10-letter words containing k, h, o
- shockproof — Also, shock-proof. (of timepieces, machinery, etc.) protected against damage resulting from anticipated shocks.
- 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
- shopkeeper — a retail merchant or tradesman; a person who owns or operates a small store or shop.
- 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.
- shotmaking — the playing of good shots (by a sports player)
- shylockian — a relentless and revengeful moneylender in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.
- shylocking — a relentless and revengeful moneylender in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.
- sketch out — describe briefly
- sketchbook — Also, sketchpad. a book or pad of drawing paper for sketches.
- skeuomorph — an ornament or design on an object copied from a form of the object when made from another material or by other techniques, as an imitation metal rivet mark found on handles of prehistoric pottery.
- smoke shop — a shop selling tobacco products.
- smokehouse — a building or place in which meat, fish, etc., are cured with smoke.
- smoketight — (of a door, etc) not allowing smoke to pass through
- smoky hill — a river flowing E from E Colorado to the Republican River in central Kansas. 540 miles (870 km) long.
- snakemouth — rose pogonia.
- spatchcock — a fowl that has been dressed and split open for grilling.
- spitchcock — an eel that is split, cut into pieces, and broiled or fried.
- spokeshave — a cutting tool having a blade set between two handles, originally for shaping spokes, but now in general use for dressing curved edges of wood and forming round bars and shapes.
- spoon hook — a fishhook equipped with a spoon lure.
- spot check — impromptu inspection
- spot-check — to examine or investigate by means of a spot check.
- steakhouse — a restaurant specializing in beefsteak.
- stitchwork — embroidery or needlework.
- stock shot — Movies. any of various prefilmed shots, as from newsreels or travelogues, available from specialized film libraries for inserting into a film to establish locale, atmosphere, etc.
- stock whip — a whip with a long lash and a short handle, as used to herd cattle
- stockhorse — a horse or pony used in herding cattle.
- stoke-hold — Also, stokehold [stohk-hohld] /ˈstoʊkˌhoʊld/ (Show IPA). fireroom.
- swatchbook — a booklet containing samples (of paper, cloth, etc)
- t. kohonen — (person) A researcher at the University of Helsinki who has been studying neural networks for many years with the idea of modelling as closely as possible the behaviour of biological systems. His name is commonly associated with a particular kind of neural network in which there are only two kinds of neurons (see McCulloch-Pitts), input and others. All the input neurons are connected to all others and the others are connected only to their other nearest neighbors. The training algorithm is a relatively simple one based on the geometric layout of the neurons, and makes use of simulated annealing.
- 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
- tenterhook — one of the hooks or bent nails that hold cloth stretched on a tenter.
- tereshkova — Valentina Vladimirovna [vuh-lyin-tyee-nuh vluh-dyi-myee-ruh v-nuh] /və lyɪnˈtyi nə vlə dyɪˈmyi rəv nə/ (Show IPA), born 1937, Soviet cosmonaut: first woman in space 1963.
- think over — consider, deliberate
- throw back — to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
- timoshenko — Semion Konstantinovich [syi-myawn ken-stuhn-tyee-nuh-vyich] /syɪˈmyɔn kɛn stʌnˈtyi nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1895–1970, Russian general.
- tom knight — (person) A noted hacker at MIT.
- 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
- trunk hose — full, baglike breeches covering the body from the waist to the middle of the thigh or lower, sometimes having the stockings attached in one piece, worn by men in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- trunk show — a showing and sale in a retail store of an entire collection of clothing, jewelry, etc., from a particular designer.
- turkophile — a person who favors or admires Turkey, Turkish customs, or Turks.
- turkophobe — a person who has a morbid fear of Turks.
- two shakes — to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
- unshocking — causing intense surprise, disgust, horror, etc.
- walkshorts — medium to long shorts, often cut fuller than Bermuda shorts and used for walking or leisure activity.
- whaikorero — the art of formal speech-making
- 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.
- whipstocks — Plural form of whipstock.