9-letter words containing d, e, a, k
- dreadlock — A single strand of dreadlocks.
- dreamlike — a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
- dreamwork — the processes that cause the transformation of unconscious thoughts into the content of dreams, as displacement, distortion, condensation, and symbolism.
- dressmake — to make dresses
- drinkable — suitable for drinking.
- drinkware — Vessels from which people drink.
- drugmaker — a person or company that manufactures pharmaceutical products.
- duckwheat — India wheat.
- dudelsack — doodlesack.
- dwarflike — Resembling a dwarf or some aspect of one; small, diminutive.
- earmarked — any identifying or distinguishing mark or characteristic: The mayor's statement had all the earmarks of dirty politics.
- eduskunta — the Finnish parliament in Helsinki
- fade back — to move back from the line of scrimmage, as in order to throw a forward pass
- fake-down — to lay (a rope) in a coil or series of long loops so as to allow to run freely without fouling or kinking (often followed by down).
- feedbacks — Plural form of feedback.
- firedrake — a mythical fiery dragon.
- flankered — Simple past tense and past participle of flanker.
- frederika — a female given name.
- friedcake — Chiefly Inland North. a doughnut or other small cake cooked in deep fat.
- frikkadel — A traditional Afrikaner dish of baked (or sometimes deep-fried) meatballs prepared with onion, bread, eggs, vinegar, and spices.
- fumed oak — oak wood given a darker color and more distinct marking by exposure to ammonia fumes
- garlicked — flavoured with garlic
- gavelkind — (originally) a tenure of land in which the tenant was liable for a rental in money or produce rather than for labor or military service.
- get naked — undress
- glandlike — Resembling a gland or some aspect of one.
- grademark — a symbol noting the relative quality of a product, as lumber.
- grid leak — a high-resistance device that permits excessive charges on the grid to leak off or escape.
- hack mode — (jargon) Engaged in hacking. A Zen-like state of total focus on The Problem that may be achieved when one is hacking (this is why every good hacker is part mystic). Ability to enter such concentration at will correlates strongly with wizardliness; it is one of the most important skills learned during larval stage. Sometimes amplified as "deep hack mode". Being yanked out of hack mode (see priority interrupt) may be experienced as a physical shock, and the sensation of being in hack mode is more than a little habituating. The intensity of this experience is probably by itself sufficient explanation for the existence of hackers, and explains why many resist being promoted out of positions where they can code. See also cyberspace. Some aspects of hackish etiquette will appear quite odd to an observer unaware of the high value placed on hack mode. For example, if someone appears at your door, it is perfectly okay to hold up a hand (without turning one's eyes away from the screen) to avoid being interrupted. One may read, type, and interact with the computer for quite some time before further acknowledging the other's presence (of course, he or she is reciprocally free to leave without a word). The understanding is that you might be in hack mode with a lot of delicate state in your head, and you dare not swap that context out until you have reached a good point to pause. See also juggling eggs.
- hacked up — (jargon, programming) Sufficiently patched, kluged, and tweaked that the surgical scars are beginning to crowd out normal tissue (compare critical mass). Not all programs that are hacked become "hacked up"; if modifications are done with some eye to coherence and continued maintainability, the software may emerge better for the experience. Contrast hack up.
- hackitude — (jargon) An even sillier word for hackishness.
- hackneyed — let out, employed, or done for hire.
- hacksawed — Simple past tense and past participle of hacksaw.
- half deck — (in a sailing ship) the portion of the deck below the upper or spar deck and aft of the mainmast.
- half-deck — a deck on an old ship of war that is situated below the upper deck and extends aft from the mainmast
- hammocked — Ensconced in a hammock.
- handbrake — a brake operated by a hand lever. Compare caliper (def 6).
- handshake — handshaking
- handspike — a bar used as a lever.
- hard neck — audacity; nerve
- hawk-eyed — having very keen sight: a hawk-eyed guard.
- hawkweeds — Plural form of hawkweed.
- head mike — a microphone worn on one's head.
- headlocks — Plural form of headlock.
- headshake — A shake of the head.
- headstick — a piece of wood formerly used in typesetting to create a margin at the top of a page
- headstock — the part of a machine containing or directly supporting the moving or working parts, as the assembly supporting and driving the live spindle in a lathe.
- hearkened — Literary. to give heed or attention to what is said; listen.
- hyde park — a public park in London, England.
- jack cade — Jack, died 1450, English rebel during the reign of Henry VI, based in Kent.
- jampacked — to fill or pack as tightly or fully as possible: We jam-packed the basket with all kinds of fruit.