10-letter words containing k, u, o
- housebreak — to train (a pet) to excrete outdoors or in a specific place.
- housebroke — Simple past form of housebreak.
- houseleeks — Plural form of houseleek.
- housemaker — Homemaker.
- hucklebone — hipbone.
- hunky-dory — about as well as one could wish or expect; satisfactory; fine; OK.
- huntiegowk — a fool's errand or a person sent on an April fool's errand
- john tukey — (person) The eminent statistician credited with coining the term "bit" in 1949.
- juke house — a cheap roadhouse.
- juke joint — an establishment where one can eat, drink, and, usually, dance to music provided by a jukebox.
- jumbo pack — a very large pack. Used mainly in advertising and in the names of products
- junk bonds — any corporate bond with a low rating and a high yield, often involving high risk.
- just folks — Usually, folks. (used with a plural verb) people in general: Folks say there wasn't much rain last summer.
- kahanamoku — Duke Paoa [pah-oh-ah] /pɑˈoʊ ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1968, U.S. swimmer and surfer.
- keep count — to keep a record of items, events, etc
- keep house — a building in which people live; residence for human beings.
- keratinous — composed of or resembling keratin; horny.
- kick about — to strike with the foot or feet: to kick the ball; to kick someone in the shins.
- kid around — behave jokingly or playfully
- kilojoules — Plural form of kilojoule.
- kiss up to — be obsequious towards
- knockabout — Nautical. any of various fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessels having a single jib bent to a stay from the stemhead, no bowsprit being used: usually rigged as a sloop.
- knocked up — 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.
- knockwurst — knackwurst.
- kommunarsk — a city in E Ukraine.
- kookaburra — an Australian kingfisher, Dacelo gigas, having a loud, harsh cry that resembles laughter.
- kota bharu — a state in Malaysia, on the central Malay Peninsula. 5750 sq. mi. (14,893 sq. km). Capital: Kota Bharu.
- kotukutuku — a New Zealand forest tree, Fuchsia excorticata, with dark purple fruit called konini
- koulibiaca — A Russian dish of salmon, rice etc. cooked in puff pastry.
- krummhorns — Plural form of krummhorn.
- kuang-chou — Guangzhou
- kuomintang — the dominant political party of China from 1928 to 1949, founded chiefly by Sun Yat-sen in 1912 and led from 1925 to 1975 by Chiang Kai-shek; the dominant party of the Republic of China (Taiwan) since 1949.
- kuropatkin — Aleksei Nikolaevich [uh-lyi-ksyey nyi-kuh-lah-yi-vyich] /ʌ lyɪˈksyeɪ nyɪ kʌˈlɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1925, Russian general.
- kurrajongs — Plural form of kurrajong.
- lake huron — a member of an Indian tribe, the northwestern member of the Iroquoian family, living west of Lake Huron.
- lake taupo — a lake in New Zealand, on central North Island: the largest lake of New Zealand. Area: 616 sq km (238 sq miles)
- lake trout — a large, fork-tailed trout, Salvelinus namaycush, of the lakes of Canada and the northern U.S., valued as a food and game fish.
- laurel oak — an oak, Quercus laurifolia, of the southeastern U.S., found in moist areas and having shiny dark green leaves.
- leukoblast — an immature leukocyte.
- leukocytes — white blood cell.
- leukocytic — Of or pertaining to leukocytes.
- leukoderma — vitiligo.
- leukopathy — (pathology) depigmentation of the skin.
- leukopenia — a decrease in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
- leukopenic — a decrease in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
- leukorrhea — A whitish or yellowish discharge of mucus from the vagina.
- look up to — to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- lovestruck — Alternative spelling of love-struck.
- make up to — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- making out — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.