10-letter words containing k, a, o
- to make do — If you make do with something, you use or have it instead of something else that you do not have, although it is not as good.
- to make it — If you make it somewhere, you succeed in getting there, especially in time to do something.
- toast rack — A toast rack is an object that is designed to hold pieces of toast in an upright position and separate from each other, ready for people to eat.
- tokorozawa — a city in central Honshu, Japan, a suburb of Tokyo.
- tonka bean — the fragrant, black almond-shaped seed of a tall tree belonging to the genus Dipteryx (or Coumarouna), of the legume family, especially D. odorata, of tropical South America, used in perfumes, as a source of coumarin, and as a substitute for vanilla.
- tool maker — a person who specializes in the production or reconditioning of precision tools, cutters, etc
- tool-maker — a machinist skilled in the building and reconditioning of tools, jigs, and related devices used in a machine shop.
- top-ranked — A top-ranked sports player or team is the most successful player or team in a particular sport.
- towel rack — a rack consisting of one or more bars on which towels or washcloths are hung.
- 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.
- track shoe — a light, heelless, usually leather shoe having either steel spikes for use outdoors on a cinder or dirt track, or a rubber sole for use indoors on a board floor.
- track shot — a camera shot in which the cameraman follows a specific person or event in the action
- trackpoint — (hardware) (Or "pointing stick", "nipple") A small knob found in the middle of some keyboards that works like a very short isometric joystick. Pressing it toward or away from you or from side to side moves the pointer on the screen. Ted Selker brought the concept of an in-keyboard pointing device to IBM in September 1987. TrackPoint was introduced in 1992 on the IBM ThinkPad and later on some desktops. It takes up virtually no extra room on the box or the work area and also requires minimal movement of the hands from the keyboard. Many imitations of highly variable quality appeared. Pointing sticks have also been used in many other notebook brands, including TI, HP, Compac, Dell, Toshiba (e.g. Portege 4000's "AccuPoint II"), and AST (e.g. Ascentia 910N). "TrackPoint" and "Trackpoint" are IBM trademarks.
- trade book — a book designed for the general public and available through an ordinary book dealer, as distinguished from a limited-edition book, textbook, mass market paperback, etc.
- trunk road — A trunk road is a major road that has been specially built for travelling long distances. A trunk road is not as wide or as fast as a motorway.
- turkey oak — any of several oaks, as Quercus cerris, of Eurasia, or Q. laevis and Q. incana, of the southern U.S., that grow on dry, sandy barrens.
- two shakes — to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
- unforsaken — past participle of forsake.
- union jack — a jack consisting of the union of a national flag or ensign, as the U.S. jack, which has the white stars and blue field of the union of the U.S. national flag.
- unknowable — not knowable; incapable of being known or understood.
- unlockable — to undo the lock of (a door, chest, etc.), especially with a key.
- unsmokable — not able to be smoked
- unworkable — practicable or feasible: He needs a workable schedule.
- vapor lock — an obstruction to the flow of fuel to a gasoline engine, caused by the formation of bubbles in the gasoline as a result of overheating.
- von karman — Theodore, 1881–1963, U.S. scientist and aeronautical engineer, born in Hungary.
- wacked-out — whacked-out.
- wageworker — a member of the laboring class; wage earner.
- wake up to — If you wake up to something, you become aware of it.
- wake-robin — the cuckoopint.
- walk in on — If you walk in on someone, you enter the room that they are in while they are doing something private, and this creates an embarrassing situation.
- walk socks — men's knee-length stockings
- walkabouts — Plural form of walkabout.
- 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.
- waterworks — (used with a singular or plural verb) a complete system of reservoirs, pipelines, conduits, etc., by which water is collected, purified, stored, and pumped to urban users.
- wattlework — a simple covering for a human dwelling constructed from interwoven branches and leaved twigs
- weak force — a force between elementary particles that causes certain processes that take place with low probability, as radioactive beta-decay and collisions between neutrinos and other particles.
- weak point — an area of weakness
- whaikorero — the art of formal speech-making
- widowmaker — Alternative form of widow-maker.
- wikitorial — an online newspaper or magazine editorial that can be altered by readers
- willow oak — an oak, Quercus phellos, of the southwestern U.S., having entire, narrow leaves, yielding a hard, heavy wood used in the construction of buildings.
- woollyback — a person who lives in a region near, but not in, Liverpool
- work space — area used for work
- work train — a train that transports railroad workers, building materials, etc., to construction or maintenance assignments on the railroad.
- workaholic — a person who works compulsively at the expense of other pursuits.
- workaround — Computers. a strategy or technique used to overcome a defect or other problem in a program or system: This is a known bug in version 1.5, but a workaround is available.
- workbasket — a basket used to hold needlework paraphernalia.
- workingman — a man of the working class; a man, whether skilled or unskilled, who earns his living at some manual or industrial work.