10-letter words containing k, o, l, w
- owl monkey — douroucouli.
- oxbow lake — a U -shaped piece of wood placed under and around the neck of an ox with its upper ends in the bar of the yoke.
- oxbow-lake — a U -shaped piece of wood placed under and around the neck of an ox with its upper ends in the bar of the yoke.
- pickleworm — the larva of a pyralid moth, Diaphania nitidalis, that bores into the stem and fruit of squash, cucumber, and other cucurbitaceous plants.
- plunk down — to pluck (a stringed instrument or its strings); twang: to plunk a guitar.
- powderlike — resembling powder (usually in consistency or texture); powdery
- ropewalker — a ropedancer.
- rubblework — masonry built of rubble or roughly dressed stones.
- schoolwork — the material studied in or for school, comprising homework and work done in class.
- scrollwork — decorative work in which scroll forms figure prominently.
- shadowlike — a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
- shopwalker — a floorwalker.
- silkgrower — a person who breeds silkworms for their silk
- silverwork — fine or decorative work executed in silver.
- steelworks — an establishment where steel is made and often manufactured into girders, rails, etc.
- teleworker — person who works from home
- towel rack — a rack consisting of one or more bars on which towels or washcloths are hung.
- town clerk — a town official who keeps records and issues licenses.
- unknowable — not knowable; incapable of being known or understood.
- unworkable — practicable or feasible: He needs a workable schedule.
- walk in on — If you walk in on someone, you enter the room that they are in while they are doing something private, and this creates an embarrassing situation.
- walk socks — men's knee-length stockings
- walkabouts — Plural form of walkabout.
- walkaround — A competitive dance in blackface minstrel shows of the 19th century.
- walkshorts — medium to long shorts, often cut fuller than Bermuda shorts and used for walking or leisure activity.
- wattlework — a simple covering for a human dwelling constructed from interwoven branches and leaved twigs
- well-known — clearly or fully known: The well-known reasons are obvious.
- 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.
- whole milk — milk containing all its constituents as received from the cow or other milk-giving animal.
- wikitorial — an online newspaper or magazine editorial that can be altered by readers
- willow oak — an oak, Quercus phellos, of the southwestern U.S., having entire, narrow leaves, yielding a hard, heavy wood used in the construction of buildings.
- willowlike — Resembling a willow tree or some aspect of one.
- winkle out — If you winkle information out of someone, you get it from them when they do not want to give it to you, often by tricking them.
- womenfolks — Alternative form of womenfolk.
- wood block — a block of wood engraved in relief, for printing from; woodcut.
- woodblocks — Plural form of woodblock.
- woollyback — a person who lives in a region near, but not in, Liverpool
- work rules — a set of rules, usually established by one or more unions in an agreement with management, specifying the tasks to be done by each employee.
- workaholic — a person who works compulsively at the expense of other pursuits.
- workfellow — One engaged in the same work with another; a companion in work.
- workoholic — Misspelling of workaholic.
- workpeople — Plural form of workperson.
- workplaces — Plural form of workplace.
- worktables — Plural form of worktable.
- world bank — an international bank established in 1944 to help member nations reconstruct and develop, especially by guaranteeing loans: a specialized agency of the United Nations.
- wristlocks — Plural form of wristlock.
- yellowback — (formerly) an inexpensive, often lurid, novel bound in yellow cloth or paper.
- yellowcake — a processed oxide of uranium, U 3 O 8 , extracted and concentrated from uranium ore: used as the raw material for commercial nuclear materials, especially fuel elements in nuclear reactors.
- yokefellow — an associate or companion, especially at work; partner.