10-letter words containing k, o, p
- hokeypokey — (US) A group dance performed in a circle, in which people move various of their body parts in and out of the middle, and shake them about.
- hoop skirt — a woman's skirt made to stand out and drape in a stiff bell-like shape from the waist by an undergarment framework of flexible hoops connected by tapes.
- hoop snake — any of several harmless snakes, as the mud snake and rainbow snake, fabled to take its tail in its mouth and roll along like a hoop.
- hoop-skirt — a skirt that has hoops made of bone or metal, etc fastened inside it to make it stiff and full
- hop-picker — a person employed or a machine used to pick hops
- hopsacking — bagging made chiefly of hemp and jute.
- jockey cap — a cap with a long visor, worn by jockeys.
- jockeyship — the art or skill of a jockey
- jockstraps — Plural form of jockstrap.
- jumbo pack — a very large pack. Used mainly in advertising and in the names of products
- kaempferol — (organic compound) A flavonoid, isolated from tea and other plants, that may reduce the risk of heart disease.
- kannapolis — a town in W North Carolina.
- kapok tree — any of several tropical bombacaceous trees of the genus Ceiba, esp Ceiba pentandra, having seeds covered with silky hairs from which kapok is obtained
- karyolymph — The liquid part of the nucleus of a cell.
- karyoplasm — nucleoplasm.
- karyotyped — Simple past tense and past participle of karyotype.
- karyotypes — Plural form of karyotype.
- karyotypic — Of or pertaining to karyotypes.
- keep books — to keep a record of business transactions
- keep count — to keep a record of items, events, etc
- keep going — persist, continue
- keep house — a building in which people live; residence for human beings.
- keep on at — If you keep on at someone, you repeatedly ask or tell them something in a way that annoys them.
- keep order — to maintain or enforce order
- keep score — sport: record results
- kenophobia — an abnormal fear of empty spaces
- keogh plan — a pension plan for an unincorporated business entity or self-employed person.
- kept woman — a woman maintained by a man as his mistress
- ketoprofen — A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, derived from propionic acid, that has analgesic and antipyretic effects and acts by inhibiting the body's production of prostaglandin.
- kiloampère — one thousand amperes
- kiloparsec — a unit of distance, equal to 1000 parsecs. Abbreviation: kpc.
- kilopascal — one thousand pascals
- kinescopes — Plural form of kinescope.
- kinsperson — A kinsman or kinswoman.
- kiss up to — be obsequious towards
- kiwisports — a fitness programme developed for schools, involving a selection of sports such as rounders, cricket, and netball
- kleptocrat — a government official who is a thief or exploiter.
- knickpoint — a break in the slope of a river profile caused by renewed erosion by a rejuvenated river
- knifepoint — the sharp tip of a knife.
- knocked up — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- kryptonate — (inorganic chemistry) To infuse a solid with krypton gas (especially with radioactive krypton-85).
- kryptonite — The one weakness of something or someone that is otherwise invulnerable, an Achilles' heel.
- kuropatkin — Aleksei Nikolaevich [uh-lyi-ksyey nyi-kuh-lah-yi-vyich] /ʌ lyɪˈksyeɪ nyɪ kʌˈlɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1925, Russian general.
- kymographs — Plural form of kymograph.
- kymography — The use of a kymograph.
- lake poets — the English poets Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Southey, who lived in and drew inspiration from the Lake District at the beginning of the 19th century
- lake poopó — a lake in SW Bolivia, at an altitude of 3688 m (12 100 ft): fed by the Desaguadero River. Area: 2540 sq km (980 sq miles)
- lake pskov — the S part of Lake Peipus in NW Russia, linked to the main part by a channel 24 km (15 miles) long. Area: about 1000 sq km (400 sq miles)
- lake taupo — a lake in New Zealand, on central North Island: the largest lake of New Zealand. Area: 616 sq km (238 sq miles)
- leukopathy — (pathology) depigmentation of the skin.