10-letter words containing k, e, t
- rock tripe — any lichen of the genus Umbilicaria.
- rocket gun — any weapon that uses a rocket as a projectile, as a rocket launcher or bazooka.
- rodentlike — belonging or pertaining to the gnawing or nibbling mammals of the order Rodentia, including the mice, squirrels, beavers, etc.
- rump steak — Rump or rump steak is meat cut from the rear end of a cow.
- rustbucket — an old, run-down freighter, especially one whose hull is covered with rust.
- saint luke — a fellow worker of Paul and a physician (Colossians 4:14). Feast day: Oct 18
- sales talk — a line of reasoning or argument intended to persuade someone to buy, accept, or do something.
- salt shake — a salt shaker.
- saltshaker — table-salt dispenser
- samarskite — a velvet-black mineral, a complex columbate-tantalate of uranium, cerium, etc., occurring in masses: a minor source of uranium, thorium, and rare-earth oxides.
- sauerkraut — cabbage cut fine, salted, and allowed to ferment until sour.
- scent-mark — to deposit a scent mark; mark.
- scythelike — an agricultural implement consisting of a long, curving blade fastened at an angle to a handle, for cutting grass, grain, etc., by hand.
- sea rocket — any of several plants of the related genus Cakile, esp C. maritima, which grow along the seashores of Europe and North America and have mauve, pink, or white flowers
- self-stick — having a surface coated or treated to stick to another surface without the use of glue or moisture; self-adhesive.
- sewing kit — A sewing kit is a small package containing items, such as needles and thread, that you need to sew something.
- sex kitten — a young woman who is sexy and coquettish.
- shackleton — Sir Ernest Henry, 1874–1922, English explorer of the Antarctic.
- sheep tick — a wingless, bloodsucking, dipterous insect, Melophagus ovinus, that is parasitic on sheep.
- sheeptrack — a small natural terrace on a hillside
- shirtmaker — a person who makes shirts.
- shitkicker — an unsophisticated farmer, cowboy, or other rural person; country person.
- shock tube — an apparatus in which a gas is heated to very high temperatures by means of a shock wave, usually for spectroscopic investigation of the natures and reactions of the resulting radicals and excited molecules
- shock-test — to test (equipment or matériel) for resistance to sudden impact or stress.
- sidestroke — a stroke in which the body is turned sideways in the water, the hands pull alternately, and the legs perform a scissors kick.
- sisterlike — like a sister
- skaithless — without injury or damage
- skate over — to cross on or as if on skates
- skate park — area for skateboarding
- skateboard — a device for riding upon, usually while standing, consisting of a short, oblong piece of wood, plastic, or aluminum mounted on large roller-skate wheels, used on smooth surfaces and requiring better balance of the rider than the ordinary roller skate does.
- skeletonic — resembling a skeleton
- skepticism — skeptical attitude or temper; doubt.
- sketch map — a rough map of the principal features of a locale, as one drawn from memory.
- sketch out — describe briefly
- sketchable — suitable for being sketched.
- sketchbook — Also, sketchpad. a book or pad of drawing paper for sketches.
- sketchiest — like a sketch; giving only outlines or essentials. Synonyms: cursory, rough, meager, crude.
- ski resort — place with skiing facilities
- skimmerton — shivaree (def 1).
- skittering — to go, run, or glide lightly or rapidly.
- skylighted — having or illuminated by a skylight.
- skytrooper — a paratrooper.
- skywritten — created by the process of skywriting
- sleekstone — a stone used for polishing
- 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.
- smoke tree — Also called American smoke tree, chittamwood. a tree, Cotinus obovatus, of the cashew family, native to the southeastern U.S., having egg-shaped leaves and large clusters of small white flowers.
- smoked out — the visible vapor and gases given off by a burning or smoldering substance, especially the gray, brown, or blackish mixture of gases and suspended carbon particles resulting from the combustion of wood, peat, coal, or other organic matter.
- smokestack — Also called stack. a pipe for the escape of the smoke or gases of combustion, as on a steamboat, locomotive, or building.
- smoketight — (of a door, etc) not allowing smoke to pass through
- snail kite — a bird of prey, Rostrhamus sociabilis, that travels in flocks in the American tropics and feeds on snails.