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

  • enranckle — to upset, make irate
  • face mask — Sports. the protective equipment, usually made of steel or plastic, that guards the face, as the steel cage worn by a baseball catcher or the molded plastic covering worn by a hockey goalkeeper.
  • face pack — A face pack is a thick substance which you spread on your face, allow to dry for a short time, and then remove, in order to clean your skin thoroughly.
  • fade back — to move back from the line of scrimmage, as in order to throw a forward pass
  • farcelike — Resembling or characteristic of farce.
  • feedbacks — Plural form of feedback.
  • firebacks — Plural form of fireback.
  • fish cake — a fried ball or cake of shredded fish, especially salt codfish, and mashed potato.
  • flareback — a blast of flame that sometimes issues from the breech of a large gun or cannon when it is opened after firing.
  • flickable — able to be flicked
  • framepack — a backpack attached to a supporting frame of usually lightweight metal.
  • friedcake — Chiefly Inland North. a doughnut or other small cake cooked in deep fat.
  • fruitcake — a rich cake containing dried or candied fruit, nuts, etc.
  • game-cock — a rooster of a fighting breed, or one bred and trained for fighting.
  • gamecocks — Plural form of gamecock.
  • garlicked — flavoured with garlic
  • gearstick — The lever used to change gear in a vehicle.
  • gernsback — Hugo, 1884–1967, U.S. publisher and inventor, born in Belgium: a pioneer in science-fiction publishing.
  • give back — return: sth to sb
  • give-back — the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
  • givebacks — Plural form of giveback.
  • graywacke — Geology. a dark-gray coarse-grained wacke.
  • greenback — a U.S. legal-tender note, printed in green on the back since the Civil War, originally issued against the credit of the country and not against gold or silver on deposit.
  • greywacke — Geology. a dark-gray coarse-grained wacke.
  • hack mode — (jargon)   Engaged in hacking. A Zen-like state of total focus on The Problem that may be achieved when one is hacking (this is why every good hacker is part mystic). Ability to enter such concentration at will correlates strongly with wizardliness; it is one of the most important skills learned during larval stage. Sometimes amplified as "deep hack mode". Being yanked out of hack mode (see priority interrupt) may be experienced as a physical shock, and the sensation of being in hack mode is more than a little habituating. The intensity of this experience is probably by itself sufficient explanation for the existence of hackers, and explains why many resist being promoted out of positions where they can code. See also cyberspace. Some aspects of hackish etiquette will appear quite odd to an observer unaware of the high value placed on hack mode. For example, if someone appears at your door, it is perfectly okay to hold up a hand (without turning one's eyes away from the screen) to avoid being interrupted. One may read, type, and interact with the computer for quite some time before further acknowledging the other's presence (of course, he or she is reciprocally free to leave without a word). The understanding is that you might be in hack mode with a lot of delicate state in your head, and you dare not swap that context out until you have reached a good point to pause. See also juggling eggs.
  • hackamore — a simple looped bridle, by means of which controlling pressure is exerted on the nose of a horse, used chiefly in breaking colts.
  • hackberry — any of several trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Celtis, of the elm family, bearing cherrylike fruit.
  • hacked up — (jargon, programming)   Sufficiently patched, kluged, and tweaked that the surgical scars are beginning to crowd out normal tissue (compare critical mass). Not all programs that are hacked become "hacked up"; if modifications are done with some eye to coherence and continued maintainability, the software may emerge better for the experience. Contrast hack up.
  • hackerish — (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a hacker (technically skilled computer enthusiast).
  • hackitude — (jargon)   An even sillier word for hackishness.
  • hackneyed — let out, employed, or done for hire.
  • hacksawed — Simple past tense and past participle of hacksaw.
  • half deck — (in a sailing ship) the portion of the deck below the upper or spar deck and aft of the mainmast.
  • half-deck — a deck on an old ship of war that is situated below the upper deck and extends aft from the mainmast
  • half-peck — a unit of dry measure equal to 4 quarts (4.4 liters).
  • hammocked — Ensconced in a hammock.
  • hard neck — audacity; nerve
  • haversack — a single-strapped bag worn over one shoulder and used for carrying supplies.
  • headlocks — Plural form of headlock.
  • headstick — a piece of wood formerly used in typesetting to create a margin at the top of a page
  • headstock — the part of a machine containing or directly supporting the moving or working parts, as the assembly supporting and driving the live spindle in a lathe.
  • heartsick — extremely depressed or unhappy.
  • hijackers — Plural form of hijacker.
  • honeycake — A cake made with honey, especially as a Rosh Hashanah tradition.
  • horseback — the back of a horse.
  • ice maker — machine that makes ice cubes
  • ice-skate — to skate on ice.
  • icemakers — Plural form of icemaker.
  • jack bean — a bushy tropical plant, Canavalia ensiformis, of the legume family, grown especially for forage.
  • jack cade — Jack, died 1450, English rebel during the reign of Henry VI, based in Kent.
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