, i, k
- heartsink — a patient who repeatedly visits his or her doctor's surgery, often with multiple or non-specific symptoms, and whose complaints are impossible to treat
- hendricks — a male given name, form of Henry.
- heraklion — Iraklion
- hickories — Plural form of hickory.
- hieromonk — a monk who is also a priest.
- hijackers — Plural form of hijacker.
- hookerish — Lb slang Resembling or befitting a prostitute.
- horselike — a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
- hunkering — to squat on one's heels (often followed by down).
- hunkerism — a member of the conservative faction in the Democratic Party in New York State, 1845–48.
- hygrodeik — A form of hygrometer having wet and dry bulb thermometers, with an adjustable index showing the percentage of moisture in the air, etc.
- hyperlink — hypertext link
- ice maker — machine that makes ice cubes
- icemakers — Plural form of icemaker.
- innkeeper — a person who owns or manages an inn or, sometimes, a hotel.
- interbank — Agreed, arranged, or operating between banks.
- interknit — to knit together, one with another; intertwine.
- interknot — to knot together
- interlink — to link, one with another.
- interlock — to fit into each other, as parts of machinery, so that all action is synchronized.
- interpeak — Between peaks.
- intertask — Between tasks.
- interwork — to work or weave together; interweave.
- irish elk — an extinct deerlike mammal of the genus Megaceros (Megaloceros), of the Pleistocene Epoch, having in the male extremely large, broad antlers.
- irksomely — In an irksome manner; tediously.
- iron duke — 1st Duke of (Arthur Wellesley"the Iron Duke") 1769–1852, British general and statesman, born in Ireland: prime minister 1828–30.
- jailbreak — an escape from prison, especially by forcible means.
- jerkiness — characterized by jerks or sudden starts; spasmodic.
- jerkingly — in a jerking manner
- junkerism — the spirit or policy of the Junkers.
- kachcheri — The government department that administrates a district in Sri Lanka.
- kairomone — A chemical substance emitted by an organism and detected by another of a different species that gains advantage from this, e.g., a parasite seeking a host.
- kaiserdom — The dignity, rank or office of a kaiser; the state of being a kaiser.
- kaiserism — autocratic rule, like that of a German kaiser.
- karabiner — a D -shaped ring with a spring catch on one side, used for fastening ropes in mountaineering.
- karateist — A person who does karate.
- katharine — a popular female first name
- katherine — a female given name: from the Greek word meaning “pure.”.
- keratitis — inflammation of the cornea.
- keratosis — any skin disease characterized by a horny growth, as a wart.
- keratotic — any skin disease characterized by a horny growth, as a wart.
- kerchiefs — Plural form of kerchief.
- kermesite — a mineral, antimony oxysulfide, Sb 2 S 2 O, occurring usually in tufts of red capillary crystals.
- kerneling — the softer, usually edible part contained in the shell of a nut or the stone of a fruit.
- kerrville — a town in SW Texas.
- ketonuria — the presence of ketone bodies in the urine.
- kettering — Charles Franklin, 1876–1958, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- key drive — a very small, portable storage device that plugs into a computer and facilitates moving data between machines
- key fruit — a samara.
- kharijite — a member of an ultraconservative, sometimes fanatical, sect emphasizing the importance of strict adherence to Muslim principles of conduct, and advocating the killing of anyone seriously violating those principles.