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11-letter words containing c, a, k, e

  • fiddle-back — a chair back having a solid splat similar in form to that of a fiddle.
  • filter cake — the solid material accumulated by a filter press
  • firecracker — a paper or cardboard cylinder filled with an explosive and having a fuse, for discharging to make a noise, as during a celebration.
  • fish tackle — a tackle for fishing an anchor.
  • flak jacket — U.S. Air Force. an armored garment made of steel plates covered by a padded fabric, designed to protect vital parts of the body from shrapnel.
  • flare stack — A flare stack is a high vertical pipe for carrying unwanted gas so it can be burned off.
  • flashpacker — a backpacker who has a considerable disposable income
  • flat-packed — (of a piece of furniture, equipment, or other construction) supplied in pieces packed into a flat box for assembly by the buyer
  • flickertail — Richardson ground squirrel.
  • flock paper — a wallpaper treated with flock to emphasize a design or effect.
  • foam-backed — having a backing made of foam rubber
  • freckleface — A person with many freckles.
  • funnel cake — a crisp, deep-fried cake, made by pouring batter through a funnel into fat or oil, usually in a spiral shape, and dusted with powdered sugar.
  • furnacelike — Resembling or characteristic of a furnace.
  • gas bracket — a metal pipe projecting from the wall of an apartment, used to support gas lamps and to supply them with gas
  • gerlachovka — a mountain in N Slovakia: highest peak of the Carpathian Mountains. 8737 feet (2663 meters).
  • get back at — take revenge on
  • get back to — resume
  • gimcrackery — cheap, showy, useless trifles, ornaments, trinkets, etc.
  • glucokinase — an enzyme, found in all living systems, that serves to catalyze the phosphorylation of gluconic acid.
  • goatsuckers — Plural form of goatsucker.
  • gob-smacked — utterly astounded; astonished.
  • googlewhack — A Google search result consisting of a single hit, in response to a search on two separate words.
  • griddlecake — a thin cake of batter cooked on a griddle; pancake.
  • hack hammer — an adzlike tool for dressing stone.
  • hack writer — a writer of undistinguished literary work produced to order
  • hackberries — Plural form of hackberry.
  • hackerspace — A place where hackers meet to work on programming and hardware projects together, and to share their knowledge.
  • hackishness — (jargon)   The quality of being or involving a hack. This term is considered mildly silly. Synonym hackitude.
  • half cocked — to set the hammer of (a firearm) at half cock.
  • half-cocked — (of a firearm) at the position of half cock.
  • half-cooked — not cooked thoroughly
  • hammerlocks — Plural form of hammerlock.
  • hand-picked — to pick by hand.
  • hard-ticket — a ticket entitling one to a reserved seat.
  • harken back — hearken back (see phrase under hearken)
  • hash bucket — hash coding
  • heart block — a defect in the electrical impulses of the heart resulting in any of various arrhythmias or irregularities in the heartbeat.
  • heartstruck — Driven to the heart; infixed in the mind.
  • hucksterage — the business of a huckster; peddling
  • hunchbacked — humpbacked.
  • hypokalemic — Having a low percentage of potassium in one's blood.
  • ice-breaker — An ice-breaker is a large ship which sails through frozen waters, breaking the ice as it goes, in order to create a passage for other ships.
  • ice-skating — If you go ice-skating, you move about on ice wearing ice-skates. This activity is also a sport.
  • icebox cake — a confection made from such prepared ingredients as cookies or whipped cream that requires no additional baking but is chilled in a refrigerator before serving.
  • icebreakers — Plural form of icebreaker.
  • icebreaking — Serving the purpose of breaking ice.
  • isokeraunic — isoceraunic.
  • jabberwocky — a playful imitation of language consisting of invented, meaningless words; nonsense; gibberish.
  • jack cheese — a mild, moist cheddar, made from whole, skimmed, or partially skimmed milk: first made in Monterey County, California.
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