10-letter words containing d, a, i, k
- dickensian — of Charles Dickens or his works
- diplospeak — the polite and placatory language usually associated with diplomats
- dirt track — a track with an unsealed surface
- disc brake — a brake system in which a disc attached to a wheel is slowed by the friction of brake pads being pressed against the disc by a caliper.
- disembarks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disembark.
- disk brake — A disk brake is a brake in which external friction pads press onto a disk, usually by the action of a caliper.
- disk crank — a crank having the form of a disk with a crankpin mounted off-center.
- disk crash — the failure of a disk storage system, usually resulting from the read-write head touching the moving disk surface and causing mechanical damage
- disk space — a number of bytes on a disk for the storage of data
- dislikable — Not capable or worthy of being liked; not liked; regarded with displeasure or aversion.
- ditto mark — Often, ditto marks. two small marks (″) indicating the repetition of something, usually placed beneath the thing repeated.
- dive brake — a flap deployed from the wings or fuselage of an aircraft, as a dive bomber or sailplane, that increases drag to permit a relatively steep angle of descent without a dangerous buildup in speed.
- diyarbakir — a city in SE Turkey in Asia, on the Tigris River.
- dockmackie — a North American shrub, Viburnum acerifolium, of the honeysuckle family, having long stemmed clusters of white flowers and ovoid, almost black berries.
- dragonlike — a mythical monster generally represented as a huge, winged reptile with crested head and enormous claws and teeth, and often spouting fire.
- dragonskin — The skin of a dragon, or leather made from it.
- drawknives — Plural form of drawknife.
- dreikanter — a pebble or boulder having three faces formed by the action of windblown sand.
- drinkwater — John, 1882–1937, English poet, playwright, and critic.
- drunk dial — a phone call made by someone who is intoxicated.
- dyskinesia — difficulty or abnormality in performing voluntary muscular movements.
- fiddleback — something shaped like a fiddle.
- field lark — meadowlark.
- field rank — the rank of major, lieutenant colonel, or colonel
- firedrakes — Plural form of firedrake.
- first dark — twilight.
- funkadelia — A psychedelic musical genre, with funk roots.
- funkadelic — (music) Of, or relating to, funkadelia.
- hand-spike — a bar used as a lever.
- handpicked — Picked by hand; picked or selected with care.
- handspikes — Plural form of handspike.
- hind shank — Anatomy. the part of the lower limb in humans between the knee and the ankle; leg.
- india silk — a soft, lightweight fabric constructed in plain weave, woven chiefly in India.
- indian ink — (sometimes lowercase) British. India ink.
- jackknifed — Simple past tense and past participle of jackknife.
- jerkinhead — a roof having a hipped end truncating a gable.
- kariba dam — dam on the Zambezi River, on the Zambian-Zimbabwean border: 420 ft (128 m) high: it has created a lake (Kariba Lake), 2,000 sq mi (5,180 sq km)
- khalkidíki — Chalcidice
- khidmatgar — (in India) a waiter.
- khidmutgar — a male servant, esp one who serves at table
- kickboards — Plural form of kickboard.
- kickstands — Plural form of kickstand.
- kid around — behave jokingly or playfully
- kiddie car — a toy vehicle for a small child, having three wheels and pushed with the feet.
- kidnappers — Plural form of kidnapper.
- kidnapping — to steal, carry off, or abduct by force or fraud, especially for use as a hostage or to extract ransom.
- kincardine — a former county in E Scotland.
- kirovograd — a city in S central Ukraine.
- kirovohrad — Kirovograd.
- knighthead — either of a pair of upright members flanking and securing the bowsprit of a ship at the bow, often used as mooring bitts; apostle.