11-letter words containing i, c, e, k, h
- humperdinck — Engelbert [eng-uh l-bert;; English eng-guh l-burt] /ˈɛŋ əlˌbɛrt;; English ˈɛŋ gəlˌbɜrt/ (Show IPA), 1854–1921, German composer.
- hypokalemic — Having a low percentage of potassium in one's blood.
- hypokinetic — abnormally diminished muscular function or mobility.
- in the dock — the place in a courtroom where a prisoner is placed during trial.
- jacklighter — a person who hunts or fishes at night with the aid of a jacklight.
- kinesthetic — the sensation of movement or strain in muscles, tendons, and joints; muscle sense.
- kinetochore — Biology. the place on either side of the centromere to which the spindle fibers are attached during cell division.
- kingtehchen — Jingdezhen.
- kitchen tea — a prewedding party to which guests bring an item of kitchenware or other gifts for the bride; shower.
- kitchenalia — cooking equipment and other items found in a kitchen
- kitchenette — a very small, compact kitchen.
- kitchenmaid — a female servant who assists the cook.
- kitchenware — cooking equipment or utensils.
- kohl pencil — a thin cylindrical cosmetic instrument used to darken the area around the eyes
- lake zürich — a lake in N Switzerland, mostly in Zürich canton. Area: 89 sq km (34 sq miles)
- leschetizky — Theodor [tey-uh-dawr,, -dohr,, thee-] /ˈteɪ əˌdɔr,, -ˌdoʊr,, ˈθi-/ (Show IPA), 1830–1915, Polish pianist and composer.
- leukonychia — Alt form leuconychia.
- lickerishly — In a lickerish manner.
- lobachevski — Nikoˈlai Iˈvanovich (nikɔˈlaɪ iˈvɑnɔvɪtʃ ) ; nēk^ōlīˈ ēväˈn^ōvich) 1793-1856; Russ. mathematician
- machinelike — like a machine, as in regular movement or uniform pattern of operation: to conduct business with machinelike efficiency.
- melchizedek — a priest and king of Salem. Gen. 14:18.
- metchnikoff — Élie [French ey-lee] /French eɪˈli/ (Show IPA), (Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov) 1845–1916, Russian zoologist and bacteriologist in France: Nobel Prize in medicine 1908.
- mock heroic — imitating or burlesquing that which is heroic, as in manner, character, or action: mock-heroic dignity.
- mock-heroic — imitating or burlesquing that which is heroic, as in manner, character, or action: mock-heroic dignity.
- nakhichevan — an autonomous republic, an exclave of Azerbaijan, bordering Armenia, Turkey, and Iran. 2124 sq. mi. (5500 sq. km). Capital: Nakhichevan.
- neckerchief — a cloth or scarf worn round the neck.
- ostrichlike — a large, two-toed, swift-footed flightless bird, Struthio camelus, indigenous to Africa and Arabia, domesticated for its plumage: the largest of living birds.
- peckishness — the state or condition of being peckish
- pickelhaube — a spiked German helmet from the 19th and 20th centuries
- price check — A price check is an investigation of the prices charged by different retailers for the same goods to find the best value.
- puckishness — the state of being puckish
- reckon with — to count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount.
- rheumaticky — affected with rheumatism
- rocket ship — a rocket-propelled aircraft or spacecraft.
- schick test — a diphtheria immunity test in which diphtheria toxoid is injected intracutaneously, nonimmunity being indicated by an inflammation at the injection site.
- schmierkase — cottage cheese.
- schrecklich — frightful or horrible
- secchi disk — an opaque, white or black-and-white disk used to measure the cloudiness or turbidity of ocean water by the point at which it is no longer visible from the surface.
- shellacking — lac that has been purified and formed into thin sheets, used for making varnish.
- sheriffwick — shrievalty.
- sherlockian — pertaining to or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, known for his skill in solving mysteries through deductive reasoning.
- shipwrecked — the destruction or loss of a ship, as by sinking.
- shirtjacket — a jacket styled like a shirt
- shitkickers — an unsophisticated farmer, cowboy, or other rural person; country person.
- sickishness — the state of being sickish
- sketchiness — like a sketch; giving only outlines or essentials. Synonyms: cursory, rough, meager, crude.
- skin-search — strip-search.
- spinachlike — resembling or characteristic of spinach
- stickhandle — (in hockey and lacrosse) to control and skillfully maneuver the ball or puck with the stick.
- thickheaded — (of a person) dull-witted; stupid.