8-letter words containing o, s, k
- kinsfolk — Alternative spelling of kinfolk.
- kiss off — an act or instance of kissing.
- kiss-off — Slang. an act or instance of dismissing a person or thing: The company is about to give you the kiss-off, so you'd better start looking for another job.
- kitasato — Shibasaburo [shee-bah-sah-boo-raw] /ʃiˈbɑ sɑˈbu rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1852–1931, Japanese bacteriologist.
- klystron — An electron tube that generates or amplifies microwaves by velocity modulation.
- knobbles — Plural form of knobble.
- knockers — a person or thing that knocks.
- knowbots — Plural form of knowbot.
- knowsley — a unitary authority of NW England, in Merseyside. Pop: 150 200 (2003 est). Area: 97 sq km (38 sq miles)
- koestler — Arthur, 1905–83, British novelist, critic, and journalist; born in Hungary.
- kokanees — Plural form of kokanee.
- kolaches — Plural form of kolache.
- kolinski — Alt form kolinsky.
- kolinsky — an Asian mink, Mustela sibirica, having buff or tawny fur.
- komensky — Jan Amos [Czech yahn ah-maws] /Czech yɑn ˈɑ mɔs/ (Show IPA), Comenius, John Amos.
- komsomol — a communist organization in the Soviet Union for youths 16 years of age and older.
- konstanz — German name of Constance.
- kookiest — Superlative form of kooky.
- koolhaas — Rem. born 1944, Dutch architect and theorist, co-founder of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (1975); buildings include the Grand Palais and associated developments in Lille, France (1989–96); books include S, M, L, XL (1996)
- koopmans — Tjalling Charles [chah-ling] /ˈtʃɑ lɪŋ/ (Show IPA), 1910–85, U.S. economist, born in the Netherlands: Nobel Prize 1975.
- kopiykas — Plural form of kopiyka.
- koshered — Simple past tense and past participle of kosher.
- kosinski — Jerzy [jur-zee,, yezh-ee] /ˈdʒɜr zi,, ˈyɛʒ i/ (Show IPA), 1933–91, U.S. novelist, born in Poland.
- kostroma — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Moscow, on the Volga.
- kourbash — to whip with a kurbash.
- 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.
- kurosawa — Akira [ah-kee-rah] /ɑˈki rɑ/ (Show IPA), 1910–1998, Japanese film director.
- kuroshio — Japan Current.
- kurtoses — Plural form of kurtosis.
- kurtosis — the state or quality of flatness or peakedness of the curve describing a frequency distribution in the region about its mode.
- kwyjibos — Plural form of kwyjibo.
- kyllosis — club foot
- kyphosis — an abnormal, convex curvature of the spine, with a resultant bulge at the upper back.
- 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.
- linstock — a staff with one end forked to hold a match, formerly used in firing cannon.
- liposuck — to subject to liposuction
- lobstick — lopstick.
- lockfast — (Scottish) Fastened or secured with a lock.
- lockings — Plural form of locking.
- lockless — without locks
- locknuts — Plural form of locknut.
- lockouts — Plural form of lockout.
- 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.
- logbooks — Plural form of logbook.
- loo mask — a half-mask worn during the 18th century for masquerades, etc