10-letter words containing k, i, r
- disembarks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disembark.
- disfrocked — Simple past tense and past participle of disfrock.
- disk brake — A disk brake is a brake in which external friction pads press onto a disk, usually by the action of a caliper.
- disk crank — a crank having the form of a disk with a crankpin mounted off-center.
- disk crash — the failure of a disk storage system, usually resulting from the read-write head touching the moving disk surface and causing mechanical damage
- disk drive — computing: hardware
- disk-drive — a device that, using an access mechanism under program control, enables data to be read from or written on a spinning magnetic disk, magnetic disk pack, floppy disk, or optical disk.
- ditto mark — Often, ditto marks. two small marks (″) indicating the repetition of something, usually placed beneath the thing repeated.
- dive brake — a flap deployed from the wings or fuselage of an aircraft, as a dive bomber or sailplane, that increases drag to permit a relatively steep angle of descent without a dangerous buildup in speed.
- diyarbakir — a city in SE Turkey in Asia, on the Tigris River.
- dory skiff — an open boat similar to but smaller than a dory.
- dragonlike — a mythical monster generally represented as a huge, winged reptile with crested head and enormous claws and teeth, and often spouting fire.
- dragonskin — The skin of a dragon, or leather made from it.
- drawknives — Plural form of drawknife.
- dreikanter — a pebble or boulder having three faces formed by the action of windblown sand.
- dried milk — dehydrated milk from which about 95 percent of the moisture has been evaporated.
- drillstock — a device for holding a drill.
- drinkwater — John, 1882–1937, English poet, playwright, and critic.
- dropkicked — Simple past tense and past participle of dropkick.
- dropkicker — One who dropkicks.
- drumsticks — Plural form of drumstick.
- drunk dial — a phone call made by someone who is intoxicated.
- dukkeripen — fortune-telling
- dup killer — /d[y]oop kill'r/ Software that is supposed to detect and delete duplicates of a message that may have reached the FidoNet system via different routes. See also dup loop.
- dzerzhinsk — a city in the central Russian Federation in Europe, W of Nizhni Novgorod.
- earmarking — Present participle of earmark.
- eccentrick — Obsolete form of eccentric.
- ekphrastic — Pertaining to ekphrasis; clear, lucid.
- eukaryotic — (biology) Having complex cells in which the genetic material is organized into membrane-bound nuclei.
- fabricking — the action of building or constructing
- fair shake — an equitable opportunity or treatment: The judges promised that every entrant in the contest would get a fair shake.
- fatherlike — Having the qualities of a father.
- ferntickle — a freckle
- fibrinlike — Resembling or characteristic of fibrin.
- field lark — meadowlark.
- field rank — the rank of major, lieutenant colonel, or colonel
- field work — Also, field work. work done in the field, as research, exploration, surveying, or interviewing: archaeological fieldwork.
- fieldworks — Plural form of fieldwork.
- figurework — work with figures or numbers
- file clerk — an office employee whose principal work is to file and retrieve papers, records, etc.
- film-maker — Also called moviemaker. a producer or director of motion pictures, especially one working in all phases of production: the leading young filmmakers of France.
- filmmakers — Plural form of filmmaker.
- fingerlike — Resembling a finger, especially in shape.
- fingermark — a mark, especially a smudge or stain, made by a finger.
- fingerpick — a plectrum.worn on the finger.
- fingerwork — Alternative spelling of finger work.
- fire truck — fire engine.
- firebreaks — Plural form of firebreak.
- firebricks — Plural form of firebrick.
- firedrakes — Plural form of firedrake.