10-letter words containing k, p
- jockey cap — a cap with a long visor, worn by jockeys.
- jockeyship — the art or skill of a jockey
- jockstraps — Plural form of jockstrap.
- jumbo pack — a very large pack. Used mainly in advertising and in the names of products
- jump spark — spark1 (def 2).
- kaempferol — (organic compound) A flavonoid, isolated from tea and other plants, that may reduce the risk of heart disease.
- kaisership — the office of kaiser.
- kampuchean — People's Republic of, a former official name of Cambodia.
- kannapolis — a town in W North Carolina.
- kapfenberg — an industrial town in E Austria, in Styria. Pop: 22 234 (2001)
- kapok tree — any of several tropical bombacaceous trees of the genus Ceiba, esp Ceiba pentandra, having seeds covered with silky hairs from which kapok is obtained
- karyolymph — The liquid part of the nucleus of a cell.
- karyoplasm — nucleoplasm.
- karyotyped — Simple past tense and past participle of karyotype.
- karyotypes — Plural form of karyotype.
- karyotypic — Of or pertaining to karyotypes.
- kataphatic — Alternative form of cataphatic.
- keep books — to keep a record of business transactions
- keep count — to keep a record of items, events, etc
- keep going — persist, continue
- keep house — a building in which people live; residence for human beings.
- keep it up — maintain at same pace or level
- keep on at — If you keep on at someone, you repeatedly ask or tell them something in a way that annoys them.
- keep order — to maintain or enforce order
- keep quiet — not reveal a secret
- keep score — sport: record results
- keep 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.
- keep under — to remain or cause to remain below (a surface)
- keep vigil — If someone keeps a vigil or keeps vigil somewhere, they remain there quietly for a period of time, especially at night, for example because they are praying or are making a political protest.
- keep watch — observe, maintain a vigil
- keep-alive — (communications) A short message sent periodically on a communication channel that would otherwise time out and close due to inactivity.
- keepy-uppy — the act or an instance of keeping a ball off the ground by bouncing it repeatedly on a foot, knee, or head
- kelyphitic — as in kelyphitic rim, a mineral shell enclosing another mineral in an igneous rock
- kenophobia — an abnormal fear of empty spaces
- kenspeckle — conspicuous; easily seen or recognized.
- keogh plan — a pension plan for an unincorporated business entity or self-employed person.
- kept woman — a woman maintained by a man as his mistress
- ketoprofen — A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, derived from propionic acid, that has analgesic and antipyretic effects and acts by inhibiting the body's production of prostaglandin.
- key player — The key players in a particular organization, event, or situation are the most important people or things involved in it.
- keypunched — Simple past tense and past participle of keypunch.
- keypuncher — A keypunch.
- keypunches — Plural form of keypunch.
- kick plate — a metal plate fastened to the bottom of a door to resist blows and scratches.
- kick pleat — an inverted pleat extending upward 6 to 10 inches (15 to 25 cm) from the hemline at the back of a narrow skirt, to allow freedom in walking.
- kidnappers — Plural form of kidnapper.
- kidnapping — to steal, carry off, or abduct by force or fraud, especially for use as a hostage or to extract ransom.
- killer app — a highly innovative, very powerful, or extremely useful computer application; esp one sufficiently important as to justify purchase of the equipment or software
- kiloampère — one thousand amperes
- kiloparsec — a unit of distance, equal to 1000 parsecs. Abbreviation: kpc.
- kilopascal — one thousand pascals