10-letter words containing k, o, w
- downlooked — having a sad or dejected appearance
- downmarket — Toward or relating to the cheaper or less prestigious sector of the market.
- downstroke — a downward stroke, as of a machine part, piston, or the like.
- draw poker — a variety of poker in which a player is dealt five cards and, after an initial bet, may discard usually up to three of these cards and receive replacements from the dealer.
- drawn work — ornamental work done by drawing threads from a fabric, the remaining portions usually being formed into lacelike patterns by needlework.
- drudgework — work that is menial and tedious and therefore distasteful; drudgery.
- earthworks — Plural form of earthwork.
- falseworks — Plural form of falsework.
- farmworker — farm hand.
- field work — Also, field work. work done in the field, as research, exploration, surveying, or interviewing: archaeological fieldwork.
- fieldworks — Plural form of fieldwork.
- figurework — work with figures or numbers
- fingerwork — Alternative spelling of finger work.
- floor-work — a sequence of exercises done at the beginning of a class or before a performance in sitting and supine positions on the floor in order to stretch and warm up the body.
- flower key — feature key
- flowerlike — resembling or in the shape of a flower; delicate; graceful.
- folk weave — a type of fabric with a loose weave
- foreknower — One who foreknows.
- frameworks — Plural form of framework.
- freak show — a display of people or animals with unusual or grotesque physical features, as at a circus or carnival sideshow.
- gas worker — a gas engineer
- glassworks — a factory where glass is made.
- glowsticks — Plural form of glowstick.
- go walkies — to be lost or stolen
- grillework — Alternative spelling of grillwork.
- groundwork — foundation or basis: He laid the groundwork for an international conference.
- group work — a method, used by professional social workers, of aiding a group or members of a group toward individual adjustment and increased participation in community activity by exploiting the mechanisms of group life.
- grunt work — work that is repetitious, often physically exhausting, and boring.
- hellerwork — a form of deep tissue massage intended to release the build-up of physical and emotional traumas in the body
- herskowitz — Melville (Jean) 1895–1963, American anthropologist.
- homeworker — a person who works at home for pay, especially a pieceworker.
- hoodwinked — to deceive or trick.
- hoodwinker — One who hoodwinks.
- hot-walker — a person whose job is walking racehorses after races, workouts, etc. to allow them to cool off gradually
- hotel work — any of various jobs required in a hotel, such as receptionists, waiters, etc
- huntiegowk — a fool's errand or a person sent on an April fool's errand
- ironworker — a worker in iron.
- jabberwock — a playful imitation of language consisting of invented, meaningless words; nonsense; gibberish.
- jack towel — a long towel with the ends sewed together, for hanging on a roller.
- jacky howe — (formerly) a sleeveless flannel shirt worn by sheep shearers
- kenilworth — a town in central Warwickshire, in central England, SE of Birmingham.
- kept woman — a woman maintained by a man as his mistress
- key escrow — (security) A controversial arrangement where the keys needed to decrypt encrypted data must be held in escrow by a third party so that government agencies can obtain them to decrypt messages which they suspect to be relevant to national security.
- key worker — a social worker, mental health worker, or nursery nurse assigned to an individual case, patient, or child
- kidneywort — the navelwort, Umbilicus rupestris, of the stonecrop family, having drooping yellowish-green flowers.
- kieślowski — Krzysztof (ˈkrɪʃtɔf). 1941–96, Polish film director, whose later films were made in France; his work includes the television series Decalogue (1988–89) and the film trilogy Three Colours (1993–94)
- kiwisports — a fitness programme developed for schools, involving a selection of sports such as rounders, cricket, and netball
- knock down — 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.
- knockdowns — Plural form of knockdown.
- knockwurst — knackwurst.