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8-letter words containing o, s, h, k

  • kinboshi — (sumo) an honour awarded to a rikishi of maegashira rank upon beating a yokozuna.
  • kolaches — Plural form of kolache.
  • koolhaas — Rem. born 1944, Dutch architect and theorist, co-founder of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (1975); buildings include the Grand Palais and associated developments in Lille, France (1989–96); books include S, M, L, XL (1996)
  • koshered — Simple past tense and past participle of kosher.
  • kourbash — to whip with a kurbash.
  • kuleshov — Lev (Vladimirovich) [lef vlad-uh-meer-uh-vich;; Russian lyef vluh-dyee-myi-ruh-vyich] /lɛf ˌvlæd əˈmɪər ə vɪtʃ;; Russian lyɛf vlʌˈdyi myɪ rə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1899–1970, Soviet film director.
  • kuroshio — Japan Current.
  • kyphosis — an abnormal, convex curvature of the spine, with a resultant bulge at the upper back.
  • lekythos — an oil jar having an ellipsoidal body, narrow neck, flanged mouth, curved handle extending from below the lip to the shoulder, and a narrow base terminating in a foot: used chiefly for ointments.
  • markhors — Plural form of markhor.
  • meshwork — meshed material or a structure of meshes; a network.
  • monkfish — angler (def 3).
  • musk hog — the collared peccary. See under peccary.
  • neckshot — a shot in the neck of an animal
  • oistrakh — David [dey-vid] /ˈdeɪ vɪd/ (Show IPA), 1908–74, Russian violinist.
  • piroshki — small turnovers or dumplings with a filling, as of meat or fruit.
  • pokerish — resembling a poker in stiffness
  • porkfish — a black and gold grunt, Anisotremus virginicus, of West Indian waters.
  • pothooks — a hook for suspending a pot or kettle over an open fire.
  • rockfish — any of various fishes found about rocks.
  • rushwork — the handicraft of making objects woven of rushes.
  • sakharov — Andrei (Dmitrievich) [ahn-drey di-mee-tree-uh-vich;; Russian uhn-dryey dmyee-tryi-yi-vyich] /ˈɑn dreɪ dɪˈmi tri ə vɪtʃ;; Russian ʌnˈdryeɪ ˈdmyi tryɪ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1921–1989, Russian nuclear physicist and human-rights advocate: Nobel Peace Prize 1975.
  • schlocky — schlock (def 1).
  • shaddock — pomelo.
  • shakeout — an elimination or winnowing out of some competing businesses, products, etc., as a result of intense competition in a market of declining sales or rising standards of quality.
  • shamokin — a borough in E Pennsylvania.
  • shamrock — any of several trifoliate plants, as the wood sorrel, Oxalis acetosella, or a small, pink-flowered clover, Trifolium repens minus, but especially Trifolium procumbens, a small, yellow-flowered clover: the national emblem of Ireland.
  • sheikdom — the land or territory under the control of a sheik.
  • sherlock — a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “fair-haired.”.
  • shitwork — bad work; tedious, badly-paid work
  • shizuoka — a city on S Honshu, in central Japan, on Suruga Bay.
  • shkotzim — a term used especially by a Jew to refer to a boy or man who is not Jewish.
  • shocking — causing intense surprise, disgust, horror, etc.
  • shockley — William Bradford, 1910–1989, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1956.
  • shook up — to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
  • shook-up — upset
  • shoptalk — the specialized vocabulary having to do with work or a field of work: I don't understand electronics shoptalk.
  • shotokan — a popular system of karate based on the principles of Bushido and Zen
  • sihanouk — Prince Norodom [nawr-uh-dom,, -duh m] /ˈnɔr əˌdɒm,, -dəm/ (Show IPA), 1922–2004, Cambodian statesman: premier 1952–60; chief of state 1960–70 and 1975–76.
  • sinkhole — a hole formed in soluble rock by the action of water, serving to conduct surface water to an underground passage.
  • skelloch — a shriek
  • sky show — a fireworks display
  • sock hop — an informal dance where participants dance in their socks, popular esp. in the 1950s among high-school students
  • stockish — like a block of wood; stupid.
  • suckhole — a sycophant; toady
  • sunchoke — Jerusalem artichoke (def 2).
  • the oaks — a horse race for fillies held annually at Epsom since 1779: one of the classics of English flat racing
  • unkosher — Judaism. fit or allowed to be eaten or used, according to the dietary or ceremonial laws: kosher meat; kosher dishes; a kosher tallith. adhering to the laws governing such fitness: a kosher restaurant.
  • volzhsky — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, near Volgograd on the Volga River.
  • work-shy — If you describe someone as work-shy, you disapprove of them because you think they are lazy and do not want to work.
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