10-letter words containing a, y, k
- cycle rack — a series of metal frameworks standing on the ground for holding bicycles upright
- damnyankee — (in the southern U.S.) a person native to the northern states of the U.S., especially one who is disliked or regarded with suspicion.
- dark money — money donated to politically active nonprofit organizations or anonymous corporate entities, which spend this money to influence political campaigns or other special interests but are not required to reveal their donors.
- day ticket — a ticket that is valid for one day
- diyarbakir — a city in SE Turkey in Asia, on the Tigris River.
- dobzhansky — Theodosius (Grigorievich) [gri-gawr-ee-uh-vich,, -gohr-] /grɪˈgɔr i ə vɪtʃ,, -ˈgoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1900–75, U.S. geneticist, born in Russia.
- dyskinesia — difficulty or abnormality in performing voluntary muscular movements.
- escape key — a key on a computer keyboard used to leave a computer-program sequence before its end, in order to commence another sequence
- eukaryotes — Plural form of eukaryote.
- eukaryotic — (biology) Having complex cells in which the genetic material is organized into membrane-bound nuclei.
- falkenhayn — Erich von [ey-rikh fuh n] /ˈeɪ rɪx fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1922, German general of World War I.
- familylike — Resembling a family.
- fanny pack — a small zippered pouch suspended from a belt around the waist.
- fly a kite — If you say that someone is flying a kite, you are critical of them for putting forward new ideas just to see how people react, rather than with the intention of putting those ideas into practice.
- frantickly — Obsolete form of franticly.
- freakishly — queer; odd; unusual; grotesque: a freakish appearance.
- gadzookery — the use or overuse of period-specific or archaic expressions, as in a historical novel: Without any gadzookery and its excessive use of “forsooth,” “prithee,” etc., her first historical novel conveys a superb sense of the period.
- gray skate — a skate, Raja batis, of coastal seas off Great Britain.
- grays peak — a mountain in N central Colorado; highest point in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. 14,270 feet (4352 meters).
- grey skate — a species of skate, Dipturus batis
- gunnysacks — Plural form of gunnysack.
- hackeysack — A non-competition sport in which a small sack, or
- hackle fly — an artificial fly made with hackles, usually without wings.
- hackneying — Present participle of hackney.
- hackneyman — a man who rents out carriages and horses
- hacky sack — (lowercase) a game in which a footbag is juggled with the feet.
- handy-pack — a pack of a product that is useful or convenient in some way, because, for example, it is easy to transport, or because it contains a variety of flavours, colours, etc
- hanky-pank — unethical behavior; deceit: When the bank teller bought an expensive car and house, they suspected there might be some hanky-panky going on.
- happy talk — a style of news presentation characterized by cheerful commentary and informal conversation among anchors during newscasts
- hawk's-eye — a dark-blue chatoyant quartz formed by the silicification of crocidolite, used for ornamental purposes. Compare tiger's-eye (def 1).
- hemikaryon — a haploid nucleus.
- hydrocrack — to crack (petroleum or the like) in the presence of hydrogen.
- jabotinsky — Vladimir, 1880–1940, Russian Zionist leader in Palestine.
- jack benny — Jack (Benjamin Kubelsky) 1894–1974, U.S. comedian.
- jack kilby — (person) (1924 - 2005-06-20) The electronics engineer who invented the integrated circuit in 1958 at Texas Instruments.
- jackassery — The foolish or obnoxious behaviour of a jackass.
- jacky howe — (formerly) a sleeveless flannel shirt worn by sheep shearers
- jaywalkers — Plural form of jaywalker.
- jaywalking — to cross a street at a place other than a regular crossing or in a heedless manner, as diagonally or against a traffic light.
- jockey cap — a cap with a long visor, worn by jockeys.
- johnnycake — a cake or bread made of corn meal and water or milk, usually cooked on a griddle.
- kabalevsky — Dmitri [duh-mee-tree;; Russian dmyee-tryee] /dəˈmi tri;; Russian ˈdmyi tryi/ (Show IPA), 1904–1987, Russian composer.
- kabaragoya — The water monitor, Varanus salvator, a large lizard of Southeast Asia.
- karaya gum — the dried exudate of an Asian tree, Sterculia urens, used for finishing textiles and as a thickening agent in cosmetics and foodstuffs.
- karmically — In a karmic context.
- karttikeya — the Hindu god of bravery.
- karyograms — Plural form of karyogram.
- karyologic — of or relating to karyology
- karyolymph — The liquid part of the nucleus of a cell.
- karyolysis — the dissolution of a cell nucleus.