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10-letter words containing k, o, p

  • rosa parks — Gordon (Alexander Buchanan) 1912–2006, U.S. photojournalist and film director.
  • scalp lock — a long lock or tuft of hair left on the shorn scalp by some North American Indian men.
  • schafskopf — sheepshead (def 4).
  • scoop neck — a round, usually low, neckline on a dress, blouse, etc.
  • shockproof — Also, shock-proof. (of timepieces, machinery, etc.) protected against damage resulting from anticipated shocks.
  • shopkeeper — a retail merchant or tradesman; a person who owns or operates a small store or shop.
  • shopwalker — a floorwalker.
  • 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.
  • ski troops — a body of soldiers trained to fight on skis.
  • skytrooper — a paratrooper.
  • smoke shop — a shop selling tobacco products.
  • smokeproof — that cannot be penetrated by smoke: a fireproof and smokeproof compartment.
  • soapflakes — small particles of solid soap or detergent used for washing clothes
  • spark coil — a coil of many turns of insulated wire on an iron core, used for producing sparks.
  • spatchcock — a fowl that has been dressed and split open for grilling.
  • spiderwork — a thing which has the appearance of a spider's web
  • spike moss — any of numerous plants of the genus Selaginella, allied to and resembling the club mosses.
  • spitchcock — an eel that is split, cut into pieces, and broiled or fried.
  • spoil bank — a bank of excavated refuse or waste earth, as of shale from surface coal mining.
  • spoken for — engaged, reserved, or allocated
  • 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.
  • spongecake — sweet cake of eggs and flour
  • spookiness — like or befitting a spook or ghost; suggestive of spooks.
  • spoon back — a back of a chair or the like, having a splat curved outward at the bottom.
  • 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.
  • springlock — a lock that fastens automatically by a spring.
  • stock whip — a whip with a long lash and a short handle, as used to herd cattle
  • stop plank — a board or boarding that is placed along the top of a dam to increase its height and capacity
  • strap work — a type of ornamentation imitating pierced and interlaced straps or bands, usually forming a geometric pattern.
  • stud poker — a variety of poker in which each player is dealt one card face down in the first round and one card face up in each of the next four rounds, each of the last four rounds being followed by a betting interval. Compare seven-card stud.
  • suck up to — to flatter for one's own profit; toady
  • superblock — an area of city land larger than the usual block, treated according to a unified plan and generally closed to vehicular through traffic.
  • superstock — an exceptionally lucrative investment
  • take up on — If you take someone up on their offer or invitation, you accept it.
  • tollkeeper — the collector at a tollgate.
  • top-ranked — A top-ranked sports player or team is the most successful player or team in a particular sport.
  • topknotted — (of hair) tied up on top of the head
  • trackpoint — (hardware)   (Or "pointing stick", "nipple") A small knob found in the middle of some keyboards that works like a very short isometric joystick. Pressing it toward or away from you or from side to side moves the pointer on the screen. Ted Selker brought the concept of an in-keyboard pointing device to IBM in September 1987. TrackPoint was introduced in 1992 on the IBM ThinkPad and later on some desktops. It takes up virtually no extra room on the box or the work area and also requires minimal movement of the hands from the keyboard. Many imitations of highly variable quality appeared. Pointing sticks have also been used in many other notebook brands, including TI, HP, Compac, Dell, Toshiba (e.g. Portege 4000's "AccuPoint II"), and AST (e.g. Ascentia 910N). "TrackPoint" and "Trackpoint" are IBM trademarks.
  • truck crop — a vegetable crop raised on a truck farm.
  • truck stop — a gas station, usually at the side of a major highway, where truck drivers stop for fuel, and often including a restaurant, sleeping and showering rooms, a store selling basic items, etc.
  • tuck-point — to finish (masonry) with tuck pointing.
  • turkophile — a person who favors or admires Turkey, Turkish customs, or Turks.
  • turkophobe — a person who has a morbid fear of Turks.
  • unbespoken — not bespoken or arranged for
  • unprovoked — to anger, enrage, exasperate, or vex.
  • upperworks — the parts of a vessel above the waterline when fully laden
  • vapor lock — an obstruction to the flow of fuel to a gasoline engine, caused by the formation of bubbles in the gasoline as a result of overheating.
  • wake up to — If you wake up to something, you become aware of it.
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