10-letter words containing k, a, t, e
- coat check — The coat check at a public building such as a theater or club is the place where customers can leave their coats, usually for a small fee.
- cockatiels — Plural form of cockatiel.
- cockatrice — a legendary monster, part snake and part cock, that could kill with a glance
- cocked hat — A cocked hat is a hat with three corners that used to be worn with some uniforms.
- cockleboat — cockboat.
- cockteaser — a girl or woman who purposely excites or arouses a male sexually but then refuses to have intercourse.
- codetalker — A military communications specialist using codes based on an obscure language.
- craterlike — Resembling a crater or some aspect of one.
- crude tank — A crude tank is a large vessel for crude oil.
- cube steak — a thin slice of beef that has been tenderized by being cubed
- day ticket — a ticket that is valid for one day
- dead stock — farm equipment
- dead-stick — designating a landing made by an aircraft or spacecraft without using power
- death mask — A death mask is a model of someone's face, which is made from a mould that was taken of their face soon after they died.
- deck plate — a purlin plate at the edge of a deck.
- deck watch — (on a ship) a precision watch used on deck for navigational purposes to avoid disturbing the chronometer.
- dekametric — (of a radio wave) having a wavelength between 10 and 100 meters: decametric wave.
- demarketed — Simple past tense and past participle of demarket.
- desert oak — a tree, Casuarina decaisneana, of Central and NW Australia, the timber of which is resistant to termite attack
- diaskeuast — a person who revises, edits, or interpolates
- dockmaster — a person who supervises the dry-docking of ships.
- dog basket — a basket for a dog to sleep in
- downmarket — Toward or relating to the cheaper or less prestigious sector of the market.
- drake foot — a pad foot having the form of three connected lobes.
- drakestone — a flat stone thrown across the surface of water so as to make it skim or skip before sinking
- dreikanter — a pebble or boulder having three faces formed by the action of windblown sand.
- drinkwater — John, 1882–1937, English poet, playwright, and critic.
- drug-taker — someone who takes illegal drugs
- dustjacket — Alternative form of dust jacket.
- earthquake — something that is severely disruptive; upheaval.
- earthworks — Plural form of earthwork.
- ekphrastic — Pertaining to ekphrasis; clear, lucid.
- embankment — A wall or bank of earth or stone built to prevent a river flooding an area.
- embarkment — Embarkation; the act of setting out.
- eskilstuna — an industrial city in SE Sweden. Pop: 91 137 (2004 est)
- eukaryotes — Plural form of eukaryote.
- eukaryotic — (biology) Having complex cells in which the genetic material is organized into membrane-bound nuclei.
- euromarket — economics
- fact-check — to confirm the truth of (an assertion made in speech or writing), often as part of the research or editorial process.
- fast break — a play, as in basketball, in which a team quickly moves down the playing area in an attempt to score before an adequate defense can be set up
- fast-break — to execute or play in the style of a fast break.
- fatherlike — Having the qualities of a father.
- flake tool — a Paleolithic or later stone tool made from a flake struck from a larger core.
- flat broke — having no money
- fly a kite — If you say that someone is flying a kite, you are critical of them for putting forward new ideas just to see how people react, rather than with the intention of putting those ideas into practice.
- foot brake — a brake that is operated by pressure on a foot pedal, as in an automobile.
- free skate — a freestyle competition with no required elements, in which skaters perform an original program of jumps, spins, sequences, etc., to music of their choice.
- fruitcakes — Plural form of fruitcake.
- gatekeeper — a person in charge of a gate, usually to identify, count, supervise, etc., the traffic or flow through it.
- gatun lake — an artificial lake in the Canal Zone, forming part of the Panama Canal: created by the Gatun dam. 164 sq. mi. (425 sq. km).