10-letter words containing k, r
- draft mark — any of a series of figures or marks at the stem or stern of a vessel indicating the distance vertically from the lowermost part of the hull.
- 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.
- 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
- draw poker — a variety of poker in which a player is dealt five cards and, after an initial bet, may discard usually up to three of these cards and receive replacements from the dealer.
- drawknives — Plural form of drawknife.
- drawn work — ornamental work done by drawing threads from a fabric, the remaining portions usually being formed into lacelike patterns by needlework.
- dreadlocks — a hair style, especially among Rastafarians, in which the hair is worn in long, ropelike locks.
- dream book — a book, pamphlet, etc., that lists common dreams and purports to interpret them, especially in regard to their meaning for the future.
- dreikanter — a pebble or boulder having three faces formed by the action of windblown sand.
- dressmaker — a person whose occupation is the making or alteration of women's dresses, coats, etc.
- 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.
- drop black — carbon, as animal black or lampblack, formed into pellets by mixing with water or glue: used as a black pigment.
- dropkicked — Simple past tense and past participle of dropkick.
- dropkicker — One who dropkicks.
- drudgework — work that is menial and tedious and therefore distasteful; drudgery.
- drug-taker — someone who takes illegal drugs
- drum brake — a brake system in which a pair of brake shoes can be pressed against the inner surface of a shallow metal drum that is rigidly attached to a wheel.
- drumsticks — Plural form of drumstick.
- drunk dial — a phone call made by someone who is intoxicated.
- drunk tank — a large jail cell where persons arrested for drunkenness are kept, usually overnight.
- drunk text — a text message sent by someone who is intoxicated.
- drunkathon — a session in which excessive quantities of alcohol are consumed
- dry socket — a painful inflammatory infection of the bone and tissues at the site of an extracted tooth.
- duck press — a cooked duck sprinkled with red wine and then pressed in a device (duck press) so that the juices can be collected and served as a sauce over the breast meat and legs.
- duckboards — Plural form of duckboard.
- duckshover — one who duckshoves, jumps a queue; cheats
- dukkeripen — fortune-telling
- dumbstruck — temporarily deprived of the power of speech, as by surprise or confusion; dumbfounded.
- dump truck — a usually open-topped truck having a body that can be tilted to discharge its contents, as sand or gravel, through an open tailgate.
- dunderfunk — a combination of ship's biscuit and molasses that is baked
- 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.
- earthquake — something that is severely disruptive; upheaval.
- earthworks — Plural form of earthwork.
- eccentrick — Obsolete form of eccentric.
- ekphrastic — Pertaining to ekphrasis; clear, lucid.
- embarkment — Embarkation; the act of setting out.
- ember week — a week in which Ember days fall
- eukaryotes — Plural form of eukaryote.
- eukaryotic — (biology) Having complex cells in which the genetic material is organized into membrane-bound nuclei.
- euromarket — economics
- fabricking — the action of building or constructing
- facebooker — A person using the social networking website Facebook.
- fair shake — an equitable opportunity or treatment: The judges promised that every entrant in the contest would get a fair shake.
- falseworks — Plural form of falsework.