11-letter words containing k, y
- chuck-berry — Charles Edward Anderson ("Chuck") born 1926, U.S. rock-'n'-roll singer, musician, and composer.
- chucklingly — In a chuckling manner.
- cockeye bob — a sudden storm or cyclone
- cocky's joy — golden syrup
- code monkey — a computer programmer who is able to perform only routine tasks
- cold turkey — Cold turkey is the unpleasant physical reaction that people experience when they suddenly stop taking a drug that they have become addicted to.
- cold-turkey — to withdraw from (an addictive substance or a habit) abruptly and completely.
- command key — (on a computer keyboard) a key used when executing commands
- comstockery — immoderate censorship on grounds of immorality
- control key — a key on the keyboard of a computer that is used in conjunction with the standard keys in order to initiate a specific function, such as editing
- copying ink — a special ink used for writing when copies by impression are to be taken
- corn whisky — whisky made from maize
- countryfolk — people living or raised in the country; rustics.
- crack hardy — to disguise one's discomfort, etc; put on a bold front
- cracklingly — With a crackling sound.
- cryokinesis — The psychic ability to control and create ice and cold temperatures.
- cryokinetic — Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of cryokinesis.
- crystallike — a clear, transparent mineral or glass resembling ice.
- cyberattack — an attempt to damage or disrupt a computer system, or obtain information stored on a computer system, by means of hacking
- cyberskills — Skills in using computer technology.
- cycle track — a special path created for cyclists to use
- cycloalkane — any saturated hydrocarbon similar to an alkane but having a cyclic molecular structure and the general formula CnH2n
- cycloalkene — (organic chemistry) Any unsaturated alicyclic hydrocarbon.
- cypherpunks — Plural form of cypherpunk.
- cytokeratin — Either of several forms of keratin found in the intracytoplasmic cytoskeleton of epithelial tissue.
- cytokinesis — division of the cytoplasm of a cell, occurring at the end of mitosis or meiosis
- cytokinetic — of or relating to cytokinesis
- daddy track — a career path for men who are willing to forgo promotions, raises, etc., so as to spend more time with their children.
- dark comedy — a play, movie, etc., having elements of comedy and tragedy, often involving gloomy or morbid satire.
- dark energy — unobserved energy whose existence is proposed to account for the observed acceleration in the expansion of the universe
- de seversky — Alexander P(rocofieff)1894-1974; U.S. aeronautical engineer, born in Russia
- desk jockey — an office worker who sits at a desk, often as contrasted with someone who does more important or active work: desk jockeys at the CIA.
- deuterotoky — parthenogenesis in which both males and females are produced
- dialkylzinc — (organic chemistry) Any organometallic compound of zinc containing two alkyl groups.
- dirty trick — act: unfair, dishonest
- disc jockey — a person who conducts a radio broadcast consisting of recorded music, informal talk, commercial announcements, etc.
- disk jockey — radio host
- diskography — discography.
- donkey ride — a ride on the back of a donkey, esp for recreation
- donkey vote — a vote on a preferential ballot on which the voter's order of preference follows the order in which the candidates are listed
- donkey work — Informal. tedious, repetitious work; drudgery.
- donkey-lick — to defeat decisively
- donkey-work — Informal. tedious, repetitious work; drudgery.
- donkeypunch — Alternative form of donkey punch.
- donnybrooks — Plural form of donnybrook.
- dry-dockage — the act or fact of placing a ship in a dry dock.
- duck typing — (programming) A term coined by Dave Thomas for a kind of dynamic typing typical of some programming languages, such as Smalltalk, Ruby or Visual FoxPro, where a variable's run-time value determines the operations that can be performed on it. The term comes from the "duck test": if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it must be a duck. Duck typing considers the methods to which a value responds and the attributes it posesses rather than its relationship to a type hierarchy. This encourages greater polymorphism because types are enforced as late as possible.
- dummy block — a freely moving cylinder for transmitting the pressure of a ram to a piece being extruded.
- dusky shark — a blue-gray shark, Carcharinus obscurus, of warm Atlantic and eastern Pacific seas, reaching a length of 12 feet (3.7 meters).
- ekman layer — the thin top layer of the sea that flows at 90° to the wind direction, discovered by Vagn Walfrid Ekman