10-letter words containing k, e, t
- text-speak — a form of written language as used in text messages and other digital communications, characterized by many abbreviations and typically not following standard grammar, spelling, punctuation, and style.
- the attack — the players in a team whose main role is to attack the opponents' goal or territory
- the breaks — to smash, split, or divide into parts violently; reduce to pieces or fragments: He broke a vase.
- the buskin — tragic drama
- the flicks — the cinema
- the market — business or trade in a commodity as specified
- the shakes — a state of uncontrollable trembling or a condition that causes it, such as a fever
- the sticks — remote rural place
- the wrekin — an isolated hill in the English Midlands in Telford and Wrekin unitary authority, Shropshire. Height: 400 m (1335 ft)
- the yakuza — a Japanese criminal organization involved in illegal gambling, extortion, gun-running, etc
- theme park — an amusement park in which landscaping, buildings, and attractions are based on one or more specific themes, as jungle wildlife, fairy tales, or the Old West.
- thick-knee — any of several crepuscular or nocturnal wading birds of the family Burhinidae, of the Old World and tropical America, having a thickened joint between the femoral and tibiotarsal bones.
- thickening — a making or becoming thick.
- think over — consider, deliberate
- thinkpiece — an article analyzing and giving the background of a news event, often with the author's opinions and forecast for the future.
- threadlike — a fine cord of flax, cotton, or other fibrous material spun out to considerable length, especially when composed of two or more filaments twisted together.
- tick fever — any fever transmitted by ticks, as Rocky Mountain spotted fever, which attacks humans, or Texas fever, which is confined to some animals, as cattle.
- tick-borne — carried or transmitted by ticks: tick-borne disease.
- ticked off — a slight, sharp, recurring click, tap, or beat, as of a clock.
- ticket day — (on the London Stock Exchange) the day on which selling brokers receive from buying brokers the names of investors who have made purchases during the previous account
- ticketless — a slip, usually of paper or cardboard, serving as evidence that the holder has paid a fare or admission or is entitled to some service, right, or the like: a railroad ticket; a theater ticket.
- tiebreaker — a system for breaking a tie score at the end of regulation play by establishing a winner through special additional play, usually of a fairly short duration, as in tennis and soccer.
- timberjack — a person whose occupation is logging; logger.
- timberlake — Justin. born 1981, US pop singer; a member of the boy band NSYNC, he later found success with the bestselling solo album Justified (2002)
- timberwork — structural work formed of timbers.
- time check — (in racing sports, such as motor racing, cycling, etc) an instance of checking the time taken to cover a specific distance. Time checks occur at prearranged points in a race
- time clock — a clock with an attachment that may be manually activated to stamp or otherwise record the exact time on a card or tape, used to keep a record of the time of something, as of the arrival and departure of employees.
- timekeeper — a person or thing that keeps time.
- timoshenko — Semion Konstantinovich [syi-myawn ken-stuhn-tyee-nuh-vyich] /syɪˈmyɔn kɛn stʌnˈtyi nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1895–1970, Russian general.
- tipsy cake — a kind of trifle made from a sponge cake soaked with white wine or sherry and decorated with almonds and crystallized fruit
- to make do — If you make do with something, you use or have it instead of something else that you do not have, although it is not as good.
- to make it — If you make it somewhere, you succeed in getting there, especially in time to do something.
- toggle key — a key that allows you to switch to a different option, view, application, etc
- token vote — a Parliamentary vote of money in which the amount quoted to aid discussion is not intended to be binding
- tollkeeper — the collector at a tollgate.
- tonka bean — the fragrant, black almond-shaped seed of a tall tree belonging to the genus Dipteryx (or Coumarouna), of the legume family, especially D. odorata, of tropical South America, used in perfumes, as a source of coumarin, and as a substitute for vanilla.
- tool maker — a person who specializes in the production or reconditioning of precision tools, cutters, etc
- tool-maker — a machinist skilled in the building and reconditioning of tools, jigs, and related devices used in a machine shop.
- top-ranked — A top-ranked sports player or team is the most successful player or team in a particular sport.
- topknotted — (of hair) tied up on top of the head
- towel rack — a rack consisting of one or more bars on which towels or washcloths are hung.
- town clerk — a town official who keeps records and issues licenses.
- trace back — identify origin, owner
- track meet — a series of athletic contests such as running and jumping, usually including most track-and-field events.
- track race — an instance of a form of motorcycle racing where teams or individuals race opponents around an oval track
- track shoe — a light, heelless, usually leather shoe having either steel spikes for use outdoors on a cinder or dirt track, or a rubber sole for use indoors on a board floor.
- tracklayer — section hand.
- trade book — a book designed for the general public and available through an ordinary book dealer, as distinguished from a limited-edition book, textbook, mass market paperback, etc.
- trafficked — the movement of vehicles, ships, persons, etc., in an area, along a street, through an air lane, over a water route, etc.: the heavy traffic on Main Street.
- trafficker — the movement of vehicles, ships, persons, etc., in an area, along a street, through an air lane, over a water route, etc.: the heavy traffic on Main Street.