10-letter words containing k, e, d, i
- likelihood — the state of being likely or probable; probability.
- likeminded — having a similar or identical opinion, disposition, etc.: a like-minded friend.
- lipsticked — Decorated with lipstick.
- lizardlike — Reminding of a lizard.
- lockshield — (attributive) A kind of radiator valve used to balance the system by restricting the flow of water on the return side.
- maidenlike — Like a maiden; gentle, demure.
- marketroid — /mar'k*-troyd/ (Or "marketing slime", "marketeer", "marketing droid", "marketdroid") A member of a company's marketing department, especially one who promises users that the next version of a product will have features that are not actually scheduled for inclusion, are extremely difficult to implement, and/or are in violation of the laws of physics; and/or one who describes existing features (and misfeatures) in ebullient, buzzword-laden adspeak. Derogatory.
- mediaspeak — The jargon used by the media.
- mid-wicket — the fielding position on the on side, approximately midway between square leg and mid-on
- middelskot — (in South Africa) an intermediate payment to a farmers' cooperative for a crop or wool clip
- milk adder — any of numerous, usually brightly marked king snakes of the subspecies Lampropeltis triangulum (doliata), of North America.
- mudskipper — any of several gobies of the genera Periophthalmus and Boleophthalmus, of tropical seas from Africa to the East Indies and Japan, noted for the habit of remaining out of water on mud flats for certain periods and jumping about when disturbed.
- needlelike — a small, slender, rodlike instrument, usually of polished steel, with a sharp point at one end and an eye or hole for thread at the other, for passing thread through cloth to make stitches in sewing.
- nondrinker — a person who abstains from alcoholic beverages.
- oiled silk — silk treated with oil to make it waterproof
- orchidlike — Resembling an orchid or some aspect of one.
- paderewski — Ignace [French ee-nyas] /French iˈnyas/ (Show IPA), or Ignacy Jan [Polish ig-nah-tsi yahn] /Polish ɪgˈnɑ tsɪ yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1860–1941, Polish pianist, composer, patriot, and statesman.
- park ridge — a city in NE Illinois.
- pendelikon — a mountain in SE Greece, near Athens: noted for its fine marble. 3640 feet (1110 meters).
- penderecki — Krzysztof [kshish-tawf] /ˈkʃɪʃ tɔf/ (Show IPA), born 1933, Polish composer.
- pickedness — sharpness or the state of being pointed
- pik pobedy — Russian name of Pobeda Peak.
- poker dice — (used with a plural verb) dice that, instead of being marked with spots, carry on their faces a picture or symbol representing the six highest playing cards: ace, king, queen, jack, ten, nine.
- powderlike — resembling powder (usually in consistency or texture); powdery
- proskomide — prothesis (def 2a).
- re-invoked — to call for with earnest desire; make supplication or pray for: to invoke God's mercy.
- red kowhai — parrot's-bill.
- red siskin — a South American finch (Carduelis cucullata) with a black head and red body, sometimes kept as a cage bird
- rekindling — to excite, stir up, or rouse anew: efforts to rekindle their romance; comments that rekindled her anger.
- rodentlike — belonging or pertaining to the gnawing or nibbling mammals of the order Rodentia, including the mice, squirrels, beavers, etc.
- semi-naked — being without clothing or covering; nude: naked children swimming in the lake.
- sex-linked — (of a gene) located in a sex chromosome.
- shadowlike — a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
- side check — a checkrein passing back to the saddle from the side of a horse's head
- sidestroke — a stroke in which the body is turned sideways in the water, the hands pull alternately, and the legs perform a scissors kick.
- skew field — a ring in which the equations ax = b and xa = b have solutions for x.
- skin diver — person who explores underwater
- skylighted — having or illuminated by a skylight.
- slide knot — a knot formed by making two half hitches on the standing part of the rope, the second hitch being next to the loop, which can be tightened.
- soundalike — a person or thing that sounds like another, especially a better known or more famous prototype: a whole spate of Elvis Presley soundalikes.
- spiderlike — any of numerous predaceous arachnids of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs that serve as nests and as traps for prey.
- spiderwork — a thing which has the appearance of a spider's web
- sticky end — a single-stranded end of DNA or RNA having a nucleotide base sequence complementary to that of another strand, enabling the two strands to be connected by base pairing: produced in the laboratory with the use of restriction enzymes for genetic engineering purposes.
- stockinged — a close-fitting covering for the foot and part of the leg, usually knitted, of wool, cotton, nylon, silk, or similar material.
- stockrider — a cowboy.
- sun-kissed — made warm by the sun
- take aside — talk to privately
- take sides — one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- threadlike — a fine cord of flax, cotton, or other fibrous material spun out to considerable length, especially when composed of two or more filaments twisted together.
- ticked off — a slight, sharp, recurring click, tap, or beat, as of a clock.