10-letter words containing a, i, k, e
- black diet — deprivation of all food and water as a punishment, often leading to death.
- black kite — a bird of prey, Milvus migrans, found in much of Eurasia
- black site — a secret facility used by a country's military as a prison and interrogation centre, whose existence is denied by the government
- blanketing — a large, rectangular piece of soft fabric, often with bound edges, used especially for warmth as a bed covering.
- bracketing — a set of brackets
- brake disc — a metal disc that revolves with the wheel in a disc brake
- breadknife — a knife, usually with a serrated blade, used for cutting slices from a loaf of bread
- breadstick — bread baked in a long thin crisp stick
- break into — If someone breaks into a building, they get into it by force.
- break wind — to emit wind from the anus
- break with — to end a relationship or association with (someone or an organization or social group)
- breakpoint — an instruction inserted by a debug program causing a return to the debug program
- brickearth — a clayey alluvium suitable for the making of bricks: specifically, such a deposit in southern England, yielding a fertile soil
- bricklayer — A bricklayer is a person whose job is to build walls using bricks.
- brickmaker — a person who makes bricks
- bridgetalk — (language) A visual language.
- by mistake — accidentally, not on purpose
- cabin deck — the deck above the weather deck in the bridge house of a ship.
- cable-knit — knitted using the cable stitch
- candlewick — unbleached cotton or muslin into which loops of yarn are hooked and then cut to give a tufted pattern. It is used for bedspreads, dressing gowns, etc
- canvaslike — resembling canvas
- caretaking — a person who is in charge of the maintenance of a building, estate, etc.; superintendent.
- case knife — sheath knife
- castlelike — a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
- catskinner — an operator of a vehicle or machine with caterpillar treads.
- catwhisker — a sharply pointed, flexible wire used to make contact with a specific point on a semiconductor or a crystal detector
- chainbrake — a device for cutting off the power to a chainsaw if the saw kicks back
- chalk line — a chalked string for making a straight line on a large surface, as a wall, by holding the string taut against the surface and snapping it to transfer the chalk.
- chalkiness — of or like chalk.
- check rail — (in a window sash) a meeting rail, especially one closing against the corresponding rail with a diagonal or rabbeted overlap.
- chekhovian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Anton Chekhov or his writings, especially as they are evocative of a mood of introspection and frustration.
- chickadees — Plural form of chickadee.
- chickarees — Plural form of chickaree.
- city break — a short holiday spent in a city
- cleanskins — Plural form of cleanskin.
- cockamamie — If you describe something as cockamamie, you mean that it is ridiculous or silly.
- cockatiels — Plural form of cockatiel.
- cockatrice — a legendary monster, part snake and part cock, that could kill with a glance
- cookie jar — a jar or other container for storing cookies.
- crack wise — to joke or gibe
- craigfluke — a common name for the grey sole fish Glyptocephalus cynoglossus
- crankiness — ill-tempered; grouchy; cross: I'm always cranky when I don't get enough sleep.
- craterlike — Resembling a crater or some aspect of one.
- creakiness — The state of being creaky.
- creakingly — With a creaking sound.
- daggerlike — resembling a dagger in shape or form
- dark slide — Also called draw slide. a black plastic, metal, or fabric sheet that is inserted into a film holder to protect the film from light.
- dark-field — of or relating to the illumination of an object by which it is seen, through a microscope, as bright against a dark background.
- day ticket — a ticket that is valid for one day
- dead-stick — designating a landing made by an aircraft or spacecraft without using power