9-letter words containing r, o, c, k, s
- forestock — (firearms) forearm; handguard.
- fossicker — Someone who fossicks.
- frockless — with no frock
- gobstruck — (slang, chiefly, UK) gobsmacked; astonished; astounded.
- hickories — Plural form of hickory.
- horseback — the back of a horse.
- iron-sick — noting a wooden hull, fastened with iron, in which chemical interaction between the iron and the wood has resulted in the decay of both; nail-sick.
- jack rose — a cocktail made with apple brandy, lime or lemon juice, and grenadine.
- jockstrap — an elasticized belt, a men's undergarment, with a pouch for supporting and protecting the genitals, worn especially while participating in athletics.
- misreckon — (transitive) To add (something) up incorrectly, make a wrong calculation of (an amount etc.).
- mockeries — Plural form of mockery.
- muckworms — Plural form of muckworm.
- osnabruck — a city in Lower Saxony, in NW Germany.
- outstruck — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
- overcooks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcook.
- overstock — to stock to excess: We are overstocked on this item.
- packhorse — a horse used for carrying goods, freight, supplies, etc.
- post-rock — a type of music that often varies from traditional rock in terms of form and instrumentation
- quicksort — A sorting algorithm with O(n log n) average time complexity. One element, x of the list to be sorted is chosen and the other elements are split into those elements less than x and those greater than or equal to x. These two lists are then sorted recursively using the same algorithm until there is only one element in each list, at which point the sublists are recursively recombined in order yielding the sorted list. This can be written in Haskell:
- rock bass — a game fish, Ambloplites rupestris, of the sunfish family, inhabiting freshwater streams of the eastern U.S.
- rock dust — a crushed limestone sprayed on surfaces in mines to make coal dust incombustible in case of a gas explosion.
- rock salt — common salt occurring in extensive, irregular beds in rocklike masses.
- rock star — a rock-'n'-roll star or celebrity.
- rock-salt — common salt occurring in extensive, irregular beds in rocklike masses.
- rockiness — the state or condition of a person who is shaky or unsteady, as from drinking, fatigue, or illness.
- rockshaft — an oscillating shaft.
- rockslide — a fall of rocks down a hillside
- rootstock — Horticulture. a root and its associated growth buds, used as a stock in plant propagation.
- scalework — an ornamentation technique used to depict scales on fish or other creatures
- schlocker — something of poor quality; schlock
- schnorkel — (formerly) snorkel (def 1).
- schnorkle — (formerly) snorkel (def 1).
- scrapbook — an album in which pictures, newspaper clippings, etc., may be pasted or mounted.
- scrub oak — any of several oaks, as Quercus ilicifolia and Q. prinoides, characterized by a scrubby manner of growth, usually found in dry, rocky soil.
- scut work — work that is regarded as tedious and routine or menial
- sheetrock — a trademark name for plasterboard or drywall, composed of gypsum enclosed by heavy sheets of paper and used for constructing interior walls and ceilings
- shoe rack — shelving unit for storing footwear
- shortcake — a cake made with a relatively large amount of butter or other shortening.
- sky cover — the amount of the sky that is covered by clouds, fog, haze, smoke, or the like, usually expressed in tenths of the total sky.
- skyrocket — a rocket firework that ascends into the air and explodes at a height, usually in a brilliant array of sparks of one or more colors.
- slickrock — rock or a rock formation that is smooth and slippery.
- smackeroo — a hard slap or swat: He gave the ball a smackeroo.
- snockered — drunk; intoxicated.
- soft rock — a comparatively unaggressive, melodic style of rock-'n'-roll in which the arrangement and lyrics are emphasized more than the beat.
- sollicker — force; momentum.
- sour dock — any of various weedy plants belonging to the genus Rumex, of the buckwheat family, as R. obtusifolius (bitter dock) or R. acetosa (sour dock) having long taproots.
- stackroom — an area in a library where books are not on open shelves
- stickwork — a player's degree of competence or proficiency as a baseball batter, hockey or lacrosse player, etc.: Frequent practice improved his stickwork.
- stock car — a standard model of automobile changed in various ways for racing purposes.
- stockhorn — pibgorn.