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15-letter words containing i, c, e, k

  • a cracking pace — If you say that someone or something is moving at a cracking pace, you mean that they are moving very quickly.
  • a piece of cake — If you think something is very easy to do, you can say it is a piece of cake. People often say this to stop someone feeling worried about doing something they have to do.
  • airborne attack — an attack involving airborne troops
  • airmail sticker — a sticker that is put on airmail letters to make sure they are not sent by surface mail
  • akinetic mutism — a state of apparent alertness with normal eye movements but no speech or other voluntary motion, usually due to a stroke.
  • amegakaryocytic — Characterized by a lack of megakaryocytes.
  • antilock brakes — brakes fitted to some road vehicles that prevent skidding and improve control by sensing and compensating for overbraking
  • apprentice work — work done when young and a novice
  • babinski effect — the reflex curling upwards of the toes (instead of inwards) when the sole of the foot is stroked, normal in infants below the age of two but a pathological condition in adults
  • back plastering — the introduction of partitions of lath and plaster between the inner and outer surfaces of a stud wall in order to improve the insulating properties of the wall.
  • back projection — a method of projecting pictures onto a translucent screen so that they are viewed from the opposite side, used esp in films to create the illusion that the actors in the foreground are moving
  • backseat driver — If you refer to a passenger in a car as a backseat driver, they annoy you because they constantly give you advice about how to drive.
  • balanced ticket — a slate of candidates chosen to appeal to a wide range of voters, especially by including members of large regional, ethnic, or religious groups.
  • bateau neckline — a wide, high neckline that follows the curve of the collarbone and ends in points on the shoulder seams.
  • be in the black — If a person or an organization is in the black, they do not owe anyone any money.
  • beginner's luck — the initial good fortune or success commonly supposed to come to a person who has recently taken up a new pursuit, as a sport or game: Catching a large trout the first time you go fishing is simply beginner's luck.
  • big black river — a river in N central Mississippi, flowing SW to the Mississippi River near Vicksburg. 330 miles (531 km) long.
  • big sandy creek — a river in central Colorado, flowing NE and SE to the Arkansas River near Lamar: site of the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre. 200 miles (322 km) long.
  • black and white — In a black and white photograph or film, everything is shown in black, white, and grey.
  • black guillemot — a common guillemot, Cepphus grylle: its summer plumage is black with white wing patches and its winter plumage white with greyish wings
  • black operation — a covert and undocumented military operation
  • black-and-white — displaying only black and white tones; without color, as a picture or chart: a black-and-white photograph.
  • blackberry lily — an ornamental Chinese iridaceous plant, Belamcanda chinensis, that has red-spotted orange flowers and clusters of black seeds that resemble blackberries
  • blank cartridge — a cartridge containing powder but no bullet: used in battle practice or as a signal
  • brackett series — a series of lines in the infrared spectrum of hydrogen.
  • bring the check — If you bring the check in a restaurant, you bring the customer a piece of paper on which the price of their meal is written.
  • buckinghamshire — a county in SE central England, containing the Vale of Aylesbury and parts of the Chiltern Hills: the geographic and ceremonial county includes Milton Keynes, which became an independent unitary authority in 1997. Administrative centre: Aylesbury. Pop (excluding Milton Keynes): 478 000 (2003 est). Area (excluding Milton Keynes): 1568 sq km (605 sq miles)
  • calcium blocker — any of a group of drugs that prevent the influx of calcium into excitable tissues such as smooth muscle of the heart or arterioles, used in the treatment of angina, hypertension, and certain arrhythmias.
  • calculated risk — a chance of failure, the probability of which is estimated before some action is undertaken.
  • campaign worker — a person who carries out duties for a political candidate or party, esp before an election
  • cape chelyuskin — a cape in N central Russia, in N Siberia at the end of the Taimyr Peninsula: the northernmost point of Asia
  • cashier's check — A cashier's check is one which a cashier signs and which is drawn on a bank's own funds.
  • category killer — a person, product, or business that dominates a particular market
  • central locking — a system by which all the doors of a motor vehicle can be locked simultaneously when the driver's door is locked
  • certified check — A certified check is a check that is guaranteed by a bank, because the bank has set aside sufficient money in the account.
  • characteristick — Obsolete form of characteristic.
  • charles dickensCharles (John Huf·fam) [huhf-uh m] /ˈhʌf əm/ (Show IPA), ("Boz") 1812–70, English novelist.
  • chiang kai-shek — original name Chiang Chung-cheng, 1887–1975, Chinese general: president of China (1928–31; 1943–49) and of the Republic of China (Taiwan) (1950–75). As chairman of the Kuomintang, he allied with the Communists against the Japanese (1937–45), but in the Civil War that followed was forced to withdraw to Taiwan after his defeat by the Communists (1949)
  • chicken cholera — fowl cholera.
  • chicken colonel — an officer with the rank of full colonel
  • chicken lobster — a young lobster weighing 1 pound (0.4 kg) or less.
  • chicken nuggets — small pieces of chicken fried in batter
  • chicken-and-egg — of or relating to a paradoxical situation, question, etc. involving two factors, each of which in turn causes or leads to the other
  • chicken-hearted — easily frightened; cowardly
  • chicken-livered — timid; fearful; cowardly.
  • cholecystokinin — a hormone secreted by duodenal cells that stimulates the contraction of the gall bladder and secretion of pancreatic enzymes
  • choral speaking — recitation of poetry, dramatic pieces, etc. by a chorus of speakers
  • cigarette smoke — the acrid smoke produced by cigarettes being smoked
  • cinderella book — (publication)   "Introduction to Automata Theory, Languages, and Computation", by John Hopcroft and Jeffrey Ullman, (Addison-Wesley, 1979). So called because the cover depicts a girl (putatively Cinderella) sitting in front of a Rube Goldberg device and holding a rope coming out of it. On the back cover, the device is in shambles after she has (inevitably) pulled on the rope. See also book titles.
  • circuit breaker — A circuit breaker is a device which can stop the flow of electricity around a circuit by switching itself off if anything goes wrong.

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