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

  • lighthouse clock — an American mantel clock of the early 19th century, having the dial and works exposed beneath a glass dome on a tapered, cylindrical body.
  • like cat and dog — quarrelling savagely
  • lincoln reckoner — An interactive mathematics program including matrix operations, written about 1965. It ran on the TX-2.
  • lipstick lesbian — a lesbian who is feminine in manner or appearance; a femme.
  • little black ant — a widely distributed ant, Monomorium minimum, sometimes a household pest.
  • lumberjack shirt — a thick checked shirt, as worn by lumberjacks
  • mackinaw blanket — a thick woolen blanket, often woven with bars of color, formerly used in the northern and western U.S. by Indians, loggers, etc.
  • magnetic pick-up — a type of record player pick-up in which the stylus moves an iron core in a coil, causing a changing magnetic field that produces the current
  • make a complaint — If a guest makes a complaint, they express their dissatisfaction with something.
  • make a pitch for — to give verbal support to
  • megakaryoblastic — (cytology) Of or pertaining to a megakaryoblast.
  • mock examination — an examination, esp in a school, taken as practice before an official examination
  • morning sickness — nausea occurring in the early part of the day, especially as a characteristic symptom in the first months of pregnancy.
  • narcotraffickers — Plural form of narcotrafficker.
  • necklace killing — an instance in which someone is killed by a burning tyre that has been placed around his or her neck.
  • new jack (swing) — a style of rhythm-and-blues music blending rap, disco, funk, soul, etc. and characterized by aggressive, boastful, romantic lyrics
  • nick someone for — to defraud someone to the extent of
  • nutcracker suite — a ballet and concert suite (1892) arranged by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky from his orchestral work for a ballet, The Nutcracker.
  • observation deck — an area on a high building that is surrounded with railings or fencing and which provides panoramic views
  • ovshinsky effect — an effect that turns special types of glassy, thin films into semiconductors upon application of low voltage.
  • packet switching — a method of efficient data transmission whereby the initial message is broken into relatively small units, or packets, that are routed independently and subsequently reassembled.
  • packet-switching — a method of efficient data transmission whereby the initial message is broken into relatively small units, or packets, that are routed independently and subsequently reassembled.
  • pain in the neck — source of annoyance
  • pharmacokinetics — the branch of pharmacology that studies the fate of pharmacological substances in the body, as their absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination.
  • pick up stompies — to come late to a conversation and so misunderstand what is being discussed
  • pocket billiards — pool2 (def 1).
  • posigrade rocket — an auxiliary rocket used to separate the sections of a multistage rocket, fired in the direction of flight.
  • poverty-stricken — suffering from poverty; extremely poor: poverty-stricken refugees.
  • proboscis monkey — a reddish, arboreal monkey, Nasalis larvatus, of Borneo, the male of which has a long, flexible nose: an endangered species.
  • rack one's brain — If you rack your brains, you try very hard to think of something.
  • reckless driving — a serious traffic offence whereby the driver of a vehicle disregards the rules of the road, driving very dangerously, causing accidents or other damage
  • restricted stock — unregistered stock, as that issued privately as compensation to corporate executives subject to special conditions.
  • ring-necked duck — a North American scauplike duck, Aythya collaris, having a chestnut ring around the neck.
  • river carpsucker — a carpsucker, Carpiodes carpio, found in silty rivers of the central U.S. south to Mexico.
  • rocket scientist — a specialist in rocketry.
  • rockville centre — a city on W Long Island, in SE New York.
  • sb will be lucky — If you say that someone will be lucky to do or get something, you mean that they are very unlikely to do or get it, and will definitely not do or get any more than that.
  • security blanket — a blanket or other familiar item carried especially by a young child to provide reassurance and a feeling of psychological security.
  • sedimentary rock — rock formed from compacted minerals
  • selective strike — a partial strike against a particular area of a business or against one employer or a small number of employers in a collective bargaining situation
  • shakedown cruise — extortion, as by blackmail or threats of violence.
  • sheepskin jacket — a short jacket made of the skin of a sheep with the wool still attached to it
  • sickness benefit — Sickness benefit is money that you receive regularly from the government when you are unable to work because of illness.
  • silk-cotton tree — any of several spiny trees belonging to the genus Ceiba, of the bombax family, having palmately compound leaves and seeds surrounded by silk cotton, especially C. pentandra, from which kapok is obtained.
  • silky flycatcher — any of several passerine birds of the family Ptilogonatidae, of the southwestern U.S. to Panama, related to the waxwings.
  • smack in the eye — a snub or setback
  • smack one's lips — If you smack your lips, you open and close your mouth noisily, especially before or after eating, to show that you are eager to eat or enjoyed eating.
  • sour-milk cheese — cottage cheese made from sour milk.
  • spanish mackerel — an American game fish, Scomberomorus maculatus, inhabiting the Atlantic Ocean.
  • stab in the back — to pierce or wound with or as if with a pointed weapon: She stabbed a piece of chicken with her fork.
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