10-letter words containing k, l, o, c
- jack block — a block used in raising or lowering a topgallant yard.
- jack towel — a long towel with the ends sewed together, for hanging on a roller.
- john locke — Alain LeRoy [al-in luh-roi,, lee-roi] /ˈæl ɪn ləˈrɔɪ,, ˈli rɔɪ/ (Show IPA), 1886–1954, U.S. educator and author.
- kalanchoes — Plural form of kalanchoe.
- kaolinitic — Of or relating to kaolinite.
- karyologic — of or relating to karyology
- kilmarnock — Official name Kilmarnock and Loudon. an administrative district in the Strathclyde region, in SW Scotland.
- kiloparsec — a unit of distance, equal to 1000 parsecs. Abbreviation: kpc.
- kilopascal — one thousand pascals
- kleptocrat — a government official who is a thief or exploiter.
- klootchman — a North American Indian woman
- knob latch — a latch having a spring bolt controlled by a knob on one or both sides.
- koulibiaca — A Russian dish of salmon, rice etc. cooked in puff pastry.
- landlocked — shut in completely, or almost completely, by land: a landlocked bay.
- latch hook — a handheld tool similar to a latch needle, used for drawing loops of yarn through canvas or similar material to make rugs and the like.
- lead block — any block that alters the direction of a rope; fairlead.
- lego brick — a toy plastic brick with studs which can be connected to other plastic bricks and used to construct toy buildings, vehicles, etc
- leukocytes — white blood cell.
- leukocytic — Of or pertaining to leukocytes.
- leukopenic — a decrease in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
- line block — a letterpress printing block made by a photoengraving process without the use of a screen
- lock horns — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- lock on to — (of a radar beam) to automatically follow (a target)
- lockkeeper — The person assigned to look after a canal or river lock, operating it and organizing its maintenance.
- lockmaster — one in charge of a canal lock
- lockshield — (attributive) A kind of radiator valve used to balance the system by restricting the flow of water on the return side.
- locksmiths — Plural form of locksmith.
- lockstitch — A stitch made by a sewing machine by firmly linking together two threads or stitches.
- lose track — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- lovestruck — Alternative spelling of love-struck.
- low-necked — (of a dress or other garment) cut low so as to leave the neck and shoulders exposed; décolleté.
- low-ticket — having a relatively low price: a growing market for low-ticket items.
- lower back — lumbar region
- lower deck — the lowermost deck in a hull having two or three decks.
- matchlocks — Plural form of matchlock.
- mcclintock — Barbara, 1902–92, U.S. geneticist: Nobel prize 1983.
- mosaiclike — (arts) Resembling a mosaic, particularly in composition.
- neckcloths — Plural form of neckcloth.
- nolichucky — a river in W North Carolina and E Tennessee, flowing NW and W to the French Broad River. 150 miles (241 km) long.
- old turkic — the Turkic languages or dialects spoken in Central Asia from the 8th to the 10th centuries.
- ollycrocks — Plural form of ollycrock.
- orchidlike — Resembling an orchid or some aspect of one.
- outspeckle — a spectacle
- overlocker — a person who overlocks seams, hems, etc
- pick holes — If you pick holes in an argument or theory, you find weak points in it so that it is no longer valid.
- pickleworm — the larva of a pyralid moth, Diaphania nitidalis, that bores into the stem and fruit of squash, cucumber, and other cucurbitaceous plants.
- planktonic — the aggregate of passively floating, drifting, or somewhat motile organisms occurring in a body of water, primarily comprising microscopic algae and protozoa.
- pocketable — small enough to be carried in one's pocket; pocket-size.
- poikilitic — (of igneous rocks) having small crystals of one mineral scattered irregularly in larger crystals of another mineral.
- polo stick — a stick used to strike the ball in the game of polo