10-letter words containing s, k, e
- cockleburs — Plural form of cocklebur.
- cockneyism — a characteristic of speech or custom peculiar to cockneys
- cocksiness — the state of being cocksy
- cocksucker — a person regarded as despicable, disgusting, etc.
- cocksurely — In a cocksure manner.
- cockteaser — a girl or woman who purposely excites or arouses a male sexually but then refuses to have intercourse.
- comstocker — a person who practises comstockery
- cookieless — Without cookies (the food).
- cookstoves — Plural form of cookstove.
- copperskin — a Native American
- corkscrews — Plural form of corkscrew.
- corkscrewy — Resembling the worm of a corkscrew in shape.
- corn snake — a large, harmless rat snake, Elaphe guttata guttata, of the southeastern U.S., having yellow, tan, or gray scales with dark-red blotches: once common in cornfields but now an endangered species.
- corncrakes — Plural form of corncrake.
- cornflakes — a breakfast cereal made from toasted maize, eaten with milk, sugar, etc
- cornhusker — a person or machine that strips cornhusks from ears of maize
- corpselike — Resembling a corpse.
- coursebook — a book studied on an educational course
- coursework — written or oral work completed by a student within a given period, which is assessed as an integral part of an educational course
- crack wise — to joke or gibe
- crackheads — Plural form of crackhead.
- crackhouse — a place where cocaine in the form of crack is bought, sold, and smoked.
- crankcases — Plural form of crankcase.
- crankiness — ill-tempered; grouchy; cross: I'm always cranky when I don't get enough sleep.
- creakiness — The state of being creaky.
- cricketers — Plural form of cricketer.
- crookedest — Superlative form of crooked.
- crookesite — a rare mineral, selenide of copper, thallium, and silver, (Cu, Tl, Ag) 2 Se, occurring in steel-gray, compact masses.
- crooknecks — Plural form of crookneck.
- crosscheck — to verify (a fact, report, etc) by considering conflicting opinions or consulting other sources
- cube steak — a thin slice of beef that has been tenderized by being cubed
- dark horse — If you describe someone as a dark horse, you mean that people know very little about them, although they may have recently had success or may be about to have success.
- dark slide — Also called draw slide. a black plastic, metal, or fabric sheet that is inserted into a film holder to protect the film from light.
- darknesses — Plural form of darknesse.
- dead stock — farm equipment
- dead-stick — designating a landing made by an aircraft or spacecraft without using power
- dealmakers — Plural form of dealmaker.
- death mask — A death mask is a model of someone's face, which is made from a mould that was taken of their face soon after they died.
- deckchairs — Plural form of deckchair.
- deckhouses — Plural form of deckhouse.
- desert oak — a tree, Casuarina decaisneana, of Central and NW Australia, the timber of which is resistant to termite attack
- desertlike — a region so arid because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all: The Sahara is a vast sandy desert. Synonyms: waste, wasteland, barren wilderness.
- desk check — (programming) To grovel over hardcopy of source code, mentally simulating the control flow; a method of catching bugs. No longer common practice in this age of on-screen editing, fast compiles, and sophisticated debuggers - though some maintain stoutly that it ought to be. Compare dry run, eyeball search, vdiff, vgrep.
- desk clerk — A desk clerk is someone who works at the main desk in a hotel.
- desk study — a preliminary investigation and report into something collating currently available relevant information
- desk-bound — engaged in or involving sedentary work, as at an office desk
- deskilling — Present participle of deskill.
- deskperson — Journalism. a member of a newspaper staff who processes news and prepares copy, usually from information telephoned in by reporters.
- destocking — a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
- diakinesis — the final stage of the prophase of meiosis, during which homologous chromosomes start to separate after crossing over