10-letter words containing w, k, r, o
- nonworking — not employed for a salary, fees, or wages; not producing or generating income: Our employee medical plan also covers nonworking spouses.
- outworking — to work harder, better, or faster than.
- overworked — to cause to work too hard, too much, or too long; weary or exhaust with work (often used reflexively): Don't overwork yourself on that new job.
- pawnbroker — a person whose business is lending money at interest on personal, movable property deposited with the lender until redeemed.
- peckerwood — Midland and Southern U.S. woodpecker.
- pickleworm — the larva of a pyralid moth, Diaphania nitidalis, that bores into the stem and fruit of squash, cucumber, and other cucurbitaceous plants.
- pit worker — a person who works down a mine, esp a coal miner
- powder keg — a small, metal, barrellike container for gunpowder or blasting powder.
- powderlike — resembling powder (usually in consistency or texture); powdery
- power pack — a device for converting the voltage from a power line or battery to the various voltages required by the components of an electronic circuit.
- printworks — (used with a singular or plural verb) a factory that prints textiles or other materials.
- red kowhai — parrot's-bill.
- ropewalker — a ropedancer.
- rough work — a preliminary work in preparation for a sketch, report, piece of work, etc
- rubblework — masonry built of rubble or roughly dressed stones.
- schoolwork — the material studied in or for school, comprising homework and work done in class.
- screw hook — a hook having a shank in the form of a screw.
- scrollwork — decorative work in which scroll forms figure prominently.
- sex worker — prostitution.
- shopwalker — a floorwalker.
- siegeworks — constructions built by a besieging force
- silkgrower — a person who breeds silkworms for their silk
- silverwork — fine or decorative work executed in silver.
- skewerwood — the spindle tree, Euonymus europaeus.
- spiderwork — a thing which has the appearance of a spider's web
- steelworks — an establishment where steel is made and often manufactured into girders, rails, etc.
- sternworks — the rear of a vessel
- stitchwork — embroidery or needlework.
- stockowner — stockholder (def 1).
- strap work — a type of ornamentation imitating pierced and interlaced straps or bands, usually forming a geometric pattern.
- stuccowork — moldings, decorative work, or a finish made of stucco.
- sword knot — a looped strap, ribbon, or the like attached to the hilt of a sword as a support or ornament.
- swordstick — a hollow walking stick containing a short sword or dagger
- teleworker — person who works from home
- throw back — to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
- timberwork — structural work formed of timbers.
- tokorozawa — a city in central Honshu, Japan, a suburb of Tokyo.
- towel rack — a rack consisting of one or more bars on which towels or washcloths are hung.
- town clerk — a town official who keeps records and issues licenses.
- track down — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- trunk show — a showing and sale in a retail store of an entire collection of clothing, jewelry, etc., from a particular designer.
- two-stroke — relating to or designating an internal-combustion engine whose piston makes two strokes for every explosion
- under-work — to do less work on than is necessary or required: to underwork an idea.
- unworkable — practicable or feasible: He needs a workable schedule.
- upperworks — the parts of a vessel above the waterline when fully laden
- wageworker — a member of the laboring class; wage earner.
- wake-robin — the cuckoopint.
- walkaround — A competitive dance in blackface minstrel shows of the 19th century.
- walkshorts — medium to long shorts, often cut fuller than Bermuda shorts and used for walking or leisure activity.
- water-soak — to soak or saturate with water.