10-letter words containing k, e, d
- blue dicks — a plant, Dichelostemma pulchellum, of the amaryllis family, common on the western coast of the U.S., having headlike clusters of blue flowers.
- body check — the fair block of an opponent who has the puck by bumping with the body, shoulder to hip, from the front or side
- bodyworker — a person involved in the building or repair of bodywork
- book-ended — a support placed at the end of a row of books to hold them upright, usually used in pairs.
- bookbinder — A bookbinder is a person whose job is fastening books together and putting covers on them.
- bookmarked — a ribbon or other marker placed between the pages of a book to mark a place.
- bookreader — DEC's CD-ROM-based on-line documentation browser.
- boondocker — combat boot.
- brake band — a strip of fabric, leather, or metal tightened around a pulley or shaft to act as a brake
- brake disc — a metal disc that revolves with the wheel in a disc brake
- brake drum — the cast-iron drum attached to the hub of a wheel of a motor vehicle fitted with drum brakes
- brake fade — a gradual loss of braking power resulting from decreased friction between the lining and the drum or disc of the brake and usually caused by overheating.
- brake-fade — the decrease in efficiency of braking of a motor vehicle due to overheating of the brakes
- breadknife — a knife, usually with a serrated blade, used for cutting slices from a loaf of bread
- breadstick — bread baked in a long thin crisp stick
- break down — If a machine or a vehicle breaks down, it stops working.
- break wind — to emit wind from the anus
- breakdance — to perform break dancing.
- brickfield — an area of ground where bricks are made
- bridgetalk — (language) A visual language.
- bridgework — a partial denture attached to the surrounding teeth
- brookfield — a city in SE Wisconsin, near Milwaukee.
- buck naked — Someone who is buck naked is not wearing any clothes at all.
- bundesbank — the central bank of Germany
- butt-naked — completely naked
- cabin deck — the deck above the weather deck in the bridge house of a ship.
- cackhanded — left-handed
- cake stand — a plate on a pedestal used for displaying cakes in a shop or café, or for special cakes such as wedding cakes
- candlewick — unbleached cotton or muslin into which loops of yarn are hooked and then cut to give a tufted pattern. It is used for bedspreads, dressing gowns, etc
- cankeredly — spitefully or crabbedly
- casevacked — Simple past tense and past participle of casevac.
- check card — debit card.
- checkdigit — (data) A one-digit checksum.
- checkmated — (chess) Having a king in check with no possible move to escape check, thus losing the game.
- chickadees — Plural form of chickadee.
- chipmunked — Simple past tense and past participle of chipmunk.
- choke down — to swallow with difficulty
- choke-hold — a restraining hold in which one person encircles the neck of another in a viselike grip with the arm, usually approaching from behind: The suspect was put in a chokehold and was gasping for breath.
- chokeholds — Plural form of chokehold.
- clarksdale — a city in NW Mississippi.
- cloud peak — a mountain in N central Wyoming: highest peak in the Bighorn Mountains. 13,175 feet (4018 meters).
- cocked hat — A cocked hat is a hat with three corners that used to be worn with some uniforms.
- cockeyedly — in a cockeyed manner
- cockneydom — cockneys considered together as a group
- codetalker — A military communications specialist using codes based on an obscure language.
- codewalker — (programming, tool) A program component that analyses other programs. Compilers have codewalkers in their front ends; so do cross-reference generators and some database front ends. Other utility programs that try to do too much with source code may turn into codewalkers. As in "This new 'vgrind' feature would require a codewalker to implement."
- coldcocked — to knock (someone) unconscious, as with the fist.
- cracked up — to break without complete separation of parts; become fissured: The plate cracked when I dropped it, but it was still usable.
- crackheads — Plural form of crackhead.
- cradlewalk — a garden walkway covered by arched trees