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10-letter words containing s, t, o, c, k

  • intershock — To shock mutually, as if by collision.
  • interstock — a stock grafted between the understock and the scion.
  • isokinetic — (biophysics) Relating to the force that a muscle applies during a limb movement at constant velocity.
  • jack frost — frost or freezing cold personified.
  • jackstones — Plural form of jackstone.
  • jockstraps — Plural form of jockstrap.
  • joss stick — a slender stick of a dried, fragrant paste, burned by the Chinese as incense before a joss.
  • kenoticist — someone who believes in or supports the idea of kenosis
  • kicksorter — a multichannel pulse-height analyser used esp to distinguish between isotopes by sorting their characteristic pulses (kicks)
  • knockwurst — knackwurst.
  • leukocytes — white blood cell.
  • lockmaster — one in charge of a canal lock
  • locksmiths — Plural form of locksmith.
  • lockstitch — A stitch made by a sewing machine by firmly linking together two threads or stitches.
  • lose track — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
  • lovestruck — Alternative spelling of love-struck.
  • mackintosh — Charles Rennie [ren-ee] /ˈrɛn i/ (Show IPA), 1868–1928, Scottish architect and designer.
  • matchbooks — Plural form of matchbook.
  • matchlocks — Plural form of matchlock.
  • mckeesport — a city in SW Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh.
  • mesokurtic — (of a frequency distribution or its graphical representation) having the same kurtosis as the normal distribution.
  • microskirt — An extremely short skirt, ending just underneath the buttocks.
  • moonstruck — mentally deranged, supposedly by the influence of the moon; crazed.
  • neckcloths — Plural form of neckcloth.
  • non-sticky — having the property of adhering, as glue; adhesive.
  • notchbacks — Plural form of notchback.
  • open stock — merchandise, especially china, silverware, and glassware, sold in sets with additional individual pieces available from stock for future purchases, as for replacement.
  • open-stack — having or being a system of library management in which patrons have direct access to stacks for browsing and selecting books; open-shelf.
  • optic disk — blind spot (sense 1)
  • outspeckle — a spectacle
  • overstruck — to stamp a new device, value, or inscription on (a coin).
  • pastrycook — a person who makes pastry or pastries
  • pitchforks — a large, long-handled fork for manually lifting and pitching hay, stalks of grain, etc.
  • pogo stick — a long stick having a pair of handles at the top and, near the bottom, a pair of footrests attached to a powerful spring, so that by standing on the footrests while grasping the handles, one can propel oneself along in a series of leaps.
  • polo stick — a stick used to strike the ball in the game of polo
  • postattack — to set upon in a forceful, violent, hostile, or aggressive way, with or without a weapon; begin fighting with: He attacked him with his bare hands.
  • potsticker — a pan-fried and steamed Chinese dumpling with a ground meat or vegetable filling.
  • prick-post — (in a framed structure) a secondary post, as a queen post.
  • sea rocket — any of several plants of the related genus Cakile, esp C. maritima, which grow along the seashores of Europe and North America and have mauve, pink, or white flowers
  • shackleton — Sir Ernest Henry, 1874–1922, English explorer of the Antarctic.
  • shift lock — a typewriter or computer key that locks the shift key in depressed position.
  • shock tube — an apparatus in which a gas is heated to very high temperatures by means of a shock wave, usually for spectroscopic investigation of the natures and reactions of the resulting radicals and excited molecules
  • shock-test — to test (equipment or matériel) for resistance to sudden impact or stress.
  • shockstall — the loss of lift and increase of drag experienced by transonic aircraft when strong shock waves on the wings cause the airflow to separate from the wing surfaces
  • shot clock — a clock used in basketball games to limit to a specific length the time taken between shots.
  • skeletonic — resembling a skeleton
  • sketch out — describe briefly
  • sketchbook — Also, sketchpad. a book or pad of drawing paper for sketches.
  • smokestack — Also called stack. a pipe for the escape of the smoke or gases of combustion, as on a steamboat, locomotive, or building.
  • sock it to — to make a forceful impression on
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