8-letter words containing o, s, k, e
- koestler — Arthur, 1905–83, British novelist, critic, and journalist; born in Hungary.
- kokanees — Plural form of kokanee.
- kolaches — Plural form of kolache.
- komensky — Jan Amos [Czech yahn ah-maws] /Czech yɑn ˈɑ mɔs/ (Show IPA), Comenius, John Amos.
- kookiest — Superlative form of kooky.
- koshered — Simple past tense and past participle of kosher.
- kromesky — a croquette consisting of a piece of bacon wrapped round minced meat or fish
- 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.
- kuntsevo — a former city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, incorporated into Moscow 1962.
- kurtoses — Plural form of kurtosis.
- larksome — mischievous or fond of larking
- 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.
- leukomas — Plural form of leukoma.
- leukosis — any of several diseases occurring chiefly in chickens, involving proliferation of the leukocytes and characterized by paralysis, blindness, formation of tumors in the internal organs, and bone calcification.
- lockless — without locks
- lockstep — a way of marching in very close file, in which the leg of each person moves with and closely behind the corresponding leg of the person ahead.
- look see — a visual inspection or survey; look; examination: have a look-see.
- look-see — a visual inspection or survey; look; examination: have a look-see.
- lovesick — languishing with love: a lovesick adolescent.
- merfolks — Plural form of merfolk.
- meshwork — meshed material or a structure of meshes; a network.
- mesopeak — the level of maximum temperature in the mesophere, at an altitude of about 30 miles (48 km).
- misspoke — Simple past form of misspeak.
- modjeska — Helena [huh-ley-nuh] /həˈleɪ nə/ (Show IPA), (Helena Opid Modrzejewska) 1840–1909, Polish actress, in U.S. after 1876.
- moleskin — the soft, deep-gray, fragile fur of the mole.
- monikers — Plural form of moniker.
- mosslike — Resembling moss or some aspect of it.
- mousekin — a little mouse
- murksome — gloomy; dark
- muskegon — a port in W Michigan, on Lake Michigan.
- muskogee — a city in E Oklahoma.
- muskoxen — Plural form of muskox.
- nakasone — Yasuhiro [yah-soo-hee-raw] /ˈyɑ sʊˈhi rɔ/ (Show IPA), born 1918, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1982–87.
- neckshot — a shot in the neck of an animal
- nekrasov — Nikolai Alekseyevich (nikaˈlaj alɪkˈsjejɪvitʃ). 1821–77, Russian poet, who wrote chiefly about the sufferings of the peasantry
- networks — Plural form of network.
- noisenik — a rock musician who performs loud harsh music
- non-sked — a nonscheduled airline or plane: He got his training with the nonskeds.
- nonskier — a person who does not ski
- oatcakes — Plural form of oatcake.
- obelisks — Plural form of obelisk.
- ockerism — the conduct or actions that are characteristic of an ocker
- oldspeak — (sometimes initial capital letter) standard English, in contrast to English that is overly technical, politically correct, euphemistic, etc. Compare newspeak.
- olykoeks — doughnut.
- osipenko — former name of Berdyansk.
- outskate — (ice hockey, skating) To skate better than another skater.
- outsmoke — to smoke more than
- outspeak — to outdo or excel in speaking.
- outspoke — Simple past form of outspeak.
- outtakes — Plural form of outtake.