10-letter words containing d, e, k, o
- grimlooked — having a grim appearance
- guidebooks — Plural form of guidebook.
- hacked off — (jargon) (Analogous to "pissed off") Said of system administrators who have become annoyed, upset, or touchy owing to suspicions that their sites have been or are going to be victimised by crackers, or used for inappropriate, technically illegal, or even overtly criminal activities. For example, having unreadable files in your home directory called "worm", "lockpick", or "goroot" would probably be an effective (as well as impressively obvious and stupid) way to get your sysadmin hacked off at you.
- halfcocked — Simple past tense and past participle of halfcock.
- handstroke — the downward movement of the bell rope as the bell swings around allowing the ringer to grasp and pull it
- headstocks — Plural form of headstock.
- hog-backed — cambered, as the ridge of a roof, a hill, etc.
- home-baked — baked at home; home-made
- hoodwinked — to deceive or trick.
- hoodwinker — One who hoodwinks.
- hooked rug — a rug made by drawing loops of yarn or cloth through a foundation of burlap or the like, to form a pattern.
- hookedness — The condition of being bent like a hook; incurvation.
- hooktender — (in lumbering) the supervisor of a rigging crew.
- house dick — house detective.
- inner dock — a part of dock or pier which is further inland
- jackbooted — wearing jackboots.
- joe doakes — Joe Blow.
- karyotyped — Simple past tense and past participle of karyotype.
- keep order — to maintain or enforce order
- keyboarded — Simple past tense and past participle of keyboard.
- keyboarder — One who keyboards; a typist.
- kid gloves — a glove made of kid leather.
- kidney ore — a form of hematite that occurs in kidney-shaped masses
- kidneywort — the navelwort, Umbilicus rupestris, of the stonecrop family, having drooping yellowish-green flowers.
- kitchendom — the domain of the kitchen
- knackebrod — flat, thin, brittle unleavened rye bread.
- knocked up — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- know-ledge — acquaintance with facts, truths, or principles, as from study or investigation; general erudition: knowledge of many things.
- knowledged — Simple past tense and past participle of knowledge.
- knowledges — Plural form of knowledge.
- kodachrome — (lowercase) a positive color transparency.
- konditorei — (often initial capital letter) a German pastry and coffee shop.
- landlocked — shut in completely, or almost completely, by land: a landlocked bay.
- lead block — any block that alters the direction of a rope; fairlead.
- leukoderma — vitiligo.
- likelihood — the state of being likely or probable; probability.
- lockshield — (attributive) A kind of radiator valve used to balance the system by restricting the flow of water on the return side.
- look ahead — see what is in front
- looked-for — hoped for
- low-necked — (of a dress or other garment) cut low so as to leave the neck and shoulders exposed; décolleté.
- lower deck — the lowermost deck in a hull having two or three decks.
- marketroid — /mar'k*-troyd/ (Or "marketing slime", "marketeer", "marketing droid", "marketdroid") A member of a company's marketing department, especially one who promises users that the next version of a product will have features that are not actually scheduled for inclusion, are extremely difficult to implement, and/or are in violation of the laws of physics; and/or one who describes existing features (and misfeatures) in ebullient, buzzword-laden adspeak. Derogatory.
- meadowlark — any of several American songbirds of the genus Sturnella, of the family Icteridae, especially S. magna (eastern meadowlark) and S. neglecta (western meadowlark) having a brownish and black back and wings and a yellow breast, noted for their clear, tuneful song.
- middelskot — (in South Africa) an intermediate payment to a farmers' cooperative for a crop or wool clip
- moonwalked — Simple past tense and past participle of moonwalk.
- mossbacked — Very conservative or reactionary, with old-fashioned views.
- mower deck — cutter deck.
- needlebook — A book-shaped needlecase, having leaves of cloth into which the needles are stuck.
- needlework — the art, process, or product of working with a needle, especially in embroidery, needlepoint, tapestry, quilting, and appliqué.
- nondrinker — a person who abstains from alcoholic beverages.