10-letter words containing ko
- 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.
- lysenkoism — a genetic doctrine formulated by Lysenko and asserting that acquired characteristics are inheritable.
- mayakovski — Vladimir Vladimirovich [vlad-uh-meer vlad-uh-meer-uh-vich;; Russian vluh-dyee-myir vluh-dyee-myi-ruh-vyich] /ˈvlæd əˌmɪər ˌvlæd əˈmɪər əˌvɪtʃ;; Russian vlʌˈdyi myɪr vlʌˈdyi myɪ rə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1893–1930, Russian poet.
- miaskovsky — Nikolai Yakovlevich [nik-uh-lahy;; Russian nyi-kuh-lahy yuh-kaw-vlyuh-vyich] /ˈnɪk əˌlaɪ;; Russian nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ yʌˈkɔ vlyə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1950, Russian composer.
- middelskot — (in South Africa) an intermediate payment to a farmers' cooperative for a crop or wool clip
- moszkowski — Moritz [mawr-its,, mohr-its] /ˈmɔr ɪts,, ˈmoʊr ɪts/ (Show IPA), 1854–1925, Polish composer and pianist.
- nabokovian — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling the literary style of Vladimir Nabokov: a sly, Nabokovian sense of the absurd.
- norrkoping — a seaport in SE Sweden.
- oikophobia — Ecophobia; fear of a home environment.
- overreckon — to overestimate
- pendelikon — a mountain in SE Greece, near Athens: noted for its fine marble. 3640 feet (1110 meters).
- pentelikon — Pendelikon.
- phokomelia — a usually congenital deformity of the extremities in which the limbs are abnormally short.
- proskomide — prothesis (def 2a).
- quarkonium — a meson composed of a quark and an antiquark of the same flavor.
- raskolniki — a member of any of several sects founded by dissenters from the Russian Orthodox Church who opposed the liturgical reforms of Nikon in the 17th century.
- reckonable — to count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount.
- red kowhai — parrot's-bill.
- schafskopf — sheepshead (def 4).
- shevchenko — Taras Grigoryevich [Russian tah-ruh s gryi-gawr-yi-vyich] /Russian ˈtɑ rəs gryɪˈgɔr yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1814–61, Ukrainian national poet.
- stockowner — stockholder (def 1).
- t. kohonen — (person) A researcher at the University of Helsinki who has been studying neural networks for many years with the idea of modelling as closely as possible the behaviour of biological systems. His name is commonly associated with a particular kind of neural network in which there are only two kinds of neurons (see McCulloch-Pitts), input and others. All the input neurons are connected to all others and the others are connected only to their other nearest neighbors. The training algorithm is a relatively simple one based on the geometric layout of the neurons, and makes use of simulated annealing.
- tena korua — a Māori greeting to two people
- tereshkova — Valentina Vladimirovna [vuh-lyin-tyee-nuh vluh-dyi-myee-ruh v-nuh] /və lyɪnˈtyi nə vlə dyɪˈmyi rəv nə/ (Show IPA), born 1937, Soviet cosmonaut: first woman in space 1963.
- timoshenko — Semion Konstantinovich [syi-myawn ken-stuhn-tyee-nuh-vyich] /syɪˈmyɔn kɛn stʌnˈtyi nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1895–1970, Russian general.
- tokorozawa — a city in central Honshu, Japan, a suburb of Tokyo.
- trubetzkoy — N(ikolai) S(ergeievich) [nyi-kuh-lahy syir-gye-yi-vyich] /nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ syɪrˈgyɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1938, Russian linguist in Austria.
- turkophile — a person who favors or admires Turkey, Turkish customs, or Turks.
- turkophobe — a person who has a morbid fear of Turks.
- unbeckoned — a nod, gesture, etc., that signals, directs, summons, indicates agreement, or the like.
- unreckoned — not reckoned, noted, identified, or enumerated
- whaikorero — the art of formal speech-making
- workoholic — Misspelling of workaholic.
- yukon gold — a variety of yellow-fleshed potato developed in Canada
- yukon time — the civil time officially adopted for a country or region, usually the civil time of some specific meridian lying within the region. The standard time zones in the U.S. (Atlantic time, Eastern time, Central time, Mountain time, Pacific time, Yukon time, Alaska-Hawaii time, and Bering time) use the civil times of the 60th, 75th, 90th, 105th, 120th, 135th, 150th, and 165th meridians respectively, the difference of time between one zone and the next being exactly one hour.