10-letter words containing k, e, d, i
- destocking — a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
- devil book — (publication) "The Design and Implementation of the 4.3BSD Unix Operating System", by Samuel J. Leffler, Marshall Kirk McKusick, Michael J. Karels, and John S. Quarterman (Addison-Wesley Publishers, 1989, ISBN 0-201-06196-1). The standard reference book on the internals of BSD Unix. So called because the cover has a picture depicting a little devil (a visual play on daemon) in sneakers, holding a pitchfork (referring to one of the characteristic features of Unix, the "fork(2)" system call).
- diakinesis — the final stage of the prophase of meiosis, during which homologous chromosomes start to separate after crossing over
- diaskeuast — a person who revises, edits, or interpolates
- dick-heads — dick (def 3).
- dickcissel — a small North American bird (Spiza americana), the male of which has a yellow breast, a black patch on its throat, and a mainly grey head
- dickensian — of Charles Dickens or his works
- dickeybird — dickey1 (def 4).
- dicksucker — (vulgar slang) A person who fellates men.
- die brücke — a group of German Expressionist painters (1905–13), including Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Fritz Bleyl, Erich Heckel, and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. In 1912 they exhibited with der Blaue Reiter
- 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
- diplospeak — the polite and placatory language usually associated with diplomats
- dirty joke — vulgar piece of humour
- disc brake — a brake system in which a disc attached to a wheel is slowed by the friction of brake pads being pressed against the disc by a caliper.
- disembarks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disembark.
- disfrocked — Simple past tense and past participle of disfrock.
- disk brake — A disk brake is a brake in which external friction pads press onto a disk, usually by the action of a caliper.
- disk drive — computing: hardware
- disk space — a number of bytes on a disk for the storage of data
- disk wheel — a spokeless vehicular wheel, especially on automobiles, having a heavy circular pressed-steel disk mounted on the wheel hub and supporting the tire rim on its outer edge.
- disk-drive — a device that, using an access mechanism under program control, enables data to be read from or written on a spinning magnetic disk, magnetic disk pack, floppy disk, or optical disk.
- dislikable — Not capable or worthy of being liked; not liked; regarded with displeasure or aversion.
- dislikeful — with dislike
- distelfink — a stylized bird motif traditional in Pennsylvania German art.
- dive brake — a flap deployed from the wings or fuselage of an aircraft, as a dive bomber or sailplane, that increases drag to permit a relatively steep angle of descent without a dangerous buildup in speed.
- dockmackie — a North American shrub, Viburnum acerifolium, of the honeysuckle family, having long stemmed clusters of white flowers and ovoid, almost black berries.
- doohickeys — Plural form of doohickey.
- dostoevski — ˈFeodor Miˈkhailovich (ˈfjɔˈdɔʀ mɪ xaɪlɔvɪtʃ) ; fy^ōˈd^ōr mi khīˈl^ōvich) 1821-81; Russ. novelist
- dragonlike — a mythical monster generally represented as a huge, winged reptile with crested head and enormous claws and teeth, and often spouting fire.
- drawknives — Plural form of drawknife.
- dreikanter — a pebble or boulder having three faces formed by the action of windblown sand.
- dried milk — dehydrated milk from which about 95 percent of the moisture has been evaporated.
- drinkwater — John, 1882–1937, English poet, playwright, and critic.
- dropkicked — Simple past tense and past participle of dropkick.
- dropkicker — One who dropkicks.
- duckbilled — Having a bill like that of a duck.
- dukkeripen — fortune-telling
- dull knife — (Tah-me-la-pash-me) died 1883, leader of the Northern Cheyenne.
- dup killer — /d[y]oop kill'r/ Software that is supposed to detect and delete duplicates of a message that may have reached the FidoNet system via different routes. See also dup loop.
- dyskinesia — difficulty or abnormality in performing voluntary muscular movements.
- dyskinesis — A reduced ability to control and coordinate movement.
- dyskinetic — difficulty or abnormality in performing voluntary muscular movements.
- dzerzhinsk — a city in the central Russian Federation in Europe, W of Nizhni Novgorod.
- enkindling — Present participle of enkindle.
- eskimo dog — a large powerful breed of sled dog with a long thick coat and curled tail
- fiddleback — something shaped like a fiddle.
- field lark — meadowlark.
- field rank — the rank of major, lieutenant colonel, or colonel