9-letter words containing c, o, k
- hotchkiss — Hazel, Wightman, Hazel Hotchkiss.
- ice block — a flavoured frozen water ice: in Australia and New Zealand, sometimes on a stick
- in pocket — a shaped piece of fabric attached inside or outside a garment and forming a pouch used especially for carrying small articles.
- interlock — to fit into each other, as parts of machinery, so that all action is synchronized.
- 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.
- iseikonic — relating to iseikonia
- jack post — a post for supporting a floor beam, having two telescoping sections, adjustable to any height.
- jack rope — a rope for bending the foot of a sail to a boom.
- jack rose — a cocktail made with apple brandy, lime or lemon juice, and grenadine.
- jackboots — Plural form of jackboot.
- jackstone — jack1 (def 5a, b).
- jackwagon — (US, slang, derogatory) An objectionable person; a jerk; a jackass.
- jazz rock — a style of music that combines jazz and rock
- jazz-rock — music that combines elements of both jazz and rock and is usually performed on amplified electric instruments.
- jock itch — a fungal infection of the skin in the groin area, occurring most commonly in males, especially in warm climates, characterized by itchy and often scaly lesions; tinea cruris.
- jock scot — an artificial fly having a yellow floss body, black silk tag, scarlet and yellow tail, wings of scarlet and of jungle cock feathers spotted with yellow and gray, and hackle of guinea fowl and grouse feathers.
- jockeying — a person who rides horses professionally in races.
- jockeyish — resembling a jockey
- jockeyism — the skills and practices of jockeys
- jockstrap — an elasticized belt, a men's undergarment, with a pouch for supporting and protecting the genitals, worn especially while participating in athletics.
- jockteleg — a large clasp knife or pocketknife; jackknife.
- jonnycake — Alternative spelling of johnnycake.
- joy-stick — Informal. the control stick of an airplane, tank, or other vehicle.
- joysticks — Plural form of joystick.
- kalanchoe — any of several chiefly African and Asian succulent plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Kalanchoe, of the stonecrop family, having mostly opposite leaves and branching clusters of flowers.
- karyocyte — (cytology) Any cell that has a nucleus.
- katabolic — Alternative form of catabolic.
- keep cool — avoid getting hot
- keratotic — any skin disease characterized by a horny growth, as a wart.
- ketogenic — the production of ketone bodies in the body, as in diabetes mellitus or low-carbohydrate weight-loss diets.
- ketolytic — the breaking down of ketones.
- kick down — vehicle: lower gear
- kick over — to strike with the foot or feet: to kick the ball; to kick someone in the shins.
- kickabout — An informal amateur game of football/soccer.
- kickboard — a buoyant, usually small board that is used to support the arms of a swimmer, used chiefly in practicing kicking movements.
- kickboxer — someone who practises kickboxing
- kilocurie — a unit of radioactivity, equal to 1000 curies. Abbreviation: kCi, kc.
- kilocycle — a unit equal to 1000 cycles: used especially in radio as 1000 cycles per second for expressing the frequency of electromagnetic waves; kilohertz. The term kilohertz is now preferred in technical use. Abbreviation: kc.
- kinescope — a cathode-ray tube with a fluorescent screen on which an image is reproduced by a directed beam of electrons.
- kirchhoff — Gustav Robert [goo s-tahf roh-bert] /ˈgʊs tɑf ˈroʊ bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1824–87, German physicist.
- kiungchow — Qiongzhou.
- klopstock — Friedrich Gottlieb [free-drikh gawt-leep] /ˈfri drɪx ˈgɔt lip/ (Show IPA), 1724–1803, German poet.
- kluckhohn — Clyde (Kay Maben) [mey-buh n] /ˈmeɪ bən/ (Show IPA), 1905–60, American anthropologist.
- knee-sock — a type of sock that comes up to the knee
- knob lock — a lock having a spring bolt moved by a knob or knobs, and a dead bolt moved by a key.
- knobstick — A stick with a rounded knob at the end.
- knock off — an act or instance of knocking.
- knock out — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- knockback — A blow that causes the recipient to fall or move backwards, a knock back; a recoil.
- knockdown — capable of knocking something down; overwhelming; irresistible: a knockdown blow.