11-letter words containing d, k
- das kapital — a work (1867) by Karl Marx, dealing with economic, social, and political relations within society and containing the tenets on which modern communism is based.
- data packet — packet
- de seversky — Alexander P(rocofieff)1894-1974; U.S. aeronautical engineer, born in Russia
- dead-reckon — to calculate (one's position) by means of dead reckoning.
- dead-stroke — relating to a stroke made that has no kickback or reverberation
- deadlocking — Present participle of deadlock.
- dealbreaker — A dealbreaker is an issue that prevents people from reaching an agreement.
- death knell — something that heralds death or destruction
- debarkation — Disembarkation.
- deck bridge — a bridge with an upper horizontal beam that carries the roadway
- deck tennis — a game played on board ship in which a quoit is tossed to and fro across a high net on a small court resembling a tennis court
- deck-access — (of a block of flats) having a continuous inset balcony at each level onto which the front door of each flat on that level opens
- deckle edge — the rough edge of handmade paper, caused by pulp seeping between the mould and the deckle: often left as ornamentation in fine books and writing papers
- deep pocket — extensive financial resources; great wealth
- deerstalker — A deerstalker is an old-fashioned hat with parts at the sides which can be folded down to cover the ears. Deerstalkers are usually worn by men.
- delta stock — any of the fourth rank of active securities on the Stock Exchange. Market makers need not display prices of these securities continuously and any prices displayed are taken only as an indication rather than an offer to buy or sell
- demarkation — the determining and marking off of the boundaries of something.
- demarketing — advertising that urges the public to limit the consumption of a product, as at a time of shortage.
- derrickhand — A derrickhand is a member of the drilling crew who works on a platform above the rig floor and handles the drillpipe.
- desert rock — a type of heavy-metal music that has strong country-rock and folk influences
- desk copier — a photocopier compact enough to fit on a desk, table, or similar surface.
- desk editor — someone employed to read through newspaper text before publication to correct errors
- desk jobber — a wholesaler or distributor who conducts business in drop shipments.
- desk jockey — an office worker who sits at a desk, often as contrasted with someone who does more important or active work: desk jockeys at the CIA.
- deuterotoky — parthenogenesis in which both males and females are produced
- deutschmark — the former standard monetary unit of Germany, divided into 100 pfennigs; replaced by the euro in 2002: until 1990 the standard monetary unit of West Germany
- dewar flask — a type of vacuum flask, esp one used in scientific experiments to keep liquid air, helium, etc; Thermos
- dialkylzinc — (organic chemistry) Any organometallic compound of zinc containing two alkyl groups.
- diamondback — any edible North American terrapin of the genus Malaclemys, esp M. terrapin, occurring in brackish and tidal waters and having diamond-shaped markings on the shell: family Emydidae
- diazoalkane — any diazo compound having the general formula R 2 CN 2 , where R is hydrogen or any saturated organic group, as diazomethane, CH 2 N 2 .
- dick around — to spend time wastefully or unprofitably
- dickcissels — Plural form of dickcissel.
- die walküre — an opera by Wagner (1870), one of four in a cycle based on the German myth of the Ring of the Nibelung
- diefenbaker — John George, 1895–1979, prime minister of Canada 1957–63.
- dill pickle — a cucumber pickle flavored with dill.
- dinner fork — a fork used to eat the main course of a meal.
- dirty trick — act: unfair, dishonest
- disc jockey — a person who conducts a radio broadcast consisting of recorded music, informal talk, commercial announcements, etc.
- disembarked — Simple past tense and past participle of disembark.
- disembarkee — One who disembarks from a vessel such as an airplane or ship.
- disfrocking — Present participle of disfrock.
- disk flower — one of a number of small tubular flowers composing the disk of certain composite plants.
- disk harrow — a harrow having a number of sharp-edged, concave disks set at such an angle that as the harrow is drawn along the ground they turn the soil, pulverize it, and destroy weeds.
- disk jockey — radio host
- disk sander — a sander that uses a revolving abrasive disk driven by an electric motor.
- diskography — discography.
- dislikeable — Alternative spelling of dislikable.
- dislikeness — disparity
- diving duck — any of numerous ducks, common in coastal bays and river mouths, that typically dive from the water's surface for their food (contrasted with dabbling duck).
- do a stroke — If someone does not do a stroke of work, they are very lazy and do no work at all.