10-letter words containing k, e, t
- day ticket — a ticket that is valid for one day
- 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.
- 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.
- dekametric — (of a radio wave) having a wavelength between 10 and 100 meters: decametric wave.
- demarketed — Simple past tense and past participle of demarket.
- 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
- diet drink — a type of drink, usually a version of an existing drink, that is marketed as being good for slimmers because it is low in calories
- dirty joke — vulgar piece of humour
- 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
- dog tucker — the meat of a sheep killed on a farm and used as dog food
- 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.
- downmarket — Toward or relating to the cheaper or less prestigious sector of the market.
- downstroke — a downward stroke, as of a machine part, piston, or the like.
- drake foot — a pad foot having the form of three connected lobes.
- drakestone — a flat stone thrown across the surface of water so as to make it skim or skip before sinking
- dreikanter — a pebble or boulder having three faces formed by the action of windblown sand.
- drinkwater — John, 1882–1937, English poet, playwright, and critic.
- drug-taker — someone who takes illegal drugs
- drunk text — a text message sent by someone who is intoxicated.
- dry socket — a painful inflammatory infection of the bone and tissues at the site of an extracted tooth.
- duckfooted — afflicted with splayfoot.
- 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.
- earthquake — something that is severely disruptive; upheaval.
- earthworks — Plural form of earthwork.
- eccentrick — Obsolete form of eccentric.
- ekphrastic — Pertaining to ekphrasis; clear, lucid.
- embankment — A wall or bank of earth or stone built to prevent a river flooding an area.
- embarkment — Embarkation; the act of setting out.
- eskilstuna — an industrial city in SE Sweden. Pop: 91 137 (2004 est)
- eukaryotes — Plural form of eukaryote.
- eukaryotic — (biology) Having complex cells in which the genetic material is organized into membrane-bound nuclei.
- euromarket — economics
- eye socket — Your eye sockets are the two hollow parts on either side of your face, where your eyeballs are.
- fact-check — to confirm the truth of (an assertion made in speech or writing), often as part of the research or editorial process.
- 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.
- fatherlike — Having the qualities of a father.