10-letter words containing k, e, d

cranked up — Machinery. any of several types of arms or levers for imparting rotary or oscillatory motion to a rotating shaft, one end of the crank being fixed to the shaft and the other end receiving reciprocating motion from a hand, connecting rod, etc.
crooked on — hostile or averse to
crookedest — Superlative form of crooked.
crude tank — A crude tank is a large vessel for crude oil.
cuckoldize — to make (a married man) into a cuckold
daggerlike — resembling a dagger in shape or form
damnyankee — (in the southern U.S.) a person native to the northern states of the U.S., especially one who is disliked or regarded with suspicion.
dark horse — If you describe someone as a dark horse, you mean that people know very little about them, although they may have recently had success or may be about to have success.
dark money — money donated to politically active nonprofit organizations or anonymous corporate entities, which spend this money to influence political campaigns or other special interests but are not required to reveal their donors.
dark slide — Also called draw slide. a black plastic, metal, or fabric sheet that is inserted into a film holder to protect the film from light.
dark-field — of or relating to the illumination of an object by which it is seen, through a microscope, as bright against a dark background.
darknesses — Plural form of darknesse.
day ticket — a ticket that is valid for one day
de kooning — Willem (ˈwɪləm). 1904–97, US abstract expressionist painter, born in Holland
de-linking — to make independent; dissociate; separate: The administration has delinked human rights from economic aid to underdeveloped nations.
dead stock — farm equipment
dead-stick — designating a landing made by an aircraft or spacecraft without using power
deadlocked — If a dispute or series of negotiations is deadlocked, no agreement can be reached because neither side will give in at all. You can also say that the people involved are deadlocked.
deal-maker — A deal-maker is someone in business or politics who makes deals.
dealmakers — Plural form of dealmaker.
dealmaking — The making of commercial, financial or political deals.
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.
deblocking — Present participle of deblock.
deck cabin — a cabin on the deck of a boat from which the vessel is steered
deck cargo — cargo that is carried on the deck of a ship
deck chair — A deck chair is a simple chair with a folding frame, and a piece of canvas as the seat and back. Deck chairs are usually used on the beach, on a ship, or in the yard.
deck crane — a deck-mounted crane used for loading and unloading cargo
deck light — a skylight for a 'tween deck, built flush with the upper deck.
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.
deckchairs — Plural form of deckchair.
deckhouses — Plural form of deckhouse.
decoy duck — a duck, or an image of one, used to lure other ducks into a trap or within shooting range
defrocking — Present participle of defrock.
dekametric — (of a radio wave) having a wavelength between 10 and 100 meters: decametric wave.
demarketed — Simple past tense and past participle of demarket.
derricking — Machinery. a jib crane having a boom hinged near the base of the mast so as to rotate about the mast, for moving a load toward or away from the mast by raising or lowering the boom.
desert oak — a tree, Casuarina decaisneana, of Central and NW Australia, the timber of which is resistant to termite attack
desertlike — a region so arid because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all: The Sahara is a vast sandy desert. Synonyms: waste, wasteland, barren wilderness.
desk check — (programming) To grovel over hardcopy of source code, mentally simulating the control flow; a method of catching bugs. No longer common practice in this age of on-screen editing, fast compiles, and sophisticated debuggers - though some maintain stoutly that it ought to be. Compare dry run, eyeball search, vdiff, vgrep.
desk clerk — A desk clerk is someone who works at the main desk in a hotel.
desk study — a preliminary investigation and report into something collating currently available relevant information
desk-bound — engaged in or involving sedentary work, as at an office desk
deskilling — Present participle of deskill.
deskperson — Journalism. a member of a newspaper staff who processes news and prepares copy, usually from information telephoned in by reporters.
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).

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