9-letter words containing o, s, k, e
- frockless — with no frock
- gamecocks — Plural form of gamecock.
- gas poker — a long tubular gas burner used to kindle a fire
- ghostlike — the soul of a dead person, a disembodied spirit imagined, usually as a vague, shadowy or evanescent form, as wandering among or haunting living persons.
- gooselike — Resembling or characteristic of a goose.
- gooseneck — a curved object resembling the neck of a goose, often of flexible construction, as in the shaft of a gooseneck lamp.
- grosbeaks — Plural form of grosbeak.
- grossbeak — Alternative form of grosbeak.
- guesswork — work or procedure based on or consisting of the making of guesses or conjectures.
- guestbook — A book in which visitors to a particular place may write their names, addresses, and remarks.
- headlocks — Plural form of headlock.
- headstock — the part of a machine containing or directly supporting the moving or working parts, as the assembly supporting and driving the live spindle in a lathe.
- herdbooks — Plural form of herdbook.
- heyrovsky — Jaroslav [yah-raw-slahf] /ˈyɑ rɔ slɑf/ (Show IPA), 1890–1967, Czech chemist: Nobel Prize 1959.
- hickories — Plural form of hickory.
- hokeyness — Alternative form of hokiness.
- home keys — (hardware) The eight keys on a typewriter or computer keyboard on which a touch-typist positions their eight finger tips when starting to type or when resting between words or phrases. Typists learn the position of all keys on the keyboard in relation to the home keys. On a standard english keyboard layout, the home keys are ASDF for the left hand and JKL; for the right. Most keyboards have small raised bumps on the left and right index finger keys (F and J) so you can find the home keys by touch without looking.
- hookerish — Lb slang Resembling or befitting a prostitute.
- hooknoses — Plural form of hooknose.
- horseback — the back of a horse.
- horselike — a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
- horserake — A rake drawn by a horse.
- hose-cock — a threaded exterior faucet, as for attaching a garden hose.
- housekeep — to keep or maintain a house.
- housekept — to keep or maintain a house.
- houseleek — Also called old-man-and-old-woman. a succulent plant, Sempervivum tectorum, of the stonecrop family, native to Europe, having reddish flowers and leaves forming dense basal rosettes.
- housework — the work of cleaning, cooking, etc., to be done in housekeeping.
- irksomely — In an irksome manner; tediously.
- iseikonia — a condition in which a person sees the same image in both eyes
- iseikonic — relating to iseikonia
- jack rose — a cocktail made with apple brandy, lime or lemon juice, and grenadine.
- jackstone — jack1 (def 5a, b).
- jenkinson — Robert Banks, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, 1770–1828, British statesman: prime minister 1812–27.
- jobseeker — A person seeking employment.
- jockeyish — resembling a jockey
- jockeyism — the skills and practices of jockeys
- jokesmith — (jocular) A person who devises jokes.
- jokesters — Plural form of jokester.
- josef suk — Josef [yaw-zef] /ˈyɔ zɛf/ (Show IPA), 1874–1935, Czech composer and violinist.
- jukeboxes — Plural form of jukebox.
- kaiserdom — The dignity, rank or office of a kaiser; the state of being a kaiser.
- kakemonos — (uncommon) Plural form of kakemono.
- kalsomine — to wash or cover with calcimine.
- karyosome — Also called chromocenter. any of several masses of chromatin in the reticulum of a cell nucleus.
- keelboats — Plural form of keelboat.
- keratoses — having a skeleton formed of horny fibers, as certain sponges.
- keratosis — any skin disease characterized by a horny growth, as a wart.
- kerbstone — one of the stones, or a range of stones, forming a curb, as along a street.
- ketolysis — the breaking down of ketones.
- ketoximes — Plural form of ketoxime.