10-letter words containing k, o, t, s
- kilometers — a unit of length, the common measure of distances equal to 1000 meters, and equivalent to 3280.8 feet or 0.621 mile. Abbreviation: km.
- kilometres — Plural form of kilometre.
- kinetosome — a structure in some flagellate protozoans which forms the base of the flagellum, consisting of a circular arrangement of microtubules
- kiss up to — be obsequious towards
- kiwisports — a fitness programme developed for schools, involving a selection of sports such as rounders, cricket, and netball
- klinotaxis — a wavering side-to-side motion of the head occurring as an organism moves forward in response to a source of stimulation, caused by the alternating reaction of sensory receptors on either side of the body.
- knockwurst — knackwurst.
- knottiness — having knots; full of knots: a knotty piece of wood.
- koeksister — (South Africa) A traditional Malay confection consisting of a deep-fried twisted or plaited doughnut dipped in syrup immediately after cooking.
- kramatorsk — a city in E Ukraine, in the Donets Basin.
- kronshtadt — city & naval fortress on an island in NW Russia, on the Gulf of Finland: pop. 45,000
- 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
- lakefronts — Plural form of lakefront.
- leukoblast — an immature leukocyte.
- leukocytes — white blood cell.
- lockmaster — one in charge of a canal lock
- 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.
- mackintosh — Charles Rennie [ren-ee] /ˈrɛn i/ (Show IPA), 1868–1928, Scottish architect and designer.
- masterwork — masterpiece.
- matchbooks — Plural form of matchbook.
- matchlocks — Plural form of matchlock.
- matryoshka — Each of a set of brightly painted hollow wooden dolls of varying sizes, designed to nest inside one another.
- mckeesport — a city in SW Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh.
- meat hooks — the hands or fists
- mesokurtic — (of a frequency distribution or its graphical representation) having the same kurtosis as the normal distribution.
- metalworks — Plural form of metalwork.
- microskirt — An extremely short skirt, ending just underneath the buttocks.
- middelskot — (in South Africa) an intermediate payment to a farmers' cooperative for a crop or wool clip
- milk stout — a rich mellow stout lacking a bitter aftertaste
- milk-toast — easily dominated; extremely mild; ineffectual; namby-pamby; wishy-washy.
- ministroke — transient ischemic attack.
- moonstrike — the act of landing a spacecraft on the moon
- moonstruck — mentally deranged, supposedly by the influence of the moon; crazed.
- motorbikes — Plural form of motorbike.
- neckcloths — Plural form of neckcloth.
- networkers — Plural form of networker.
- non-sticky — having the property of adhering, as glue; adhesive.
- nonstriker — One who is not participating in an industrial strike.
- notchbacks — Plural form of notchback.
- oak forest — a town in NE Illinois.
- open stock — merchandise, especially china, silverware, and glassware, sold in sets with additional individual pieces available from stock for future purchases, as for replacement.
- open-stack — having or being a system of library management in which patrons have direct access to stacks for browsing and selecting books; open-shelf.
- optic disk — blind spot (sense 1)
- ostpolitik — the German policy toward the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, especially the expansionist views of Hitler in the 1930s and the normalization program of the West German government in the 1960s and 1970s.
- out-basket — out-box.
- outsparkle — to sparkle more brilliantly than
- outspeckle — a spectacle