10-letter words containing o, k, e, d
- 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).
- diplospeak — the polite and placatory language usually associated with diplomats
- dirty joke — vulgar piece of humour
- disfrocked — Simple past tense and past participle of disfrock.
- do a skase — to skip the country while owing a large amount of money
- dock house — traditionally a building situated at the dock where a harbourmaster works and resides
- 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.
- dockworker — a person employed on the docks of a port, as in loading and unloading vessels.
- dog basket — a basket for a dog to sleep in
- dog kennel — temporary housing for dogs
- dog tucker — the meat of a sheep killed on a farm and used as dog food
- dog-walker — a person who walks other people's dogs, especially for a fee.
- donkeywork — Informal. tedious, repetitious work; drudgery.
- doodlesack — bagpipe (def 1).
- doohickeys — Plural form of doohickey.
- door check — a device, usually hydraulic or pneumatic, for controlling the closing of a door and preventing it from slamming.
- doorkeeper — a person who guards the entrance of a building.
- dostoevski — ˈFeodor Miˈkhailovich (ˈfjɔˈdɔʀ mɪ xaɪlɔvɪtʃ) ; fy^ōˈd^ōr mi khīˈl^ōvich) 1821-81; Russ. novelist
- dostoevsky — Fyodor Mikhailovich [fyoh-der mi-kahy-luh-vich;; Russian fyaw-duh r myi-khahy-luh-vyich] /ˈfyoʊ dər mɪˈkaɪ lə vɪtʃ;; Russian ˈfyɔ dər myɪˈxaɪ lə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1821–81, Russian novelist.
- downlooked — having a sad or dejected appearance
- downmarket — Toward or relating to the cheaper or less prestigious sector of the market.
- downstroke — a downward stroke, as of a machine part, piston, or the like.
- 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.
- dropkicked — Simple past tense and past participle of dropkick.
- dropkicker — One who dropkicks.
- drudgework — work that is menial and tedious and therefore distasteful; drudgery.
- dry socket — a painful inflammatory infection of the bone and tissues at the site of an extracted tooth.
- duck-shove — to evade responsibility (for)
- duckfooted — afflicted with splayfoot.
- duckshover — one who duckshoves, jumps a queue; cheats
- eskimo dog — a large powerful breed of sled dog with a long thick coat and curled tail
- feedstocks — Plural form of feedstock.
- field work — Also, field work. work done in the field, as research, exploration, surveying, or interviewing: archaeological fieldwork.
- fieldworks — Plural form of fieldwork.
- flakeboard — a form of particle board.
- flunkeydom — The state of a being a flunkey.
- folk dance — a dance that originated among, and has been transmitted through, the common people. Compare court dance.
- forklifted — Simple past tense and past participle of forklift.
- front desk — a desk at which a receptionist works, as in an office.
- 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.
- gobsmacked — utterly astounded; astonished.
- grade book — a book in which a student's grades are recorded
- gridlocked — Simple past tense and past participle of gridlock.