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10-letter words containing k, g, o

  • geokinesis — (parapsychology) The ability to manipulate the movement of minerals in the earth using supposed psychic powers.
  • gift token — a piece of paper to a specified value, given as a present, that can be exchanged for goods (such as books, DVDs, toiletries, etc) in a shop
  • glassworks — a factory where glass is made.
  • glove silk — a warp knit fabric made of silk or nylon, used in the manufacture of gloves and undergarments.
  • glovemaker — A maker of gloves; a glover.
  • glowsticks — Plural form of glowstick.
  • gnome-like — resembling a gnome
  • go back on — at, to, or toward the rear; backward: to step back.
  • go back to — revert
  • go berserk — If someone or something goes berserk, they lose control of themselves and become very angry or violent.
  • go walkies — to be lost or stolen
  • go-karting — racing in small vehicle
  • goalkeeper — (in ice hockey, field hockey, lacrosse, soccer, etc.) a player whose chief duty is to prevent the ball or puck from crossing or entering the goal.
  • goalkicker — a person who makes a goal kick
  • goatsucker — nightjar (def 2).
  • gobsmacked — utterly astounded; astonished.
  • gold brick — Informal. a brick made to look like gold, sold by a swindler.
  • gold stick — the gilded rod carried on state occasions by certain members of the royal household.
  • goldilocks — (used with a singular verb) a person with golden hair.
  • golf links — the ground or course over which golf is played. A standard full-scale golf course has 125 to 175 acres (51 to 71 hectares), usually with 18 holes varying from 100 to 650 yards (91 to 594 meters) in length from tee to cup.
  • gonkulator — /gon'kyoo-lay-tr/ (From "Hogan's Heroes", the TV series) A pretentious piece of equipment that actually serves no useful purpose. Usually used to describe one's least favourite piece of computer hardware. See gonk.
  • good looks — personal attractiveness or beauty
  • goose skin — goose bumps.
  • goosenecks — Plural form of gooseneck.
  • gorge hook — a fishhook with two barbed prongs; a hook made by fastening two hooks back to back at the shanks.
  • gottschalk — Louis Moreau [maw-roh,, moh-] /mɔˈroʊ,, moʊ-/ (Show IPA), 1829–69, U.S. pianist and composer.
  • grade book — a book in which a student's grades are recorded
  • greek love — anal intercourse.
  • green book — 1. Informal name for one of the four standard references on PostScript. The other three official guides are known as the Blue Book, the Red Book, and the White Book. 2.   (publication)   Informal name for one of the three standard references on SmallTalk. Also associated with blue and red books. 3. The "X/Open Compatibility Guide", which defines an international standard Unix environment that is a proper superset of POSIX/SVID. It also includes descriptions of a standard utility toolkit, systems administrations features, and the like. This grimoire is taken with particular seriousness in Europe. See Purple Book. 4. The IEEE 1003.1 POSIX Operating Systems Interface standard has been dubbed "The Ugly Green Book". 5. Any of the 1992 standards issued by the ITU-T's tenth plenary assembly. These include, among other things, the dreadful X.400 electronic mail standard and the Group 1 through 4 fax standards. 6. Green Book CD-ROM. See also book titles.
  • gridlocked — Simple past tense and past participle of gridlock.
  • grillework — Alternative spelling of grillwork.
  • grimlooked — having a grim appearance
  • grind rock — whetstone.
  • grottolike — Having the appearance of a grotto.
  • groundwork — foundation or basis: He laid the groundwork for an international conference.
  • group work — a method, used by professional social workers, of aiding a group or members of a group toward individual adjustment and increased participation in community activity by exploiting the mechanisms of group life.
  • groupthink — the practice of approaching problems or issues as matters that are best dealt with by consensus of a group rather than by individuals acting independently; conformity.
  • grunt work — work that is repetitious, often physically exhausting, and boring.
  • guest book — (web)   The electronic equivalent of the physical notebooks found in some small hotels, in which visitors can write their names, comments and suggestions for the benefit of the proprietors and future visitors or purely for posterity. The electronic version is a form on a website into which users can enter similar details for display on the site.
  • guidebooks — Plural form of guidebook.
  • hektograph — to copy with the hectograph.
  • hog sucker — any of several suckers of the genus Hypentelium, inhabiting cool streams of eastern North America and characterized by a broad head that is concave above.
  • hog-backed — cambered, as the ridge of a roof, a hill, etc.
  • homemaking — the establishment or management of a home; duties of a homemaker.
  • hooked rug — a rug made by drawing loops of yarn or cloth through a foundation of burlap or the like, to form a pattern.
  • hopsacking — bagging made chiefly of hemp and jute.
  • huntiegowk — a fool's errand or a person sent on an April fool's errand
  • inglenooks — Plural form of inglenook.
  • jogjakarta — a city in central Java, in S Indonesia.
  • kabaragoya — The water monitor, Varanus salvator, a large lizard of Southeast Asia.
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