10-letter words containing e, t, i, c, k
- mesokurtic — (of a frequency distribution or its graphical representation) having the same kurtosis as the normal distribution.
- metrestick — a measuring stick one metre long
- mid-wicket — the fielding position on the on side, approximately midway between square leg and mid-on
- milk vetch — a European plant, Astragalus glycyphyllos, of the legume family, believed to increase the secretion of milk in goats.
- nectarlike — Resembling or characteristic of nectar.
- nickeltype — an electrotype with a deposit of nickel.
- nitpickers — Plural form of nitpicker.
- nonkinetic — pertaining to motion.
- pawnticket — a ticket or receipt for a pawned item
- pernickety — persnickety.
- picketboat — a boat which keeps guard
- pickpocket — a person who steals money, wallets, etc., from the pockets of people, as in crowded public places.
- pigsticker — to hunt for wild boar, usually on horseback and using a spear.
- pitch lake — a deposit of natural asphalt in SW Trinidad, West Indies. 114 acres (47 hectares).
- potsticker — a pan-fried and steamed Chinese dumpling with a ground meat or vegetable filling.
- quick time — Military. a rate of marching in which 120 paces, each of 30 inches (76.2 cm), are taken in a minute.
- quicksteps — Plural form of quickstep.
- quickwater — the part of a river or other stream having a strong current.
- retracking — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- rickettsia — any member of the genus Rickettsia, comprising rod-shaped to coccoid microorganisms that resemble bacteria but can be as small as a large virus and reproduce only inside a living cell, parasitic in fleas, ticks, lice, and mites and transmitted by bite to vertebrate hosts, including humans, causing such severe diseases as typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
- riebeckite — an amphibolic mineral, silicate of sodium and iron, occurring usually in feldspathoid rocks.
- rock tripe — any lichen of the genus Umbilicaria.
- scythelike — an agricultural implement consisting of a long, curving blade fastened at an angle to a handle, for cutting grass, grain, etc., by hand.
- self-stick — having a surface coated or treated to stick to another surface without the use of glue or moisture; self-adhesive.
- sheep tick — a wingless, bloodsucking, dipterous insect, Melophagus ovinus, that is parasitic on sheep.
- shitkicker — an unsophisticated farmer, cowboy, or other rural person; country person.
- skeletonic — resembling a skeleton
- skepticism — skeptical attitude or temper; doubt.
- sketchiest — like a sketch; giving only outlines or essentials. Synonyms: cursory, rough, meager, crude.
- stickering — a person or thing that sticks.
- stickiness — having the property of adhering, as glue; adhesive.
- sticky end — a single-stranded end of DNA or RNA having a nucleotide base sequence complementary to that of another strand, enabling the two strands to be connected by base pairing: produced in the laboratory with the use of restriction enzymes for genetic engineering purposes.
- stickybeak — a busybody; meddler.
- stockiness — the quality of being stocky
- stockinged — a close-fitting covering for the foot and part of the leg, usually knitted, of wool, cotton, nylon, silk, or similar material.
- stockinger — a person who knits on a stocking frame
- stockrider — a cowboy.
- stuck pipe — Stuck pipe happens when part of the drillpipe cannot be turned or moved up or down.
- superthick — extremely thick
- taperstick — a candlestick designed to hold tapers.
- the flicks — the cinema
- the sticks — remote rural place
- thick-knee — any of several crepuscular or nocturnal wading birds of the family Burhinidae, of the Old World and tropical America, having a thickened joint between the femoral and tibiotarsal bones.
- thickening — a making or becoming thick.
- thinkpiece — an article analyzing and giving the background of a news event, often with the author's opinions and forecast for the future.
- tick fever — any fever transmitted by ticks, as Rocky Mountain spotted fever, which attacks humans, or Texas fever, which is confined to some animals, as cattle.
- tick-borne — carried or transmitted by ticks: tick-borne disease.
- ticked off — a slight, sharp, recurring click, tap, or beat, as of a clock.
- ticket day — (on the London Stock Exchange) the day on which selling brokers receive from buying brokers the names of investors who have made purchases during the previous account
- ticketless — a slip, usually of paper or cardboard, serving as evidence that the holder has paid a fare or admission or is entitled to some service, right, or the like: a railroad ticket; a theater ticket.