10-letter words containing k, i, r, e
- bridgework — a partial denture attached to the surrounding teeth
- brockville — a city in SE Ontario, in S Canada.
- broken ice — sea ice that covers from 50 to 80 percent of the surface of water in any particular area.
- brokership — an agent who buys or sells for a principal on a commission basis without having title to the property.
- brookfield — a city in SE Wisconsin, near Milwaukee.
- bunker oil — Nautical. oil taken on board a tanker as fuel, as distinguished from the oil carried as cargo.
- buttermilk — Buttermilk is the liquid that remains when fat has been removed from cream when butter is being made. You can drink buttermilk or use it in cooking.
- caretaking — a person who is in charge of the maintenance of a building, estate, etc.; superintendent.
- catskinner — an operator of a vehicle or machine with caterpillar treads.
- catwhisker — a sharply pointed, flexible wire used to make contact with a specific point on a semiconductor or a crystal detector
- centrelink — the Australian federal agency that distributes welfare funds
- chainbrake — a device for cutting off the power to a chainsaw if the saw kicks back
- check rail — (in a window sash) a meeting rail, especially one closing against the corresponding rail with a diagonal or rabbeted overlap.
- checkering — Present participle of checker.
- cherrylike — Resembling a cherry, such as in shape, color, or flavor.
- cherrypick — Alternative spelling of cherry-pick.
- cherublike — a celestial being. Gen. 3:24; Ezek. 1, 10.
- chickarees — Plural form of chickaree.
- christlike — resembling or showing the spirit of Jesus Christ
- churchlike — resembling or appropriate to a church: churchlike silence.
- circlejerk — Alternative spelling of circle jerk.
- city break — a short holiday spent in a city
- city clerk — a city official who maintains public records and vital statistics, issues licenses, etc.
- clerk-like — acting in a scholarly manner
- cockatrice — a legendary monster, part snake and part cock, that could kill with a glance
- cookie jar — a jar or other container for storing cookies.
- copperskin — a Native American
- corpselike — Resembling a corpse.
- cow killer — a large velvet ant (Dasymutilla occidentalis) of the S and E U.S.: the wingless female has a powerful sting
- crack wise — to joke or gibe
- craigfluke — a common name for the grey sole fish Glyptocephalus cynoglossus
- crankiness — ill-tempered; grouchy; cross: I'm always cranky when I don't get enough sleep.
- craterlike — Resembling a crater or some aspect of one.
- creakiness — The state of being creaky.
- creakingly — With a creaking sound.
- cricketers — Plural form of cricketer.
- cricketing — Cricketing means relating to or taking part in cricket.
- crookesite — a rare mineral, selenide of copper, thallium, and silver, (Cu, Tl, Ag) 2 Se, occurring in steel-gray, compact masses.
- cyberknife — a laser surgery technique which uses a mobile robotic arm to target tumours, etc, more effectively than conventional radiotherapy
- daggerlike — resembling a dagger in shape or form
- dark slide — Also called draw slide. a black plastic, metal, or fabric sheet that is inserted into a film holder to protect the film from light.
- dark-field — of or relating to the illumination of an object by which it is seen, through a microscope, as bright against a dark background.
- deck chair — A deck chair is a simple chair with a folding frame, and a piece of canvas as the seat and back. Deck chairs are usually used on the beach, on a ship, or in the yard.
- deckchairs — Plural form of deckchair.
- defrocking — Present participle of defrock.
- dekametric — (of a radio wave) having a wavelength between 10 and 100 meters: decametric wave.
- derricking — Machinery. a jib crane having a boom hinged near the base of the mast so as to rotate about the mast, for moving a load toward or away from the mast by raising or lowering the boom.
- 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.
- dickeybird — dickey1 (def 4).
- dicksucker — (vulgar slang) A person who fellates men.