10-letter words containing k, i, e, s
- strike pay — strike benefit.
- strikeover — an act or instance of typing over a character, as one typed in error, without erasing it.
- stuck pipe — Stuck pipe happens when part of the drillpipe cannot be turned or moved up or down.
- stunt kite — a kite held by two hands and having two lines
- suckerfish — remora.
- summerlike — like or characteristic of summer; summery: a spell of summerlike showers.
- sun-kissed — made warm by the sun
- superthick — extremely thick
- take amiss — out of the right or proper course, order, or condition; improperly; wrongly; astray: Did I speak amiss?
- take aside — talk to privately
- take issue — to disagree
- take sides — one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- taperstick — a candlestick designed to hold tapers.
- ten-strike — Tenpins. a strike.
- the buskin — tragic drama
- the flicks — the cinema
- the sticks — remote rural place
- 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.
- 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
- transkeian — a self-governing Bantu territory of South Africa on the Indian Ocean: granted independence in 1976 by South Africa, but not recognized by any other country as an independent state. 16,910 sq. mi. (43,798 sq. km). Capital: Umtata.
- treitschke — Heinrich von [hahyn-rikh fuh n] /ˈhaɪn rɪx fən/ (Show IPA), 1834–96, German historian.
- trekschuit — a horse-drawn boat, literally a tugboat, specific to the Netherlands
- trickiness — given to or characterized by deceitful tricks; crafty; wily.
- triskelion — a symbolic figure consisting of three legs, arms, or branches radiating from a common center, as the device of Sicily and the Isle of Man.
- trotskyite — a supporter of Trotsky or Trotskyism.
- turkestani — of or relating to the central Asian region of Turkestan or its inhabitants
- twin peaks — a mountain in central Idaho: highest peak in the Salmon River Mountains. 10,340 feet (3154 meters).
- underskirt — a skirt, as a petticoat, worn under another skirt or a dress.
- unkindness — lacking in kindness or mercy; severe.
- unsinkable — to displace part of the volume of a supporting substance or object and become totally or partially submerged or enveloped; fall or descend into or below the surface or to the bottom (often followed by in or into): The battleship sank within two hours. His foot sank in the mud. Her head sinks into the pillows.
- uzbekistan — a republic in S central Asia. 172,741 sq. mi. (447,400 sq. km). Capital: Tashkent.
- vine snake — any of several slender, arboreal colubrid snakes of the genus Oxybelis, ranging from southern Arizona to Bolivia.
- water-sick — (of soil) unproductive due to excessive watering or salt residues from irrigation.
- waterskied — Simple past tense and past participle of waterski.
- weeknights — Plural form of weeknight.
- weizsacker — Carl Friedrich von [kahrl free-drikh fuh n] /kɑrl ˈfri drɪx fən/ (Show IPA), 1912–2007, German physicist and cosmologist.
- whip snake — any of several long, slender New World snakes of the genus Masticophis, the tail of which resembles a whip.
- whiskering — (fashion) The fading of creases in blue jeans, especially around the crotch; often added artificially in order to simulate a
- wickedness — the quality or state of being wicked.
- wieniawski — Henryk [hen-rik] /ˈhɛn rɪk/ (Show IPA), 1835–80, Polish violinist and composer.
- wind shake — Also called anemosis. a flaw in wood supposed to be caused by the action of strong winds upon the trunk of the tree.
- windbreaks — Plural form of windbreak.
- windsucker — a horse afflicted with cribbing.
- wisecracks — Make a wisecrack.
- woodshrike — any of several species of shrike, including the common woodshrike, Tephrodornis pondicerianus, and the large woodshrike, Tephrodornis gularis
- workpieces — Plural form of workpiece.
- wrinkliest — Superlative form of wrinkly.
- wykehamist — a pupil or former pupil of Winchester College
- zinovievsk — a former name of Kirovograd.