10-letter words containing h, o, k, l
- korn shell — (ksh) A command interpreter for Unix.
- lake huron — a member of an Indian tribe, the northwestern member of the Iroquoian family, living west of Lake Huron.
- lake tahoe — a lake between E California and W Nevada, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains at an altitude of 1899 m (6229 ft). Area: about 520 sq km (200 sq miles)
- lake worth — a city in SE Florida.
- lakeshores — Plural form of lakeshore.
- latch hook — a handheld tool similar to a latch needle, used for drawing loops of yarn through canvas or similar material to make rugs and the like.
- leukopathy — (pathology) depigmentation of the skin.
- leukorrhea — A whitish or yellowish discharge of mucus from the vagina.
- likelihood — the state of being likely or probable; probability.
- loan shark — a person who lends money at excessively high rates of interest; usurer.
- lock horns — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- lockshield — (attributive) A kind of radiator valve used to balance the system by restricting the flow of water on the return side.
- locksmiths — Plural form of locksmith.
- lockstitch — A stitch made by a sewing machine by firmly linking together two threads or stitches.
- look ahead — see what is in front
- look sharp — to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- lymphokine — any lymphocyte product, as interferon, that is not an antibody but may participate in the immune response through its effect on the function of other cells, as destroying antigen-coated cells or stimulating macrophages.
- matchlocks — Plural form of matchlock.
- milk tooth — baby tooth
- motherlike — Having the quality or suggestive of a mother; maternal, motherly.
- neckcloths — Plural form of neckcloth.
- nolichucky — a river in W North Carolina and E Tennessee, flowing NW and W to the French Broad River. 150 miles (241 km) long.
- orchidlike — Resembling an orchid or some aspect of one.
- phokomelia — a usually congenital deformity of the extremities in which the limbs are abnormally short.
- pick holes — If you pick holes in an argument or theory, you find weak points in it so that it is no longer valid.
- play hooky — play truant, be absent from school
- pokerishly — in a pokerish manner
- rocky hill — a town in central Connecticut.
- school kid — child of school age
- schoolbook — a book for study in schools.
- schoolwork — the material studied in or for school, comprising homework and work done in class.
- shackleton — Sir Ernest Henry, 1874–1922, English explorer of the Antarctic.
- shadowlike — a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
- shellshock — loss of sight, memory, etc, resulting from psychological strain during prolonged engagement in warfare
- shift lock — a typewriter or computer key that locks the shift key in depressed position.
- shockingly — causing intense surprise, disgust, horror, etc.
- shockstall — the loss of lift and increase of drag experienced by transonic aircraft when strong shock waves on the wings cause the airflow to separate from the wing surfaces
- shopwalker — a floorwalker.
- shore lark — a bird: Eremophila alpestris
- shot clock — a clock used in basketball games to limit to a specific length the time taken between shots.
- shylockian — a relentless and revengeful moneylender in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.
- shylocking — a relentless and revengeful moneylender in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.
- smoky hill — a river flowing E from E Colorado to the Republican River in central Kansas. 540 miles (870 km) long.
- stoke-hold — Also, stokehold [stohk-hohld] /ˈstoʊkˌhoʊld/ (Show IPA). fireroom.
- tchoukball — a non-contact, team-orientated, ballgame developed by the Swiss biologist Dr H. Brandt, the object of the game is to throw the ball at a frame mounted with a springy surface so that it rebounds without being caught by the defending team
- turkophile — a person who favors or admires Turkey, Turkish customs, or Turks.
- walkshorts — medium to long shorts, often cut fuller than Bermuda shorts and used for walking or leisure activity.
- wheel lock — an old type of gunlock in which sparks are produced by the friction of a small steel wheel against a piece of iron pyrites.
- whole milk — milk containing all its constituents as received from the cow or other milk-giving animal.
- workaholic — a person who works compulsively at the expense of other pursuits.