10-letter words containing s, o, a, k
- heatstroke — a disturbance of the temperature-regulating mechanisms of the body caused by overexposure to excessive heat, resulting in fever, hot and dry skin, and rapid pulse, sometimes progressing to delirium and coma.
- hexokinase — an enzyme that catalyzes the phosphorylation of hexose sugars.
- homemakers — Plural form of homemaker.
- hoop snake — any of several harmless snakes, as the mud snake and rainbow snake, fabled to take its tail in its mouth and roll along like a hoop.
- hopsacking — bagging made chiefly of hemp and jute.
- horse rake — a large-wheeled rake drawn by a horse.
- house mark — a trademark that appears on and identifies all of a company's products.
- housebreak — to train (a pet) to excrete outdoors or in a specific place.
- housemaker — Homemaker.
- jabotinsky — Vladimir, 1880–1940, Russian Zionist leader in Palestine.
- jack frost — frost or freezing cold personified.
- jacksonian — of or relating to Andrew Jackson, his ideas, the period of his presidency, or the political principles or social values associated with him: Jacksonian democracy.
- jacksonism — the group of political principles or attitudes associated with Andrew Jackson.
- jackstones — Plural form of jackstone.
- jockstraps — Plural form of jockstrap.
- joe doakes — Joe Blow.
- john jakes — John, born 1932, U.S. novelist.
- kairomones — Plural form of kairomone.
- kalanchoes — Plural form of kalanchoe.
- 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.
- keratinous — composed of or resembling keratin; horny.
- 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.
- kiloparsec — a unit of distance, equal to 1000 parsecs. Abbreviation: kpc.
- kilopascal — one thousand pascals
- kissograms — Plural form of kissogram.
- 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.
- knockbacks — Plural form of knockback.
- kohlrabies — Plural form of kohlrabi.
- kok-saghyz — a central Asian dandelion, Taraxacum kok-saghyz, of the composite family, having fleshy roots that yield a rubberlike latex.
- kommunarsk — a city in E Ukraine.
- kovalevsky — Sonia [sohn-yuh] /ˈsoʊn yə/ (Show IPA), (Sofia Vasilievna Kovalevskaya) 1850–91, Russian mathematician.
- kramatorsk — a city in E Ukraine, in the Donets Basin.
- kronshtadt — city & naval fortress on an island in NW Russia, on the Gulf of Finland: pop. 45,000
- kurrajongs — Plural form of kurrajong.
- kymographs — Plural form of kymograph.
- lake poets — the English poets Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Southey, who lived in and drew inspiration from the Lake District at the beginning of the 19th century
- lake pskov — the S part of Lake Peipus in NW Russia, linked to the main part by a channel 24 km (15 miles) long. Area: about 1000 sq km (400 sq miles)
- lakefronts — Plural form of lakefront.
- lakeshores — Plural form of lakeshore.
- leukoblast — an immature leukocyte.