9-letter words containing r, e, k, s
- mapmakers — Plural form of mapmaker.
- marketers — Plural form of marketer.
- marketise — Alternative spelling of marketize.
- marrakesh — a city in W Morocco.
- marshlike — Resembling a marsh or some aspect of one.
- marsquake — a tremor, similar to an earthquake, on Mars
- mavericks — Plural form of maverick.
- meatworks — (Australia, New Zealand) A slaughterhouse or meat processing plant.
- mismarked — Simple past tense and past participle of mismark.
- misreckon — (transitive) To add (something) up incorrectly, make a wrong calculation of (an amount etc.).
- misstrike — a coin having the design stamped off center.
- mockeries — Plural form of mockery.
- moreporks — Plural form of morepork.
- muckrakes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of muckrake.
- mudsucker — a goby, Gillichthys mirabilis, of California, used as bait.
- murkiness — dark, gloomy, and cheerless.
- musk deer — a small, hornless deer, Moschus moschiferus, of central Asia, the male of which secretes musk: now rare.
- musk rose — a rose, Rosa moschata, of the Mediterranean region, having white, musk-scented flowers.
- musketeer — a soldier armed with a musket.
- mykerinos — Mycerinus.
- nebraskan — of or relating to Nebraska.
- neckverse — a verse read to prove clergy membership, esp Psalm 51
- newsbreak — a newsworthy event or incident.
- newsmaker — a person, thing, or event that is newsworthy: a weekly magazine devoted to stories on newsmakers.
- ninebarks — Plural form of ninebark.
- no-strike — of, relating to, or containing a provision that workers are not permitted to strike under certain terms and conditions: a no-strike clause in a labor contract.
- nonkosher — Not kosher.
- nonskater — a person who does not skate
- nonsmoker — a person who does not smoke.
- nurselike — resembling or having the characteristics of a nurse
- oddsmaker — a person who calculates or predicts the outcome of a contest, as in sports or politics, and sets betting odds.
- on strike — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
- onlookers — Plural form of onlooker.
- outbreaks — Plural form of outbreak.
- outstrike — (transitive) To strike faster than.
- outstroke — a stroke in an outward direction.
- overbooks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overbook.
- overcooks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcook.
- overskirt — an outer skirt.
- oversmoke — to smoke (something) too much
- overstink — to stink more than (something else)
- overstock — to stock to excess: We are overstocked on this item.
- packhorse — a horse used for carrying goods, freight, supplies, etc.
- pasternak — Boris Leonidovich [bawr-is,, bohr-,, bor-;; Russian buh-ryees lyi-uh-nyee-duh-vyich] /ˈbɔr ɪs,, ˈboʊr-,, ˈbɒr-;; Russian bʌˈryis lyɪ ʌˈnyi də vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1960, Russian poet, novelist, and translator: declined 1958 Nobel prize.
- periaktos — an ancient device used for changing theatre scenery, usually consisting of a revolving triangular prism with different scenes painted on each face; the device was heavily used in the Renaissance
- perkiness — jaunty; cheerful; brisk; pert.
- perovskia — a member of the Perovskia genus of aromatic plant native to central Asia, esp Russian sage, Perovskia atriplicifolia
- pranksome — tending to play pranks; mischievous; prankish
- prankster — a mischievous or malicious person who plays tricks, practical jokes, etc., at the expense of another.
- preshrink — to subject (textiles, garments, etc.) to a shrinking process before marketing to minimize subsequent shrinkage.