11-letter words containing d, e, k
- downstrokes — Plural form of downstroke.
- drakensberg — a mountain range in the E Republic of South Africa: highest peak, 10,988 feet (3350 meters).
- dreadlocked — Wearing dreadlocks.
- dressmakers — Plural form of dressmaker.
- dressmaking — a person whose occupation is the making or alteration of women's dresses, coats, etc.
- drink-drive — Drink-drive means relating to drink-driving.
- drop cookie — a cookie made by dropping batter from a spoon onto a cookie sheet for baking.
- druckenness — the state of being drunk
- drudge-work — work that is menial and tedious and therefore distasteful; drudgery.
- drunkalogue — an account of a person’s problems with alcohol
- drunkenness — intoxicated; drunk.
- drunkometer — a device for measuring the amount of alcohol in a person's breath to determine the amount of alcohol in the bloodstream.
- dry-dockage — the act or fact of placing a ship in a dry dock.
- duck plague — an acute, highly fatal disease of ducks caused by a herpesvirus
- duck's arse — a hairstyle in which the hair is swept back to a point at the nape of the neck, resembling a duck's tail
- duck-legged — having legs that are unusually short: He crept up in a half-crouch that made him look duck-legged.
- duke it out — (in Continental Europe) the male ruler of a duchy; the sovereign of a small state.
- dundee cake — a fairly rich fruit cake decorated with almonds
- duplex lock — a lock capable of being opened either by a master key or a change key, each operating its own mechanism.
- dust jacket — book jacket.
- dust kitten — a dust ball.
- fiddle back — a chair back having a solid splat similar in form to that of a fiddle.
- fiddle-back — a chair back having a solid splat similar in form to that of a fiddle.
- fiddlestick — anything; a bit: I don't care a fiddlestick for what they say.
- fieldworker — Also, field work. work done in the field, as research, exploration, surveying, or interviewing: archaeological fieldwork.
- filled milk — milk containing a substitute for the butterfat.
- flank speed — the maximum possible speed of a ship.
- flat-packed — (of a piece of furniture, equipment, or other construction) supplied in pieces packed into a flat box for assembly by the buyer
- flight deck — Navy. the upper deck of an aircraft carrier, constructed and equipped for the landing and takeoff of aircraft.
- foam-backed — having a backing made of foam rubber
- forechecked — Simple past tense and past participle of forecheck.
- fork-tender — (of food, especially meat) cooked so that it can be cut or pierced easily with a fork.
- frank dobie — (James) Frank, 1888–1964, U.S. folklorist, educator, and author.
- frankenfood — (colloquial, derogatory) genetically modified food.
- frankenword — (neologism) A word formed by combining two (or more) other words; a portmanteau.
- frankpledge — a system of dividing a community into tithings or groups of ten men, each member of which was responsible for the conduct of the other members of his group and for the assurance that a member charged with a breach of the law would be produced at court.
- frederick i — ("Frederick Barbarossa") 1123?–90, king of Germany 1152–90; king of Italy 1152–90: emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1152–90.
- frederick v — called the Winter King. 1596–1632, elector of the Palatinate (1610–23) and king of Bohemia (1619–20). He led the revolt of Bohemian Protestants at the beginning of the Thirty Years' War
- frederik ix — 1899–1972, king of Denmark 1947–72 (son of Christian X).
- fredrikstad — a port in SE Norway at the entrance to Oslo Fjord. Pop: 69 867 (2004 est)
- garden pink — the plant Dianthus plumarius
- george dick — George Frederick, 1881–1967, U.S. internist.
- gob-smacked — utterly astounded; astonished.
- godforsaken — desolate; remote; deserted: They live in some godforsaken place 40 miles from the nearest town.
- godlikeness — The quality of being godlike.
- goldbricked — Simple past tense and past participle of goldbrick.
- goldbricker — Informal. a brick made to look like gold, sold by a swindler.
- golden buck — a dish consisting of Welsh rabbit topped with a poached egg.
- good-looker — a person with a pleasingly attractive appearance.
- greek salad — a salad of lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, olives, onions, and feta cheese, served with a vinaigrette.