10-letter words containing o, a, k, r
- karyotyped — Simple past tense and past participle of karyotype.
- karyotypes — Plural form of karyotype.
- karyotypic — Of or pertaining to karyotypes.
- kefalotiri — Alternative form of kefalotyri.
- kefalotyri — A Greek cheese similar to parmesan.
- keratinous — composed of or resembling keratin; horny.
- keratotomy — incision of the cornea.
- keyboarded — Simple past tense and past participle of keyboard.
- keyboarder — One who keyboards; a typist.
- khabarovsk — Formerly Far Eastern Region. a territory of the Russian Federation in NE Asia. 965,400 sq. mi. (2,500,400 sq. km).
- kickboards — Plural form of kickboard.
- kid around — behave jokingly or playfully
- kilmarnock — Official name Kilmarnock and Loudon. an administrative district in the Strathclyde region, in SW Scotland.
- kiloampère — one thousand amperes
- kilogramme — (British) alternative spelling of kilogram.
- kiloparsec — a unit of distance, equal to 1000 parsecs. Abbreviation: kpc.
- king cobra — a cobra, Ophiophagus hannah, of southeastern Asia and the East Indies, that grows to a length of more than 15 feet (5 meters): the largest of the venomous snakes.
- kir royale — an apéritif of white wine or sometimes champagne (Kir Royale) flavored with cassis.
- kirovograd — a city in S central Ukraine.
- kirovohrad — Kirovograd.
- kissograms — Plural form of kissogram.
- kleptocrat — a government official who is a thief or exploiter.
- knackebrod — flat, thin, brittle unleavened rye bread.
- kodachrome — (lowercase) a positive color transparency.
- kohlrabies — Plural form of kohlrabi.
- kommunarsk — a city in E Ukraine.
- koniggratz — German name of Hradec Králové.
- koobi fora — an archaeological locality on the northeastern side of Lake Rudolf, in northern Kenya, yielding important early hominid fossils and some of the oldest hominid areas with stone tools, bone food waste, and possible evidence of fire use, dating from one to two million years ago.
- kookaburra — an Australian kingfisher, Dacelo gigas, having a loud, harsh cry that resembles laughter.
- korean war — the war, begun on June 25, 1950, between North Korea, aided by Communist China, and South Korea, aided by the United States and other United Nations members forming a United Nations armed force: truce signed July 27, 1953.
- kota bharu — a state in Malaysia, on the central Malay Peninsula. 5750 sq. mi. (14,893 sq. km). Capital: Kota Bharu.
- kramatorsk — a city in E Ukraine, in the Donets Basin.
- kronshtadt — city & naval fortress on an island in NW Russia, on the Gulf of Finland: pop. 45,000
- kryptonate — (inorganic chemistry) To infuse a solid with krypton gas (especially with radioactive krypton-85).
- 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.
- kymographs — Plural form of kymograph.
- kymography — The use of a kymograph.
- lake frome — a shallow salt lake in NE South Australia: intermittently filled with water. Length: 100 km (60 miles). Width: 48 km (30 miles)
- lake huron — a member of an Indian tribe, the northwestern member of the Iroquoian family, living west of Lake Huron.
- 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.
- lake worth — a city in SE Florida.
- lakefronts — Plural form of lakefront.
- lakeshores — Plural form of lakeshore.
- laurel oak — an oak, Quercus laurifolia, of the southeastern U.S., found in moist areas and having shiny dark green leaves.
- leukoderma — vitiligo.
- leukorrhea — A whitish or yellowish discharge of mucus from the vagina.
- loan shark — a person who lends money at excessively high rates of interest; usurer.
- lockmaster — one in charge of a canal lock
- look after — 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.