10-letter words containing h, a, k, o
- hackamores — Plural form of hackamore.
- hacked off — (jargon) (Analogous to "pissed off") Said of system administrators who have become annoyed, upset, or touchy owing to suspicions that their sites have been or are going to be victimised by crackers, or used for inappropriate, technically illegal, or even overtly criminal activities. For example, having unreadable files in your home directory called "worm", "lockpick", or "goroot" would probably be an effective (as well as impressively obvious and stupid) way to get your sysadmin hacked off at you.
- hackerazzo — a person who hacks into the computer or phone of a celebrity in order to gain information about him or her
- hackintosh — 1. (jargon, computer) An Apple Lisa that has been hacked into emulating a Macintosh (also called a "Mac XL"). 2. (jargon, computer) A Macintosh assembled from parts theoretically belonging to different models in the line.
- halfcocked — Simple past tense and past participle of halfcock.
- hammerkops — Plural form of hammerkop.
- hammerlock — a hold in which one arm of an opponent is twisted and forced upward behind his back.
- handstroke — the downward movement of the bell rope as the bell swings around allowing the ringer to grasp and pull it
- hard-knock — beset with hardship.
- headstocks — Plural form of headstock.
- heartbroke — heartbroken
- heath cock — the male of the black grouse.
- heatstroke — a disturbance of the temperature-regulating mechanisms of the body caused by overexposure to excessive heat, resulting in fever, hot and dry skin, and rapid pulse, sometimes progressing to delirium and coma.
- hektograph — to copy with the hectograph.
- hemikaryon — a haploid nucleus.
- herakleion — a seaport in N Crete.
- hexokinase — an enzyme that catalyzes the phosphorylation of hexose sugars.
- hog-backed — cambered, as the ridge of a roof, a hill, etc.
- home-baked — baked at home; home-made
- homemakers — Plural form of homemaker.
- homemaking — the establishment or management of a home; duties of a homemaker.
- hoop snake — any of several harmless snakes, as the mud snake and rainbow snake, fabled to take its tail in its mouth and roll along like a hoop.
- hopsacking — bagging made chiefly of hemp and jute.
- horse rake — a large-wheeled rake drawn by a horse.
- hot-walker — a person whose job is walking racehorses after races, workouts, etc. to allow them to cool off gradually
- hotel rack — rack6 (def 2).
- house mark — a trademark that appears on and identifies all of a company's products.
- housebreak — to train (a pet) to excrete outdoors or in a specific place.
- housemaker — Homemaker.
- hydrocrack — to crack (petroleum or the like) in the presence of hydrogen.
- jacky howe — (formerly) a sleeveless flannel shirt worn by sheep shearers
- john jakes — John, born 1932, U.S. novelist.
- johnnycake — a cake or bread made of corn meal and water or milk, usually cooked on a griddle.
- kahanamoku — Duke Paoa [pah-oh-ah] /pɑˈoʊ ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1968, U.S. swimmer and surfer.
- kalanchoes — Plural form of kalanchoe.
- karyolymph — The liquid part of the nucleus of a cell.
- katholikos — catholicos.
- kenophobia — an abnormal fear of empty spaces
- keogh plan — a pension plan for an unincorporated business entity or self-employed person.
- khabarovsk — Formerly Far Eastern Region. a territory of the Russian Federation in NE Asia. 965,400 sq. mi. (2,500,400 sq. km).
- kirovohrad — Kirovograd.
- klootchman — a North American Indian woman
- knob latch — a latch having a spring bolt controlled by a knob on one or both sides.
- kodachrome — (lowercase) a positive color transparency.
- kohlrabies — Plural form of kohlrabi.
- kok-saghyz — a central Asian dandelion, Taraxacum kok-saghyz, of the composite family, having fleshy roots that yield a rubberlike latex.
- kota bharu — a state in Malaysia, on the central Malay Peninsula. 5750 sq. mi. (14,893 sq. km). Capital: Kota Bharu.
- kowhaiwhai — a type of ornamental Māori art that uses elaborate scroll patterns
- kronshtadt — city & naval fortress on an island in NW Russia, on the Gulf of Finland: pop. 45,000
- kuang-chou — Guangzhou