10-letter words containing k, i
- 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.
- deck light — a skylight for a 'tween deck, built flush with the upper deck.
- 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.
- deskilling — Present participle of deskill.
- destocking — a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
- devil book — (publication) "The Design and Implementation of the 4.3BSD Unix Operating System", by Samuel J. Leffler, Marshall Kirk McKusick, Michael J. Karels, and John S. Quarterman (Addison-Wesley Publishers, 1989, ISBN 0-201-06196-1). The standard reference book on the internals of BSD Unix. So called because the cover has a picture depicting a little devil (a visual play on daemon) in sneakers, holding a pitchfork (referring to one of the characteristic features of Unix, the "fork(2)" system call).
- diakinesis — the final stage of the prophase of meiosis, during which homologous chromosomes start to separate after crossing over
- diaskeuast — a person who revises, edits, or interpolates
- dick-heads — dick (def 3).
- dickcissel — a small North American bird (Spiza americana), the male of which has a yellow breast, a black patch on its throat, and a mainly grey head
- dickensian — of Charles Dickens or his works
- dickeybird — dickey1 (def 4).
- dicksucker — (vulgar slang) A person who fellates men.
- die brücke — a group of German Expressionist painters (1905–13), including Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Fritz Bleyl, Erich Heckel, and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. In 1912 they exhibited with der Blaue Reiter
- die-sinker — a person who engraves dies for stamping coins, medals, etc
- dieselpunk — A postmodern genre of art as well as a budding subculture that combines the aesthetics of the interbellum period through World War II and ending circa 1950s (a range of time often referred to as the \u201cdiesel era\u201d by the dieselpunk community) with contemporary creations.
- 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
- dinkum oil — the truth
- diplospeak — the polite and placatory language usually associated with diplomats
- dirt track — a track with an unsealed surface
- dirty joke — vulgar piece of humour
- dirty look — face: resentful expression
- dirty work — disagreeable, often tedious tasks.
- disc brake — a brake system in which a disc attached to a wheel is slowed by the friction of brake pads being pressed against the disc by a caliper.
- 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 space — a number of bytes on a disk for the storage of data
- disk wheel — a spokeless vehicular wheel, especially on automobiles, having a heavy circular pressed-steel disk mounted on the wheel hub and supporting the tire rim on its outer edge.
- 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.
- dislikable — Not capable or worthy of being liked; not liked; regarded with displeasure or aversion.
- dislikeful — with dislike
- distelfink — a stylized bird motif traditional in Pennsylvania German art.
- 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.
- dockmackie — a North American shrub, Viburnum acerifolium, of the honeysuckle family, having long stemmed clusters of white flowers and ovoid, almost black berries.
- doohickeys — Plural form of doohickey.
- dory skiff — an open boat similar to but smaller than a dory.
- dostoevski — ˈFeodor Miˈkhailovich (ˈfjɔˈdɔʀ mɪ xaɪlɔvɪtʃ) ; fy^ōˈd^ōr mi khīˈl^ōvich) 1821-81; Russ. novelist
- 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.