10-letter words containing e, n, k
- coffinlike — Resembling a coffin.
- cook inlet — an inlet of the Pacific on the coast of S Alaska: part of the Gulf of Alaska
- copperskin — a Native American
- corn crake — a short-billed Eurasian rail, Crex crex, frequenting grainfields.
- corn snake — a large, harmless rat snake, Elaphe guttata guttata, of the southeastern U.S., having yellow, tan, or gray scales with dark-red blotches: once common in cornfields but now an endangered species.
- corncockle — a European caryophyllaceous plant, Agrostemma githago, that has reddish-purple flowers and grows in cornfields and by roadsides
- corncrakes — Plural form of corncrake.
- cornerback — a defensive back
- cornflakes — a breakfast cereal made from toasted maize, eaten with milk, sugar, etc
- cornhusker — a person or machine that strips cornhusks from ears of maize
- crankcases — Plural form of crankcase.
- cranked up — Machinery. any of several types of arms or levers for imparting rotary or oscillatory motion to a rotating shaft, one end of the crank being fixed to the shaft and the other end receiving reciprocating motion from a hand, connecting rod, etc.
- crankiness — ill-tempered; grouchy; cross: I'm always cranky when I don't get enough sleep.
- creakiness — The state of being creaky.
- creakingly — With a creaking sound.
- cricketing — Cricketing means relating to or taking part in cricket.
- crooked on — hostile or averse to
- crooknecks — Plural form of crookneck.
- crude tank — A crude tank is a large vessel for crude oil.
- cyberknife — a laser surgery technique which uses a mobile robotic arm to target tumours, etc, more effectively than conventional radiotherapy
- cypherpunk — A person who uses encryption when accessing a computer network in order to ensure privacy, especially from government authorities.
- damnyankee — (in the southern U.S.) a person native to the northern states of the U.S., especially one who is disliked or regarded with suspicion.
- dark money — money donated to politically active nonprofit organizations or anonymous corporate entities, which spend this money to influence political campaigns or other special interests but are not required to reveal their donors.
- darknesses — Plural form of darknesse.
- de kooning — Willem (ˈwɪləm). 1904–97, US abstract expressionist painter, born in Holland
- de-linking — to make independent; dissociate; separate: The administration has delinked human rights from economic aid to underdeveloped nations.
- dealmaking — The making of commercial, financial or political deals.
- deblocking — Present participle of deblock.
- deck cabin — a cabin on the deck of a boat from which the vessel is steered
- deck crane — a deck-mounted crane used for loading and unloading cargo
- defrocking — Present participle of defrock.
- derricking — Machinery. a jib crane having a boom hinged near the base of the mast so as to rotate about the mast, for moving a load toward or away from the mast by raising or lowering the boom.
- desk-bound — engaged in or involving sedentary work, as at an office desk
- deskilling — Present participle of deskill.
- deskperson — Journalism. a member of a newspaper staff who processes news and prepares copy, usually from information telephoned in by reporters.
- destocking — a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
- diakinesis — the final stage of the prophase of meiosis, during which homologous chromosomes start to separate after crossing over
- dickensian — of Charles Dickens or his works
- die-sinker — a person who engraves dies for stamping coins, medals, etc
- dieselpunk — A postmodern genre of art as well as a budding subculture that combines the aesthetics of the interbellum period through World War II and ending circa 1950s (a range of time often referred to as the \u201cdiesel era\u201d by the dieselpunk community) with contemporary creations.
- diet drink — a type of drink, usually a version of an existing drink, that is marketed as being good for slimmers because it is low in calories
- distelfink — a stylized bird motif traditional in Pennsylvania German art.
- dog kennel — temporary housing for dogs
- donkeywork — Informal. tedious, repetitious work; drudgery.
- downlooked — having a sad or dejected appearance
- downmarket — Toward or relating to the cheaper or less prestigious sector of the market.
- downstroke — a downward stroke, as of a machine part, piston, or the like.
- dragonlike — a mythical monster generally represented as a huge, winged reptile with crested head and enormous claws and teeth, and often spouting fire.
- drakestone — a flat stone thrown across the surface of water so as to make it skim or skip before sinking
- drawknives — Plural form of drawknife.