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9-letter words containing s, k, i, r

  • multirisk — (of insurance) covering several risks
  • murkiness — dark, gloomy, and cheerless.
  • mykerinos — Mycerinus.
  • 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.
  • nonshrink — (of construction materials, such as cement or grout) not liable to contract
  • nurselike — resembling or having the characteristics of a nurse
  • on strike — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
  • outdrinks — Plural form of outdrink.
  • outskirts — Often, outskirts. the outlying district or region, as of a city, metropolitan area, or the like: to live on the outskirts of town; a sparsely populated outskirt.
  • outstrike — (transitive) To strike faster than.
  • overskirt — an outer skirt.
  • overstink — to stink more than (something else)
  • parkinson — a common neurologic disease believed to be caused by deterioration of the brain cells that produce dopamine, occurring primarily after the age of 60, characterized by tremors, especially of the fingers and hands, muscle rigidity, shuffling gait, slow speech, and a masklike facial expression.
  • 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
  • preshrink — to subject (textiles, garments, etc.) to a shrinking process before marketing to minimize subsequent shrinkage.
  • press kit — a packet of promotional materials, as background information, photographs, or samples, for distribution to the press, as at a press conference.
  • prestrike — of the period before a strike
  • prestwick — international airport in W Scotland.
  • prickspur — a spur having a single sharp goad or point.
  • prisiadka — a step in Slavic folk dancing in which the dancer squats on the haunches and kicks out each foot alternately; the characteristic step of the kazachok.
  • proselike — the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
  • purselike — resembling a purse
  • quakerism — the beliefs, principles, and practices of Quakers.
  • 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:
  • quirkiest — Superlative form of quirky.
  • rainstick — a musical instrument consisting of a tube filled with sand or pebbles, which is inverted to produce a sound
  • rankshift — (in systemic linguistics) to use a unit as a constituent of another unit of the same or lower rank on the rank scale, as in using the phrase next door within the phrase the boy next door or the clause that you met yesterday within the phrase the girl that you met yesterday.
  • raskolnik — a member of any of several sects founded by dissenters from the Russian Orthodox Church who opposed the liturgical reforms of Nikon in the 17th century.
  • refusenik — a Soviet citizen, usually Jewish, who was denied permission to emigrate from the Soviet Union.
  • resinlike — resembling a resin, having characteristics of a resin
  • reskinned — to replace or repair the exterior surface or coating of: The space shuttle had to be reskinned before returning to service.
  • rib steak — club steak.
  • rickstand — a platform on which to put or make a rick or haystack
  • rickstick — a tool used when making haystacks or ricks
  • riskiness — attended with or involving risk; hazardous: a risky undertaking.
  • risktaker — a person or corporation inclined to take risks: The management trainees were exhorted to become risktakers.
  • rockiness — the state or condition of a person who is shaky or unsteady, as from drinking, fatigue, or illness.
  • rockslide — a fall of rocks down a hillside
  • rodzinski — Artur [ahr-too r] /ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1894–1958, U.S. orchestra conductor.
  • rose pink — a light pinkish red color.
  • sabrelike — resembling a sabre
  • sailmaker — a person who makes or repairs sails.
  • sarkiness — the quality of being sarcastic
  • scarfskin — the outermost layer of the skin; epidermis.
  • schickard — a large crater in the SW quadrant of the moon, about 227 kilometres (141 miles) in diameter
  • screaking — screeching or creaking
  • semitruck — tractor-trailer.
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