9-letter words containing k, u, o
- gunk hole — a quiet anchorage, as in a cove, used by small yachts.
- gunstocks — Plural form of gunstock.
- hounskull — a snoutlike, usually conical, visor attached to a basinet of the 14th century.
- housekeep — to keep or maintain a house.
- housekept — to keep or maintain a house.
- houseleek — Also called old-man-and-old-woman. a succulent plant, Sempervivum tectorum, of the stonecrop family, native to Europe, having reddish flowers and leaves forming dense basal rosettes.
- housework — the work of cleaning, cooking, etc., to be done in housekeeping.
- huskisson — William, 1770–1830, British statesman and financier.
- i ask you — If you say 'I ask you', you are emphasizing how much you disapprove of someone or something.
- iron duke — 1st Duke of (Arthur Wellesley"the Iron Duke") 1769–1852, British general and statesman, born in Ireland: prime minister 1828–30.
- jormunrek — king of the Goths, murderer of Svanhild, the daughter of Sigurd: killed by the Gjukungs; probably identical with Ermanaric (4th century a.d.), the Ostrogothic leader.
- josef suk — Josef [yaw-zef] /ˈyɔ zɛf/ (Show IPA), 1874–1935, Czech composer and violinist.
- jukeboxes — Plural form of jukebox.
- junk bond — any corporate bond with a low rating and a high yield, often involving high risk.
- junk food — food, as potato chips or candy, that is high in calories but of little nutritional value.
- junk room — a room in a house that is used as a store room
- junk shop — a shop selling miscellaneous secondhand goods
- junk shot — a procedure used for stemming the flow of oil from a leaking well in which debris (such as shredded tyres, golf balls, etc) is pumped into the well at high pressure
- junkerdom — the Junkers as a group.
- kakebuton — a thin quilt or coverlet traditionally used when sleeping on a futon.
- kaohsiung — a seaport on SW Taiwan.
- karakorum — a ruined city in central Mongolian People's Republic: capital of the Mongol Empire in the 13th century.
- ketonuria — the presence of ketone bodies in the urine.
- keybutton — an object on a keyboard which, when pressed, causes the letter, number, or symbol shown on it to be printed in a document
- khouribga — a city in W central Morocco.
- kickabout — An informal amateur game of football/soccer.
- kilocurie — a unit of radioactivity, equal to 1000 curies. Abbreviation: kCi, kc.
- kilogauss — a unit of magnetic induction, equal to 1000 gauss. Abbreviation: kG.
- kilojoule — An SI unit of energy equal to 1,000 joules.
- kinkajous — Plural form of kinkajou.
- kiungchow — Qiongzhou.
- kluckhohn — Clyde (Kay Maben) [mey-buh n] /ˈmeɪ bən/ (Show IPA), 1905–60, American anthropologist.
- knock out — 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.
- knockouts — Plural form of knockout.
- knurl toe — French foot (def 1).
- kong fuzi — K'ung Fu-tzŭ.
- kosciusko — Thaddeus (Tadeusz Andrzej Bonawentura Kościuszko) 1746–1817, Polish patriot: general in the American Revolutionary army.
- kostunica — Vojislav (ˈvɒjɪslæf). born 1944, Serbian politician; president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (2000–03); prime minister of Serbia and Montenegro (2004–06); prime minister of Serbia (2006–08)
- kowabunga — Alternative form of cowabunga.
- kraurosis — atrophy and shrinkage of the skin, especially of the vulva.
- krautrock — (music) A genre of German experimental rock music from the 1970s.
- krumhorns — Plural form of krumhorn.
- krummholz — a forest of stunted trees near the timber line on a mountain.
- krummhorn — A medieval wind instrument with an enclosed double reed and an upward-curving end, producing an even, nasal sound.
- kuangchou — Wade-Giles. Canton.
- kugelhopf — a sweetened bread, flavored with raisins and almonds, baked in a ring-shaped mold, and usually dusted with powdered sugar before serving.
- kumarahou — a shrub, Pomaderris kumeraho, found in the north of New Zealand's North Island, the flowers of which produce a soap-like lather when rubbed
- kuniyoshi — Yasuo [yah-soo-aw] /yɑˈsu ɔ/ (Show IPA), 1893–1953, U.S. painter, born in Japan.
- kuo mo-jo — Guo Moruo.
- kurchatov — Igor Vasilievich [ee-guh r-vuh-syee-lyi-vyich] /ˈi gər vʌˈsyi lyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1903–60, Soviet nuclear physicist.