8-letter words containing k, h, o
- neckshot — a shot in the neck of an animal
- ockeghem — Johannes [yoh-hah-nuh s] /yoʊˈhɑ nəs/ (Show IPA), Okeghem, Jean d'.
- oistrakh — David [dey-vid] /ˈdeɪ vɪd/ (Show IPA), 1908–74, Russian violinist.
- oklahoma — a state in the S central U.S. 69,919 sq. mi. (181,090 sq. km). . Capital: Oklahoma City. Abbreviation: OK (for use with zip code), Okla.
- outthank — to outdo in thanking
- outthink — to excel in thinking; think faster, more accurately, or more perceptively than: outthinking most of her contemporaries in the field of human relations.
- pachinko — a Japanese pinball game played on a vertical machine in which slots struck by the player's ball release other balls that in turn are exchanged for noncash prizes.
- pak-choi — bok choy.
- piroshki — small turnovers or dumplings with a filling, as of meat or fruit.
- pirozhki — small triangular pastries filled with meat, vegetables, etc
- pokerish — resembling a poker in stiffness
- porkchop — a chop of pork.
- porkfish — a black and gold grunt, Anisotremus virginicus, of West Indian waters.
- pothooks — a hook for suspending a pot or kettle over an open fire.
- puck hog — a player who is reluctant to pass the puck to other members of his or her team
- reaphook — a sickle
- rockfish — any of various fishes found about rocks.
- rushwork — the handicraft of making objects woven of rushes.
- sakharov — Andrei (Dmitrievich) [ahn-drey di-mee-tree-uh-vich;; Russian uhn-dryey dmyee-tryi-yi-vyich] /ˈɑn dreɪ dɪˈmi tri ə vɪtʃ;; Russian ʌnˈdryeɪ ˈdmyi tryɪ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1921–1989, Russian nuclear physicist and human-rights advocate: Nobel Peace Prize 1975.
- schlocky — schlock (def 1).
- shaddock — pomelo.
- shakeout — an elimination or winnowing out of some competing businesses, products, etc., as a result of intense competition in a market of declining sales or rising standards of quality.
- shamokin — a borough in E Pennsylvania.
- shamrock — any of several trifoliate plants, as the wood sorrel, Oxalis acetosella, or a small, pink-flowered clover, Trifolium repens minus, but especially Trifolium procumbens, a small, yellow-flowered clover: the national emblem of Ireland.
- sheikdom — the land or territory under the control of a sheik.
- sherlock — a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “fair-haired.”.
- shitwork — bad work; tedious, badly-paid work
- shizuoka — a city on S Honshu, in central Japan, on Suruga Bay.
- shkotzim — a term used especially by a Jew to refer to a boy or man who is not Jewish.
- shocking — causing intense surprise, disgust, horror, etc.
- shockley — William Bradford, 1910–1989, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1956.
- shook up — to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
- shook-up — upset
- shoptalk — the specialized vocabulary having to do with work or a field of work: I don't understand electronics shoptalk.
- shotokan — a popular system of karate based on the principles of Bushido and Zen
- sihanouk — Prince Norodom [nawr-uh-dom,, -duh m] /ˈnɔr əˌdɒm,, -dəm/ (Show IPA), 1922–2004, Cambodian statesman: premier 1952–60; chief of state 1960–70 and 1975–76.
- sinkhole — a hole formed in soluble rock by the action of water, serving to conduct surface water to an underground passage.
- skelloch — a shriek
- sky show — a fireworks display
- sock hop — an informal dance where participants dance in their socks, popular esp. in the 1950s among high-school students
- stockish — like a block of wood; stupid.
- suckhole — a sycophant; toady
- sunchoke — Jerusalem artichoke (def 2).
- tchekhov — Anton Pavlovich [an-ton pav-loh-vich;; Russian uhn-tawn puh-vlaw-vyich] /ˈæn tɒn pævˈloʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian ʌnˈtɔn pʌˈvlɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1860–1904, Russian short-story writer and dramatist.
- thankyou — If you refer to something as a thankyou for what someone has done for you, you mean that it is intended as a way of thanking them.
- the book — the Bible
- the oaks — a horse race for fillies held annually at Epsom since 1779: one of the classics of English flat racing
- the poky — prison
- thurrock — unitary authority in Essex, SE England, on the N of the Thames River. 71 sq. mi. (184 sq. km).
- tomahawk — a light ax used by the North American Indians as a weapon and tool.