10-letter words containing k, e, t, o
- herskowitz — Melville (Jean) 1895–1963, American anthropologist.
- heterokont — any organism that possesses two flagella of unequal length. Heterokonts include diatoms and some other algae
- hip pocket — back pocket of trousers
- hooktender — (in lumbering) the supervisor of a rigging crew.
- hot ticket — an extremely popular or trendy person or thing; a person or thing in high demand.
- 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).
- hotel work — any of various jobs required in a hotel, such as receptionists, waiters, etc
- huntiegowk — a fool's errand or a person sent on an April fool's errand
- ink bottle — a bottle containing ink
- interlocks — Plural form of interlock.
- intershock — To shock mutually, as if by collision.
- interstock — a stock grafted between the understock and the scion.
- ion rocket — a rocket or rocket engine using ion propulsion.
- isokinetic — (biophysics) Relating to the force that a muscle applies during a limb movement at constant velocity.
- jack towel — a long towel with the ends sewed together, for hanging on a roller.
- jackbooted — wearing jackboots.
- jackstones — Plural form of jackstone.
- job market — the total number of vacant jobs open to those seeking employment.
- job ticket — a slip or card accompanying a job order and used for giving instructions or for recording time spent on the work.
- john tukey — (person) The eminent statistician credited with coining the term "bit" in 1949.
- juke joint — an establishment where one can eat, drink, and, usually, dance to music provided by a jukebox.
- kapok tree — any of several tropical bombacaceous trees of the genus Ceiba, esp Ceiba pentandra, having seeds covered with silky hairs from which kapok is obtained
- karyotyped — Simple past tense and past participle of karyotype.
- karyotypes — Plural form of karyotype.
- keep count — to keep a record of items, events, etc
- keep on at — If you keep on at someone, you repeatedly ask or tell them something in a way that annoys them.
- kefalotiri — Alternative form of kefalotyri.
- kefalotyri — A Greek cheese similar to parmesan.
- kenilworth — a town in central Warwickshire, in central England, SE of Birmingham.
- kenoticist — someone who believes in or supports the idea of kenosis
- kensington — a former borough of Greater London, England: now part of Kensington and Chelsea.
- kept woman — a woman maintained by a man as his mistress
- keratinous — composed of or resembling keratin; horny.
- keratotomy — incision of the cornea.
- kerbstones — Plural form of kerbstone.
- ketohexose — any of a class of sugars composed of six carbon atoms and a ketone group, as fructose.
- ketonaemia — an excess of ketone bodies in the blood
- ketoprofen — A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, derived from propionic acid, that has analgesic and antipyretic effects and acts by inhibiting the body's production of prostaglandin.
- ketotriose — (carbohydrate) Any ketose having three carbon atoms; in reality, only dihydroxyacetone.
- keystrokes — Plural form of keystroke.
- kicksorter — a multichannel pulse-height analyser used esp to distinguish between isotopes by sorting their characteristic pulses (kicks)
- kidneywort — the navelwort, Umbilicus rupestris, of the stonecrop family, having drooping yellowish-green flowers.
- kiloliters — Plural form of kiloliter.
- kilolitres — Plural form of kilolitre.
- kilometers — a unit of length, the common measure of distances equal to 1000 meters, and equivalent to 3280.8 feet or 0.621 mile. Abbreviation: km.
- kilometres — Plural form of kilometre.
- kinetosome — a structure in some flagellate protozoans which forms the base of the flagellum, consisting of a circular arrangement of microtubules
- kitchendom — the domain of the kitchen
- kleptocrat — a government official who is a thief or exploiter.