10-letter words containing o, a, k, e
- dark money — money donated to politically active nonprofit organizations or anonymous corporate entities, which spend this money to influence political campaigns or other special interests but are not required to reveal their donors.
- dead stock — farm equipment
- deadlocked — If a dispute or series of negotiations is deadlocked, no agreement can be reached because neither side will give in at all. You can also say that the people involved are deadlocked.
- deck cargo — cargo that is carried on the deck of a ship
- desert oak — a tree, Casuarina decaisneana, of Central and NW Australia, the timber of which is resistant to termite attack
- diplospeak — the polite and placatory language usually associated with diplomats
- do a skase — to skip the country while owing a large amount of money
- dockmackie — a North American shrub, Viburnum acerifolium, of the honeysuckle family, having long stemmed clusters of white flowers and ovoid, almost black berries.
- dockmaster — a person who supervises the dry-docking of ships.
- dog basket — a basket for a dog to sleep in
- dog-walker — a person who walks other people's dogs, especially for a fee.
- doodlesack — bagpipe (def 1).
- downmarket — Toward or relating to the cheaper or less prestigious sector of the market.
- dragonlike — a mythical monster generally represented as a huge, winged reptile with crested head and enormous claws and teeth, and often spouting fire.
- 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.
- 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.
- earthworks — Plural form of earthwork.
- eukaryotes — Plural form of eukaryote.
- eukaryotic — (biology) Having complex cells in which the genetic material is organized into membrane-bound nuclei.
- euromarket — economics
- facebooker — A person using the social networking website Facebook.
- falseworks — Plural form of falsework.
- farmworker — farm hand.
- flake tool — a Paleolithic or later stone tool made from a flake struck from a larger core.
- flakeboard — a form of particle board.
- flat broke — having no money
- folk dance — a dance that originated among, and has been transmitted through, the common people. Compare court dance.
- folk weave — a type of fabric with a loose weave
- foot brake — a brake that is operated by pressure on a foot pedal, as in an automobile.
- force back — If you force back an emotion or desire, you manage, with an effort, not to experience it.
- foreshanks — Plural form of foreshank.
- frameworks — Plural form of framework.
- freak show — a display of people or animals with unusual or grotesque physical features, as at a circus or carnival sideshow.
- gadzookery — the use or overuse of period-specific or archaic expressions, as in a historical novel: Without any gadzookery and its excessive use of “forsooth,” “prithee,” etc., her first historical novel conveys a superb sense of the period.
- gas cooker — cooking stove that runs on gas
- gas worker — a gas engineer
- genoa cake — a rich fruit cake, usually decorated with almonds
- glovemaker — A maker of gloves; a glover.
- go walkies — to be lost or stolen
- goalkeeper — (in ice hockey, field hockey, lacrosse, soccer, etc.) a player whose chief duty is to prevent the ball or puck from crossing or entering the goal.
- goalkicker — a person who makes a goal kick
- goatsucker — nightjar (def 2).
- gobsmacked — utterly astounded; astonished.
- grade book — a book in which a student's grades are recorded
- hack house — Falconry. a shed where young hawks are kept and fed while at hack.
- hackamores — Plural form of hackamore.
- hacked off — (jargon) (Analogous to "pissed off") Said of system administrators who have become annoyed, upset, or touchy owing to suspicions that their sites have been or are going to be victimised by crackers, or used for inappropriate, technically illegal, or even overtly criminal activities. For example, having unreadable files in your home directory called "worm", "lockpick", or "goroot" would probably be an effective (as well as impressively obvious and stupid) way to get your sysadmin hacked off at you.