9-letter words containing o, s, h, k
- kneeholes — Plural form of kneehole.
- knotholes — Plural form of knothole.
- know-hows — knowledge of how to do something; faculty or skill for a particular activity; expertise: Designing a computer requires a lot of know-how.
- kokoschka — Oskar [aws-kahr] /ˈɔs kɑr/ (Show IPA), 1886–1980, Austrian painter and dramatist.
- kolkhozes — Plural form of kolkhoz.
- kórinthos — an ancient city in Greece, on the Isthmus of Corinth: one of the wealthiest and most powerful of the ancient Greek cities.
- koshering — Present participle of kosher.
- koshigaya — a city in central Honshu, Japan, a Tokyo suburb.
- krumhorns — Plural form of krumhorn.
- kuniyoshi — Yasuo [yah-soo-aw] /yɑˈsu ɔ/ (Show IPA), 1893–1953, U.S. painter, born in Japan.
- lakeshore — lakefront.
- loanshark — Alternative spelling of loan shark.
- lockhouse — the house of a lock-keeper
- locksmith — a person who makes or repairs locks and keys.
- lok sabha — the lower house of parliament in India.
- maksoorah — (in a mosque) a screen or partition enclosing an area for prayer or a tomb.
- mathworks — The MathWorks, Inc.
- meathooks — Usually, meat hooks. Slang. a hand or fist: Get your meat hooks away from that cake! It's for dessert.
- mesh knot — sheet bend.
- monkeyish — Like a monkey.
- monkshood — a plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, especially A. napellus, the flowers of which have a large, hood-shaped sepal.
- nonkosher — Not kosher.
- nonshrink — (of construction materials, such as cement or grout) not liable to contract
- oakenshaw — an area of woodland containing oak trees
- oil sheik — a sheik who is involved in or who controls the supply of petroleum from Arab countries to other countries
- pack shot — (in television advertising) a close-up of the product being advertised, usually so that the viewer can register its logo and packaging
- packhorse — a horse used for carrying goods, freight, supplies, etc.
- photodisk — a disk for use in a computer that contains photographs or can have photographs stored on it in a digitally coded manner
- photomask — an opaque image on a transparent plate that is used to filter light so the image can be transferred, used in photolithography applications
- rockshaft — an oscillating shaft.
- rush-work — the handicraft of making objects woven of rushes.
- sackcloth — sacking.
- schlocker — something of poor quality; schlock
- schnorkel — (formerly) snorkel (def 1).
- schnorkle — (formerly) snorkel (def 1).
- schoolkid — a child who attends school
- serpukhov — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Moscow.
- shake off — to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
- shake out — If you shake out a cloth or a piece of clothing, you hold it by one of its edges and move it up and down one or more times, in order to open it out, make it flat, or remove dust.
- shakedown — extortion, as by blackmail or threats of violence.
- shankbone — a large bone in the lower leg between the knee and the foot of an animal; the tibia
- sheetrock — a trademark name for plasterboard or drywall, composed of gypsum enclosed by heavy sheets of paper and used for constructing interior walls and ceilings
- sheikhdom — the land or territory under the control of a sheik.
- shellwork — decorative work composed of seashells: an elaborate picture frame decorated with shellwork.
- shiftwork — a system of employment where an individual's normal hours of work are, in part, outside the period of normal day working and may follow a different pattern in consecutive periods of weeks
- shockwave — (tool) A program from Macromedia for viewing files created with Macromedia Director. Shockwave is freely available as a plug-in for the Netscape Navigator web browser. "Shocked" pages that incorporate documents created in Director can usually only be enjoyed by users with an ISDN or faster connection.
- shoe rack — shelving unit for storing footwear
- shoeblack — bootblack.
- shoemaker — William Lee ("Willie") 1931–2003, U.S. jockey.
- sholokhov — Mikhail [mee-hahy-eel;; Russian myi-khuh-yeel] /ˌmi haɪˈil;; Russian myɪ xʌˈyil/ (Show IPA), 1905–84, Russian novelist: Nobel prize 1965.