10-letter words containing k
- abdelkader — ?1807–83, Algerian nationalist, who resisted the French invasion of Algeria and established (1837) an independent state. He surrendered to the French in 1847
- acid freak — a person taking or having taken LSD regularly and heavily, such that their psychological state has been affected
- acknowledg — Obsolete form of acknowledge.
- acousticks — Obsolete form of acoustics.
- ad-hockery — reliance on temporary solutions rather than on consistent, long-term plans.
- adamakegen — (tool) A program that generates makefiles for Ada programs. Adamakegen was written by Owen O'Malley <[email protected]>. It requires Icon and runs under Verdix and SunAda.
- adipokines — Plural form of adipokine.
- adirondack — a member of an Algonquian people living mainly north of the St. Lawrence River.
- afrikander — a breed of humpbacked beef cattle originally raised in southern Africa
- after dark — If you do something after dark, you do it when the sun has set and night has begun.
- afterdecks — Plural form of afterdeck.
- aftershock — Aftershocks are smaller earthquakes which occur after a large earthquake.
- ahorseback — on horseback
- aid worker — a person who works for an aid agency
- aiken code — (data) An alternative form of the Binary Coded Decimal (BCD) system for encoding numbers. Where BCD encodes each decimal digit in normal binary, Aiken code uses the encoding shown below. This is supposed to be less prone to corruption. The following table shows the encoding of each decimal digit, D, in BCD and Aiken code: D BCD Aiken 0 0000 0000 1 0001 0001 2 0010 0010 3 0011 0011 4 0100 0100 5 0101 1011 (inverted 4) 6 0110 1100 (inverted 3) 7 0111 1101 (inverted 2) 8 1000 1110 (inverted 1) 9 1001 1111 (inverted 0) The Aiken code was probably designed by Howard Aiken in the 1940s or 1950s for use in data transmission. Compare: Gray code.
- air jacket — an air-filled envelope or compartment surrounding a machine or part to reduce the rate at which heat is transferred to or from it
- air pocket — a localized region of low air density or a descending air current, causing an aircraft to suffer an abrupt decrease in height
- air strike — An air strike is an attack by military aircraft in which bombs are dropped. This expression is usually used by the country or group that is carrying out the attack.
- air ticket — a ticket to travel on a commercial plane
- air-intake — an opening in an aircraft through which air is drawn, esp for the engines
- airstrikes — Plural form of airstrike.
- akaryocyte — A cell that has no nucleus.
- akiapolaau — a rare yellow Hawaiian honeycreeper, Hemignathus munroi, having a long slender down-curved upper bill and a short straight lower bill.
- aktyubinsk — city in W Kazakhstan: pop. 248,000
- al-bukhari — Muhammad ibn Ismaʿil [ib-uh n is-mah-eel] /ˈɪb ən ɪsˈmɑ il/ (Show IPA), a.d. 810–870, a collector of the Hadith.
- alanbrooke — Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount. 1883–1963, British field marshal; chief of Imperial General Staff (1941–46)
- alarmclock — Misspelling of alarm clock.
- alaska cod — a cod, Gadus macrocephalus.
- alkahestic — of or relating to the alkahest
- alkalified — Simple past tense and past participle of alkalify.
- alkalinity — the quality or state of being alkaline
- alkalinize — to make alkaline
- alkaloidal — relating to alkaloids
- alkylating — Present participle of alkylate.
- alkylation — the attachment of an alkyl group to an organic compound, usually by the addition or substitution of a hydrogen atom or halide group
- allen park — a city in SE Michigan.
- almetyevsk — a city in the Tatar Republic, in the W Russian Federation in Europe, SE of Kazan.
- alpenstock — an early form of ice axe, consisting of a stout stick with an iron tip and sometimes having a pick and adze at the head, formerly used by mountain climbers
- alpha geek — the person in a group or office who has the most knowledge about computer technology
- alvin york — a member of the royal house of England that ruled from 1461 to 1485.
- amberjacks — Plural form of amberjack.
- amoebalike — Having the characteristics of an amoeba.
- angel cake — a very light sponge cake made without egg yolks
- angkor wat — the largest and best preserved Khmer temple in the Angkor complex of ruins.
- animallike — Alternative spelling of animal-like.
- ankle boot — a boot that extends up as far as the ankle
- ankle jerk — a reflex extension of the foot, caused by contraction of the muscles of the calf, resulting from a sharp tap on the Achilles tendon; Achilles reflex.
- ankle sock — a short sock coming up to the ankle
- ankle-deep — tall or deep enough to cover the ankles
- anklebones — Plural form of anklebone.
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