10-letter words containing k, o, t, a
- cocked hat — A cocked hat is a hat with three corners that used to be worn with some uniforms.
- cockleboat — cockboat.
- cockteaser — a girl or woman who purposely excites or arouses a male sexually but then refuses to have intercourse.
- codetalker — A military communications specialist using codes based on an obscure language.
- corn stack — corncrib.
- cornstalks — Plural form of cornstalk.
- crack root — (security, jargon) To defeat the security system of a Unix machine and gain root privileges thereby. The sort of thing a cracker wants to do.
- cross talk — interference in one channel from another or others
- dead stock — farm equipment
- desert oak — a tree, Casuarina decaisneana, of Central and NW Australia, the timber of which is resistant to termite attack
- ditto mark — Often, ditto marks. two small marks (″) indicating the repetition of something, usually placed beneath the thing repeated.
- dockmaster — a person who supervises the dry-docking of ships.
- dog basket — a basket for a dog to sleep in
- downmarket — Toward or relating to the cheaper or less prestigious sector of the market.
- drake foot — a pad foot having the form of three connected lobes.
- drakestone — a flat stone thrown across the surface of water so as to make it skim or skip before sinking
- drunkathon — a session in which excessive quantities of alcohol are consumed
- earthworks — Plural form of earthwork.
- eukaryotes — Plural form of eukaryote.
- eukaryotic — (biology) Having complex cells in which the genetic material is organized into membrane-bound nuclei.
- euromarket — economics
- flake tool — a Paleolithic or later stone tool made from a flake struck from a larger core.
- flat broke — having no money
- foot brake — a brake that is operated by pressure on a foot pedal, as in an automobile.
- frock coat — a man's close-fitting, knee-length coat, single-breasted or double-breasted and with a vent in the back.
- frock tart — a person who makes or designs costumes for films or television
- front-rank — among the best or most important; foremost; topnotch.
- fuck about — to act in a stupid or aimless manner
- go back to — revert
- go-karting — racing in small vehicle
- goatsucker — nightjar (def 2).
- gonkulator — /gon'kyoo-lay-tr/ (From "Hogan's Heroes", the TV series) A pretentious piece of equipment that actually serves no useful purpose. Usually used to describe one's least favourite piece of computer hardware. See gonk.
- gottschalk — Louis Moreau [maw-roh,, moh-] /mɔˈroʊ,, moʊ-/ (Show IPA), 1829–69, U.S. pianist and composer.
- hackintosh — 1. (jargon, computer) An Apple Lisa that has been hacked into emulating a Macintosh (also called a "Mac XL"). 2. (jargon, computer) A Macintosh assembled from parts theoretically belonging to different models in the line.
- handstroke — the downward movement of the bell rope as the bell swings around allowing the ringer to grasp and pull it
- headstocks — Plural form of headstock.
- heartbroke — heartbroken
- heath cock — the male of the black grouse.
- heatstroke — a disturbance of the temperature-regulating mechanisms of the body caused by overexposure to excessive heat, resulting in fever, hot and dry skin, and rapid pulse, sometimes progressing to delirium and coma.
- hektograph — to copy with the hectograph.
- hot-walker — a person whose job is walking racehorses after races, workouts, etc. to allow them to cool off gradually
- hotel rack — rack6 (def 2).
- jabotinsky — Vladimir, 1880–1940, Russian Zionist leader in Palestine.
- jack frost — frost or freezing cold personified.
- jack towel — a long towel with the ends sewed together, for hanging on a roller.
- jackbooted — wearing jackboots.
- jackstones — Plural form of jackstone.
- job market — the total number of vacant jobs open to those seeking employment.
- jockstraps — Plural form of jockstrap.
- jogjakarta — a city in central Java, in S Indonesia.