10-letter words containing k, e, s, t
- checksheet — Alternative form of check sheet.
- chockstone — a stone securely jammed in a crack. It may vary in size from a pebble to a large boulder
- christlike — resembling or showing the spirit of Jesus Christ
- clap skate — a type of speed skate with a blade attached at the heel by a hinge, allowing the full length of the blade to remain on the ice for a longer time and increasing skating speed.
- clinkstone — a variety of phonolite that makes a metallic sound when struck
- close-knit — A close-knit group of people are closely linked, do things together, and take an interest in each other.
- club steak — a small steak that is cut from the short loin of beef and contains no part of the tenderloin
- cockatiels — Plural form of cockatiel.
- cockteaser — a girl or woman who purposely excites or arouses a male sexually but then refuses to have intercourse.
- comstocker — a person who practises comstockery
- cookstoves — Plural form of cookstove.
- cricketers — Plural form of cricketer.
- crookedest — Superlative form of crooked.
- crookesite — a rare mineral, selenide of copper, thallium, and silver, (Cu, Tl, Ag) 2 Se, occurring in steel-gray, compact masses.
- cube steak — a thin slice of beef that has been tenderized by being cubed
- dead stock — farm equipment
- dead-stick — designating a landing made by an aircraft or spacecraft without using power
- 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.
- 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 study — a preliminary investigation and report into something collating currently available relevant information
- destocking — a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
- diaskeuast — a person who revises, edits, or interpolates
- distelfink — a stylized bird motif traditional in Pennsylvania German art.
- dockmaster — a person who supervises the dry-docking of ships.
- dog basket — a basket for a dog to sleep in
- dostoevski — ˈFeodor Miˈkhailovich (ˈfjɔˈdɔʀ mɪ xaɪlɔvɪtʃ) ; fy^ōˈd^ōr mi khīˈl^ōvich) 1821-81; Russ. novelist
- dostoevsky — Fyodor Mikhailovich [fyoh-der mi-kahy-luh-vich;; Russian fyaw-duh r myi-khahy-luh-vyich] /ˈfyoʊ dər mɪˈkaɪ lə vɪtʃ;; Russian ˈfyɔ dər myɪˈxaɪ lə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1821–81, Russian novelist.
- downstroke — a downward stroke, as of a machine part, piston, or the like.
- drakestone — a flat stone thrown across the surface of water so as to make it skim or skip before sinking
- dry socket — a painful inflammatory infection of the bone and tissues at the site of an extracted tooth.
- dustjacket — Alternative form of dust jacket.
- dusty deck — Old software (especially applications) which one is obliged to remain compatible with, or to maintain. DP types call this "legacy code", a term hackers consider smarmy and excessively reverent. The term implies that the software in question is a holdover from card-punch days. Used especially when referring to old scientific and number crunching software, much of which was written in Fortran and very poorly documented but is believed to be too expensive to replace. See fossil; compare crawling horror.
- dyskinetic — difficulty or abnormality in performing voluntary muscular movements.
- earthworks — Plural form of earthwork.
- ekphrastic — Pertaining to ekphrasis; clear, lucid.
- eskilstuna — an industrial city in SE Sweden. Pop: 91 137 (2004 est)
- eukaryotes — Plural form of eukaryote.
- eye socket — Your eye sockets are the two hollow parts on either side of your face, where your eyeballs are.
- fast break — a play, as in basketball, in which a team quickly moves down the playing area in an attempt to score before an adequate defense can be set up
- fast-break — to execute or play in the style of a fast break.
- feedstocks — Plural form of feedstock.
- firetrucks — Plural form of firetruck.
- fly-strike — myiasis.
- folkestone — a seaport in E Kent, in SE England, on the Strait of Dover.
- forestlike — Like a forest.
- freckliest — Superlative form of freckly.
- free skate — a freestyle competition with no required elements, in which skaters perform an original program of jumps, spins, sequences, etc., to music of their choice.
- frithsoken — (from Old English) a refuge; a sanctuary
- front desk — a desk at which a receptionist works, as in an office.