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9-letter words containing ko

  • kong fuzi — K'ung Fu-tzŭ.
  • konimeter — an instrument for measuring the amount of dust in the air.
  • koniology — the study of atmospheric dust and its effects
  • koniscope — a device for detecting and measuring dust in the air
  • kontakion — a short hymn honoring a saint.
  • kookiness — The state of being kooky.
  • koorajong — kurrajong.
  • korat cat — rare blue-grey breed of cat
  • kórinthos — an ancient city in Greece, on the Isthmus of Corinth: one of the wealthiest and most powerful of the ancient Greek cities.
  • korzybski — Alfred (Habdank Skarbek) [hab-dangk skahr-bek;; Polish hahp-dahngk skahr-bek] /ˈhæb dæŋk ˈskɑr bɛk;; Polish ˈhɑp dɑŋk ˈskɑr bɛk/ (Show IPA), 1879–1950, U.S. writer on general semantics, born in Poland.
  • kosciusko — Thaddeus (Tadeusz Andrzej Bonawentura Kościuszko) 1746–1817, Polish patriot: general in the American Revolutionary army.
  • koshering — Present participle of kosher.
  • koshigaya — a city in central Honshu, Japan, a Tokyo suburb.
  • kostunica — Vojislav (ˈvɒjɪslæf). born 1944, Serbian politician; president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (2000–03); prime minister of Serbia and Montenegro (2004–06); prime minister of Serbia (2006–08)
  • kowabunga — Alternative form of cowabunga.
  • kowtowing — Present participle of kowtow.
  • kozhikode — a city in W Kerala, in SW India.
  • krakowiak — a lively Polish folk dance in duple meter with syncopated accents.
  • kuskokwim — a river in SW Alaska, flowing SW to the Bering Sea. About 724 miles (1170 km) long.
  • leukocyte — white blood cell.
  • leukothea — a sea goddess, the deified Ino, who gave Odysseus a veil as a float after a storm had destroyed his raft.
  • leukotomy — prefrontal lobotomy.
  • linkoping — a city in S Sweden.
  • lookovers — Plural form of lookover.
  • markowitz — Harry M, born 1927, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1990.
  • mechnikov — Ilya Ilyich [ee-lyah ee-lyeech] /iˈlyɑ iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), Metchnikoff, Élie.
  • mekometer — a device that accurately measures distance by measuring the polarization of a reflected beam of light
  • minkowski — Hermann [hur-muh n;; German her-mahn] /ˈhɜr mən;; German ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1864–1909, German mathematician.
  • misreckon — (transitive) To add (something) up incorrectly, make a wrong calculation of (an amount etc.).
  • moskonfyt — a South African thick grape syrup used as a jam or sweetener
  • muskogean — a family of American Indian languages of the southeastern U.S., including Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and several less well-known languages.
  • mykolayiv — Nikolayev.
  • nikko fir — a tall evergreen tree, Abies homolepis, native to mountainous areas of Japan, having dark-green needles and purple cones, cultivated as an ornamental.
  • nikolayev — a city in S Ukraine, in the SW on the Bug River.
  • nonkosher — Not kosher.
  • okovanggo — river in SW Africa, flowing from central Angola southeast into a marshy basin (Okovanggo Basin) in N Botswana: c. 1,000 mi (1,609 km)
  • old skool — the hip-hop music of the 1980s or modern music imitating this style
  • olykoeks' — doughnut.
  • outreckon — to surpass in reckoning
  • phylakopi — an archaeological site on the Greek island of Melos, in the Cyclades group: excavations have revealed the remains of three successive ancient cities erected on a primitive Cycladic settlement.
  • poliakoff — Stephen. born 1952, British playwright and film director; work includes the stage plays Breaking the Silence (1984) and Blinded by the Sun (1996) and the television serials The Lost Prince (2003), Friends and Crocodiles (2005), and Dancing on the Edge (2013)
  • prokofiev — Sergei Sergeevich [syir-gyey syir-gye-yi-vyich] /syɪrˈgyeɪ syɪrˈgyɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1953, Russian composer.
  • raskolnik — 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.
  • reckon on — count on, rely on
  • reckoning — count; computation; calculation.
  • reznikoff — Charles, 1894–1976, U.S. poet.
  • rodchenko — Aleksandr (Mikhailovich) [al-ig-zan-der,, -zahn-,, mi-key-luh-vich;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahn-dr myi-khahy-luh-vyich] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər,, -ˈzɑn-,, mɪˈkeɪ lə vɪtʃ;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑn dr myɪˈxaɪ lə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1956, Soviet painter, photographer, and designer.
  • silkoline — a silk-like fabric
  • slovensko — Slovakia
  • sparkover — spark1 (def 2).
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