10-letter words containing o, s, k
- kannapolis — a town in W North Carolina.
- kaolinosis — the inhalation of clay dust leading to pneumoconiosis
- karlskrona — a port in S Sweden: Sweden's main naval base since 1680. Pop: 61 097 (2004 est)
- karyograms — Plural form of karyogram.
- karyolysis — the dissolution of a cell nucleus.
- karyoplasm — nucleoplasm.
- karyosomes — Plural form of karyosome.
- karyotypes — Plural form of karyotype.
- katabolism — Alternative form of catabolism.
- katholikos — catholicos.
- keep books — to keep a record of business transactions
- keep house — a building in which people live; residence for human beings.
- keep score — sport: record results
- kenoticist — someone who believes in or supports the idea of kenosis
- kensington — a former borough of Greater London, England: now part of Kensington and Chelsea.
- keratinous — composed of or resembling keratin; horny.
- kerbstones — Plural form of kerbstone.
- ketohexose — any of a class of sugars composed of six carbon atoms and a ketone group, as fructose.
- ketotriose — (carbohydrate) Any ketose having three carbon atoms; in reality, only dihydroxyacetone.
- key escrow — (security) A controversial arrangement where the keys needed to decrypt encrypted data must be held in escrow by a third party so that government agencies can obtain them to decrypt messages which they suspect to be relevant to national security.
- keystrokes — Plural form of keystroke.
- khabarovsk — Formerly Far Eastern Region. a territory of the Russian Federation in NE Asia. 965,400 sq. mi. (2,500,400 sq. km).
- kickboards — Plural form of kickboard.
- kicksorter — a multichannel pulse-height analyser used esp to distinguish between isotopes by sorting their characteristic pulses (kicks)
- kid gloves — a glove made of kid leather.
- kidologist — someone who practises or is skilled in kidology
- kieślowski — Krzysztof (ˈkrɪʃtɔf). 1941–96, Polish film director, whose later films were made in France; his work includes the television series Decalogue (1988–89) and the film trilogy Three Colours (1993–94)
- kilojoules — Plural form of kilojoule.
- kiloliters — Plural form of kiloliter.
- kilolitres — Plural form of kilolitre.
- kilometers — a unit of length, the common measure of distances equal to 1000 meters, and equivalent to 3280.8 feet or 0.621 mile. Abbreviation: km.
- kilometres — Plural form of kilometre.
- kiloparsec — a unit of distance, equal to 1000 parsecs. Abbreviation: kpc.
- kilopascal — one thousand pascals
- kinescopes — Plural form of kinescope.
- kinetosome — a structure in some flagellate protozoans which forms the base of the flagellum, consisting of a circular arrangement of microtubules
- kingsolver — Barbara, born 1955, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- kinsperson — A kinsman or kinswoman.
- kiss up to — be obsequious towards
- kissograms — Plural form of kissogram.
- kiwisports — a fitness programme developed for schools, involving a selection of sports such as rounders, cricket, and netball
- klinotaxis — a wavering side-to-side motion of the head occurring as an organism moves forward in response to a source of stimulation, caused by the alternating reaction of sensory receptors on either side of the body.
- knobbiness — the quality or condition of being knobby
- knockbacks — Plural form of knockback.
- knockdowns — Plural form of knockdown.
- knockwurst — knackwurst.
- knottiness — having knots; full of knots: a knotty piece of wood.
- 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.
- knowledges — Plural form of knowledge.
- koeksister — (South Africa) A traditional Malay confection consisting of a deep-fried twisted or plaited doughnut dipped in syrup immediately after cooking.