8-letter words containing k, o, t
- kallisto — Callisto (def 1).
- kantikoy — a ceremonial dance of some Native American tribes, often involving sacrifices
- karafuto — Japanese name of Sakhalin.
- karyotin — chromatin
- katowice — a city in S Poland.
- keelboat — a roughly built, shallow freight boat, having a keel to permit sailing into the wind.
- keep out — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
- kenotron — a type of vacuum tube formerly used as a high-voltage rectifier, for example in circuits of X-ray tubes
- kentwood — a city in W Michigan.
- keratode — the horny, fibrous substance forming the skeleton of certain sponges.
- keratoid — resembling horn; horny.
- keratoma — keratosis.
- keratose — having a skeleton formed of horny fibers, as certain sponges.
- ketoxime — (organic chemistry) Any oxime derived from an ketone; general formula R2C=NOH.
- keynoted — Music. the note or tone on which a key or system of tones is founded; the tonic.
- keynoter — a person who delivers a keynote address.
- keynotes — Plural form of keynote.
- keystone — the wedge-shaped piece at the summit of an arch, regarded as holding the other pieces in place.
- khartoum — a region in N Africa, S of the Sahara and Libyan deserts, extending from the Atlantic to the Red Sea.
- kick out — to strike with the foot or feet: to kick the ball; to kick someone in the shins.
- kick-out — to strike with the foot or feet: to kick the ball; to kick someone in the shins.
- kilobits — Plural form of kilobit.
- kilobyte — 1024 (2 10) bytes.
- kilotons — Plural form of kiloton.
- kilovolt — a unit of electromotive force, equal to 1000 volts. Abbreviation: kV, kv.
- kilowatt — a unit of power, equal to 1000 watts. Abbreviation: kW, kw.
- kingbolt — a vertical bolt connecting the body of a vehicle with the fore axle, the body of a railroad car with a truck, etc.
- kingpost — vertical post connecting the apex of a triangular roof truss to the tie beam
- kingston — an island in the West Indies, S of Cuba. 4413 sq. mi. (11,430 sq. km).
- kitasato — Shibasaburo [shee-bah-sah-boo-raw] /ʃiˈbɑ sɑˈbu rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1852–1931, Japanese bacteriologist.
- klystron — An electron tube that generates or amplifies microwaves by velocity modulation.
- knockout — Informal. a person or thing overwhelmingly attractive, appealing, or successful.
- knothead — (informal) A stupid or stubborn person.
- knothole — a hole in a board or plank formed by the falling out of a knot or a portion of a knot.
- knotroot — Chinese artichoke.
- knottily — In a knotty way.
- knotting — an interlacing, twining, looping, etc., of a cord, rope, or the like, drawn tight into a knob or lump, for fastening, binding, or connecting two cords together or a cord to something else.
- knotweed — any of several knotty-stemmed plants belonging to the genus Polygonum, of the buckwheat family.
- knotwork — A design or pattern of interlocking or overlapping geometric shapes resembling a knot.
- knowbots — Plural form of knowbot.
- koestler — Arthur, 1905–83, British novelist, critic, and journalist; born in Hungary.
- koftgari — the art of inlaying steel with gold
- koheleth — the book of Ecclesiastes.
- kohoutek — a comet that passed around the sun in late 1973 and early 1974 and was barely visible with the naked eye.
- kola nut — a brownish seed, about the size of a chestnut, produced by a tropical tree belonging to the genus Cola, containing both caffeine and theobromine: its extract is used in soft drinks.
- kollwitz — Käthe [ke-tuh] /ˈkɛ tə/ (Show IPA), 1867–1945, German graphic artist and sculptor.
- komitaji — a rebel or revolutionary belonging to a guerrilla group in Macedonia or the Balkans
- konstanz — German name of Constance.
- kookiest — Superlative form of kooky.
- kootchar — any of several small, stingless Australian honeybees of the genus Trigona.