10-letter words containing o, s, k
- corkboards — Plural form of corkboard.
- corkscrews — Plural form of corkscrew.
- corkscrewy — Resembling the worm of a corkscrew in shape.
- corn shock — a stack or bundle of bound or unbound corn piled upright for curing or drying
- corn shuck — the husk of an ear of maize
- corn snake — a large, harmless rat snake, Elaphe guttata guttata, of the southeastern U.S., having yellow, tan, or gray scales with dark-red blotches: once common in cornfields but now an endangered species.
- corn stack — corncrib.
- corncrakes — Plural form of corncrake.
- cornflakes — a breakfast cereal made from toasted maize, eaten with milk, sugar, etc
- cornhusker — a person or machine that strips cornhusks from ears of maize
- cornstalks — Plural form of cornstalk.
- cornsticks — Plural form of cornstick.
- corpselike — Resembling a corpse.
- coup stick — a stick with which some North American Indian warriors sought to touch their enemies in battle as a sign of courage.
- coursebook — a book studied on an educational course
- coursework — written or oral work completed by a student within a given period, which is assessed as an integral part of an educational course
- crackdowns — Plural form of crackdown.
- crackhouse — a place where cocaine in the form of crack is bought, sold, and smoked.
- crookedest — Superlative form of crooked.
- crookesite — a rare mineral, selenide of copper, thallium, and silver, (Cu, Tl, Ag) 2 Se, occurring in steel-gray, compact masses.
- crooknecks — Plural form of crookneck.
- cross buck — an offensive play in which two running backs cross paths and charge into the line on opposite sides, one back receiving the ball from the quarterback and the other back faking possession.
- cross talk — interference in one channel from another or others
- cross-link — a chemical bond, atom, or group of atoms that connects two adjacent chains of atoms in a large molecule such as a polymer or protein
- crosscheck — to verify (a fact, report, etc) by considering conflicting opinions or consulting other sources
- crossjacks — Plural form of crossjack.
- crosswalks — Plural form of crosswalk.
- cytokinins — Plural form of cytokinin.
- dark horse — If you describe someone as a dark horse, you mean that people know very little about them, although they may have recently had success or may be about to have success.
- dead stock — farm equipment
- deckhouses — Plural form of deckhouse.
- desert oak — a tree, Casuarina decaisneana, of Central and NW Australia, the timber of which is resistant to termite attack
- desk-bound — engaged in or involving sedentary work, as at an office desk
- deskperson — Journalism. a member of a newspaper staff who processes news and prepares copy, usually from information telephoned in by reporters.
- destocking — a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
- diplospeak — the polite and placatory language usually associated with diplomats
- disfrocked — Simple past tense and past participle of disfrock.
- do a skase — to skip the country while owing a large amount of money
- dobzhansky — Theodosius (Grigorievich) [gri-gawr-ee-uh-vich,, -gohr-] /grɪˈgɔr i ə vɪtʃ,, -ˈgoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1900–75, U.S. geneticist, born in Russia.
- dock house — traditionally a building situated at the dock where a harbourmaster works and resides
- dockmaster — a person who supervises the dry-docking of ships.
- dog basket — a basket for a dog to sleep in
- doodlesack — bagpipe (def 1).
- doohickeys — Plural form of doohickey.
- dory skiff — an open boat similar to but smaller than a dory.
- dostoevski — ˈFeodor Miˈkhailovich (ˈfjɔˈdɔʀ mɪ xaɪlɔvɪtʃ) ; fy^ōˈd^ōr mi khīˈl^ōvich) 1821-81; Russ. novelist
- dostoevsky — Fyodor Mikhailovich [fyoh-der mi-kahy-luh-vich;; Russian fyaw-duh r myi-khahy-luh-vyich] /ˈfyoʊ dər mɪˈkaɪ lə vɪtʃ;; Russian ˈfyɔ dər myɪˈxaɪ lə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1821–81, Russian novelist.
- doukhobors — Dukhobors
- downstroke — a downward stroke, as of a machine part, piston, or the like.
- dragonskin — The skin of a dragon, or leather made from it.