10-letter words containing o, s, h, k
- matchlocks — Plural form of matchlock.
- matryoshka — Each of a set of brightly painted hollow wooden dolls of varying sizes, designed to nest inside one another.
- meat hooks — the hands or fists
- monkfishes — Plural form of monkfish.
- neckcloths — Plural form of neckcloth.
- noah's ark — the patriarch who built a ship (Noah's Ark) in which he, his family, and animals of every species survived the Flood. Gen. 5–9.
- notchbacks — Plural form of notchback.
- okuninushi — a son of Susanowo and, in some legends, creator of the world.
- pack-horse — a horse used for carrying goods, freight, supplies, etc.
- peacockish — the male of the peafowl distinguished by its long, erectile, greenish, iridescent tail coverts that are brilliantly marked with ocellated spots and that can be spread in a fan.
- peak hours — prime time, busiest period
- pick holes — If you pick holes in an argument or theory, you find weak points in it so that it is no longer valid.
- pitchforks — a large, long-handled fork for manually lifting and pitching hay, stalks of grain, etc.
- pokerishly — in a pokerish manner
- sandy hook — a peninsula in E New Jersey, at the entrance to lower New York Bay. 6 miles (10 km) long.
- schafskopf — sheepshead (def 4).
- school kid — child of school age
- schoolbook — a book for study in schools.
- schoolwork — the material studied in or for school, comprising homework and work done in class.
- screw hook — a hook having a shank in the form of a screw.
- shackleton — Sir Ernest Henry, 1874–1922, English explorer of the Antarctic.
- shadowlike — a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
- shake down — an act or instance of shaking, rocking, swaying, etc.
- shake-down — an act or instance of shaking, rocking, swaying, etc.
- shellshock — loss of sight, memory, etc, resulting from psychological strain during prolonged engagement in warfare
- sherbrooke — a city in S Quebec, in SE Canada.
- shevchenko — Taras Grigoryevich [Russian tah-ruh s gryi-gawr-yi-vyich] /Russian ˈtɑ rəs gryɪˈgɔr yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1814–61, Ukrainian national poet.
- shift lock — a typewriter or computer key that locks the shift key in depressed position.
- shikibuton — futon.
- shock jock — a radio disc jockey or host who features offensive or controversial material.
- shock tube — an apparatus in which a gas is heated to very high temperatures by means of a shock wave, usually for spectroscopic investigation of the natures and reactions of the resulting radicals and excited molecules
- shock wave — a region of abrupt change of pressure and density moving as a wave front at or above the velocity of sound, caused by an intense explosion or supersonic flow over a body.
- shock-test — to test (equipment or matériel) for resistance to sudden impact or stress.
- shockingly — causing intense surprise, disgust, horror, etc.
- shockproof — Also, shock-proof. (of timepieces, machinery, etc.) protected against damage resulting from anticipated shocks.
- shockstall — the loss of lift and increase of drag experienced by transonic aircraft when strong shock waves on the wings cause the airflow to separate from the wing surfaces
- shopkeeper — a retail merchant or tradesman; a person who owns or operates a small store or shop.
- shopwalker — a floorwalker.
- shore lark — a bird: Eremophila alpestris
- shot clock — a clock used in basketball games to limit to a specific length the time taken between shots.
- shotmaking — the playing of good shots (by a sports player)
- shylockian — a relentless and revengeful moneylender in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.
- shylocking — a relentless and revengeful moneylender in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.
- sketch out — describe briefly
- sketchbook — Also, sketchpad. a book or pad of drawing paper for sketches.
- skeuomorph — an ornament or design on an object copied from a form of the object when made from another material or by other techniques, as an imitation metal rivet mark found on handles of prehistoric pottery.
- smoke shop — a shop selling tobacco products.
- smokehouse — a building or place in which meat, fish, etc., are cured with smoke.
- smoketight — (of a door, etc) not allowing smoke to pass through
- smoky hill — a river flowing E from E Colorado to the Republican River in central Kansas. 540 miles (870 km) long.