10-letter words containing t, o, k, a
- jokjakarta — Jogjakarta.
- kaolinitic — Of or relating to kaolinite.
- kapok tree — any of several tropical bombacaceous trees of the genus Ceiba, esp Ceiba pentandra, having seeds covered with silky hairs from which kapok is obtained
- karyotyped — Simple past tense and past participle of karyotype.
- karyotypes — Plural form of karyotype.
- karyotypic — Of or pertaining to karyotypes.
- katabolism — Alternative form of catabolism.
- katholikos — catholicos.
- keep on at — If you keep on at someone, you repeatedly ask or tell them something in a way that annoys them.
- kefalotiri — Alternative form of kefalotyri.
- kefalotyri — A Greek cheese similar to parmesan.
- kept woman — a woman maintained by a man as his mistress
- keratinous — composed of or resembling keratin; horny.
- keratotomy — incision of the cornea.
- ketonaemia — an excess of ketone bodies in the blood
- kick about — to strike with the foot or feet: to kick the ball; to kick someone in the shins.
- kleptocrat — a government official who is a thief or exploiter.
- 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.
- klootchman — a North American Indian woman
- knob latch — a latch having a spring bolt controlled by a knob on one or both sides.
- knockabout — Nautical. any of various fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessels having a single jib bent to a stay from the stemhead, no bowsprit being used: usually rigged as a sloop.
- koniggratz — German name of Hradec Králové.
- kota bharu — a state in Malaysia, on the central Malay Peninsula. 5750 sq. mi. (14,893 sq. km). Capital: Kota Bharu.
- 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
- kryptonate — (inorganic chemistry) To infuse a solid with krypton gas (especially with radioactive krypton-85).
- kuomintang — the dominant political party of China from 1928 to 1949, founded chiefly by Sun Yat-sen in 1912 and led from 1925 to 1975 by Chiang Kai-shek; the dominant party of the Republic of China (Taiwan) since 1949.
- kuropatkin — Aleksei Nikolaevich [uh-lyi-ksyey nyi-kuh-lah-yi-vyich] /ʌ lyɪˈksyeɪ nyɪ kʌˈlɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1925, Russian general.
- kymatology — The study of wave motion.
- 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 tahoe — a lake between E California and W Nevada, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains at an altitude of 1899 m (6229 ft). Area: about 520 sq km (200 sq miles)
- lake taupo — a lake in New Zealand, on central North Island: the largest lake of New Zealand. Area: 616 sq km (238 sq miles)
- lake trout — a large, fork-tailed trout, Salvelinus namaycush, of the lakes of Canada and the northern U.S., valued as a food and game fish.
- lake volta — an artificial lake in Ghana, extending 408 km (250 miles) upstream from the Volta River Dam on the Volta River: completed in 1966. Area: 8482 sq km (3275 sq miles)
- lake worth — a city in SE Florida.
- lakefronts — Plural form of lakefront.
- latch hook — a handheld tool similar to a latch needle, used for drawing loops of yarn through canvas or similar material to make rugs and the like.
- leukoblast — an immature leukocyte.
- leukopathy — (pathology) depigmentation of the skin.
- lockmaster — one in charge of a canal lock
- lokayatika — a member of the Lokayata school.
- look after — to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- lopatnikov — Nicolai Lvovich [nik-uh-lahy luh-voh-vich;; Russian nyi-kuh-lahy lvaw-vyich] /ˈnɪk əˌlaɪ ləˈvoʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ ˈlvɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1903–76, U.S. composer, born in Russia.
- 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.
- mackintosh — Charles Rennie [ren-ee] /ˈrɛn i/ (Show IPA), 1868–1928, Scottish architect and designer.
- make up to — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- making out — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- mao jacket — a plain, shirtlike jacket, usually blue or gray, with pockets and a high collar, worn by Mao Zedong and universally adopted in the People's Republic of China during his regime.
- marketroid — /mar'k*-troyd/ (Or "marketing slime", "marketeer", "marketing droid", "marketdroid") A member of a company's marketing department, especially one who promises users that the next version of a product will have features that are not actually scheduled for inclusion, are extremely difficult to implement, and/or are in violation of the laws of physics; and/or one who describes existing features (and misfeatures) in ebullient, buzzword-laden adspeak. Derogatory.
- masterwork — masterpiece.