9-letter words containing k, a, t, e
- entertake — (transitive, obsolete) To entertain; to receive.
- ethertalk — (networking) An Apple Computer network standard used to extend an AppleTalk network across an Ethernet network. Compare LocalTalk.
- eukaryote — An organism consisting of a cell or cells in which the genetic material is DNA in the form of chromosomes contained within a distinct nucleus. Eukaryotes include all living organisms other than the eubacteria and archaebacteria.
- eyestalks — Plural form of eyestalk.
- flake out — flake out, Slang. to fall asleep; take a nap.
- flake-out — flake out, Slang. to fall asleep; take a nap.
- folk tale — a tale or legend originating and traditional among a people or folk, especially one forming part of the oral tradition of the common people.
- folktales — a tale or legend originating and traditional among a people or folk, especially one forming part of the oral tradition of the common people.
- footbrake — a brake operated by applying pressure to a foot pedal
- forsaketh — Archaic third-person singular form of forsake.
- freak out — any abnormal phenomenon or product or unusual object; anomaly; aberration.
- freak-out — an act or instance of freaking out.
- freakiest — Superlative form of freaky.
- fruitcake — a rich cake containing dried or candied fruit, nuts, etc.
- fuel tank — vehicle's petrol storage container
- gaitskell — Hugh Todd Naylor [ney-ler] /ˈneɪ lər/ (Show IPA), 1906–63, English economist and statesman: Labour party leader 1955–63.
- gearstick — The lever used to change gear in a vehicle.
- get naked — undress
- giantlike — Like a giant; enormous.
- great auk — a large, flightless auk, Pinguinus impennis, of rocky islands off North Atlantic coasts: extinct since 1844.
- grubstake — provisions, gear, etc., furnished to a prospector on condition of participating in the profits of any discoveries.
- hackitude — (jargon) An even sillier word for hackishness.
- haymarket — a famous London market 1644–1830.
- headstick — a piece of wood formerly used in typesetting to create a margin at the top of a page
- headstock — the part of a machine containing or directly supporting the moving or working parts, as the assembly supporting and driving the live spindle in a lathe.
- heartikin — a term of endearment: 'little heart'
- heartsick — extremely depressed or unhappy.
- heartsink — a patient who repeatedly visits his or her doctor's surgery, often with multiple or non-specific symptoms, and whose complaints are impossible to treat
- heat sink — Thermodynamics. any environment or medium that absorbs heat.
- heathlike — Resembling a heath or some aspect of one.
- hektogram — a unit of mass or weight equal to 100 grams, equivalent to 3.527 ounces avoirdupois. Abbreviation: hg.
- hypertalk — A verbose semicompiled language by Bill Atkinson and Dan Winkler, with loose syntax and high readability. HyperTalk uses HyperCard as an object management system, development environment and interface builder. Programs are organised into "stacks" of "cards", each of which may have "buttons" and "fields". All data storage is in zero-terminated strings in fields, local, or global variables; all data references are through "chunk expressions" of the form: 'last item of background field "Name List" of card ID 34217'. Flow of control is event-driven and uses message-passing among scripts that are attached to stack, background, card, field and button objects.
- i take it — You can say 'I take it' to check with someone that what you believe to be the case or what you understand them to mean is in fact the case, or is in fact what they mean.
- ice-skate — to skate on ice.
- in-basket — in-box.
- interbank — Agreed, arranged, or operating between banks.
- interpeak — Between peaks.
- intertask — Between tasks.
- jacketing — Present participle of jacket.
- jacksmelt — a large silversides, Atherinopsis californiensis, found along the coast of California, that grows to a length of 22 inches (55 cm).
- jackstone — jack1 (def 5a, b).
- jerkwater — Informal. insignificant and out-of-the-way: a jerkwater town.
- jet black — deep-black: jet-black hair.
- jet-black — deep-black: jet-black hair.
- jive talk — black American slang
- kahikatea — A tall coniferous New Zealand tree used for its timber and resin. Its seeds, which are borne on conspicuous red stems, were formerly eaten by the Maoris.
- kahn test — a test for syphilis based on the formation of a precipitate in a mixture of serum and antigen.
- kakebuton — a thin quilt or coverlet traditionally used when sleeping on a futon.
- kallithea — a city in E Greece, a suburb of Athens.
- kallitype — an photographic printing process using silver and ferric salts, popular in the 19th century