10-letter words containing k, e, s, t
- kicksorter — a multichannel pulse-height analyser used esp to distinguish between isotopes by sorting their characteristic pulses (kicks)
- kid sister — younger female sibling
- killstreak — (video games) An unbroken streak (continuous series) of kills.
- kiloliters — Plural form of kiloliter.
- kilolitres — Plural form of kilolitre.
- kilometers — a unit of length, the common measure of distances equal to 1000 meters, and equivalent to 3280.8 feet or 0.621 mile. Abbreviation: km.
- kilometres — Plural form of kilometre.
- kinematics — the branch of mechanics that deals with pure motion, without reference to the masses or forces involved in it.
- kinesipath — someone who uses kinesipathy to treat diseases
- kineticism — the quality or state of being kinetic.
- kineticist — someone who studies kinetics
- kinetosome — a structure in some flagellate protozoans which forms the base of the flagellum, consisting of a circular arrangement of microtubules
- kisspeptin — a protein molecule that is responsible for triggering the onset of puberty in humans
- kitesurfer — A person who kitesurfs.
- kitschiest — Superlative form of kitschy.
- kitschness — the quality of being kitsch
- klendusity — (in plants) the ability to resist disease
- kline test — a test for syphilis in which the formation of a microscopic precipitate in a mixture of the patient's serum and an antigen indicates a syphilitic condition.
- klutziness — clumsy; awkward: If you weren't so klutzy you wouldn't have dropped it.
- knife rest — something upon which to rest a knife when it is not being used.
- knightless — not suitable or seemly for a knight
- knottiness — having knots; full of knots: a knotty piece of wood.
- koeksister — (South Africa) A traditional Malay confection consisting of a deep-fried twisted or plaited doughnut dipped in syrup immediately after cooking.
- lackluster — lacking brilliance or radiance; dull: lackluster eyes.
- lacklustre — lacking brilliance or radiance; dull: lackluster eyes.
- lagerkvist — Pär [par] /pær/ (Show IPA), 1891–1974, Swedish novelist, poet, and essayist: Nobel Prize 1951.
- lake poets — the English poets Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Southey, who lived in and drew inspiration from the Lake District at the beginning of the 19th century
- lakefronts — Plural form of lakefront.
- lapstrakes — Plural form of lapstrake.
- leafstalks — Plural form of leafstalk.
- leukoblast — an immature leukocyte.
- leukocytes — white blood cell.
- like sixty — a cardinal number, ten times six.
- like stink — intensely; furiously
- lipsticked — Decorated with lipstick.
- lockmaster — one in charge of a canal lock
- lose track — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- lovestruck — Alternative spelling of love-struck.
- make haste — swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste.
- make shift — to manage or do the best one can (with whatever means are at hand)
- makeshifts — Plural form of makeshift.
- marketeers — Plural form of marketeer.
- marketings — Plural form of marketing.
- master key — a key that will open a number of different locks, the proper keys of which are not interchangeable.
- masterwork — masterpiece.
- matsu-take — an edible fungus, Armillaria matsutake, of Japan.
- matsutakes — Plural form of matsutake.
- mckeesport — a city in SW Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh.
- meat hooks — the hands or fists
- mesokurtic — (of a frequency distribution or its graphical representation) having the same kurtosis as the normal distribution.