9-letter words containing i, c, e, k
- kennewick — a city in S Washington, on the Columbia River.
- keratotic — any skin disease characterized by a horny growth, as a wart.
- kerchiefs — Plural form of kerchief.
- ketchikan — a seaport in SE Alaska: transportation and communications center.
- ketogenic — the production of ketone bodies in the body, as in diabetes mellitus or low-carbohydrate weight-loss diets.
- ketolytic — the breaking down of ketones.
- keyclicks — Plural form of keyclick.
- kick over — to strike with the foot or feet: to kick the ball; to kick someone in the shins.
- kickboxer — someone who practises kickboxing
- kickwheel — a potter's wheel rotated by kicking.
- kilocurie — a unit of radioactivity, equal to 1000 curies. Abbreviation: kCi, kc.
- kilocycle — a unit equal to 1000 cycles: used especially in radio as 1000 cycles per second for expressing the frequency of electromagnetic waves; kilohertz. The term kilohertz is now preferred in technical use. Abbreviation: kc.
- kinematic — the branch of mechanics that deals with pure motion, without reference to the masses or forces involved in it.
- kinescope — a cathode-ray tube with a fluorescent screen on which an image is reproduced by a directed beam of electrons.
- kitchener — Horatio Herbert (1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and of Broome) 1850–1916, English field marshal and statesman.
- klendusic — resistant to disease
- kneepiece — a piece of armor for protecting the knee, as a poleyn.
- knickered — wearing knickers.
- koniscope — a device for detecting and measuring dust in the air
- kvetching — Present participle of kvetch.
- lackering — to coat with lacquer.
- laid deck — a wooden deck having planking laid parallel to the sides of the hull so as to follow the curves toward the ends of the vessel.
- leechlike — Resembling a leech or some aspect of one; clinging, parasitic.
- leukaemic — relating to, or affected by, leukaemia
- licker-in — a roller on a carding machine, especially the roller that opens the stock as it is fed into the card and transfers the fibers to the main cylinder.
- lickerish — fond of and eager for choice food.
- lickpenny — something that uses up large amounts of money
- lifehacks — Plural form of lifehack.
- limericks — Plural form of limerick.
- livestock — the horses, cattle, sheep, and other useful animals kept or raised on a farm or ranch.
- locked in — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- lockerbie — a town in SW Scotland, in Dumfries and Galloway: scene (1988) of the UK's worst air disaster when a passenger jet (Pan Am flight 103) was brought down by a terrorist bomb, killing 270 people, including eleven residents of the town. Pop: 4009 (2001)
- luckiness — having or marked by good luck; fortunate: That was my lucky day.
- mackenzie — Sir Alexander, 1764–1820, Scottish explorer in Canada.
- mackinder — Sir Halford John. 1861–1947, British geographer noted esp for his work in political geography. His writings include Democratic Ideas and Reality (1919)
- main deck — the uppermost weatherproof deck, running the full length of a ship.
- majestick — Archaic spelling of majestic.
- make nice — pleasing; agreeable; delightful: a nice visit.
- make-nice — pleasing; agreeable; delightful: a nice visit.
- marchlike — (music) Resembling a march.
- markevich — Igor [ee-guh r] /ˈi gər/ (Show IPA), 1912–83, Russian conductor and composer.
- mavericks — Plural form of maverick.
- mechanick — Obsolete spelling of mechanic.
- mechnikov — Ilya Ilyich [ee-lyah ee-lyeech] /iˈlyɑ iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), Metchnikoff, Élie.
- merrimack — a town in S New Hampshire.
- metestick — a measuring rod
- midwicket — (cricket) a fielding position, about 40° forward of square on the leg side, between square leg and mid on.
- mispacked — filled to capacity; full: They've had a packed theater for every performance.
- mispickel — arsenopyrite.
- misreckon — (transitive) To add (something) up incorrectly, make a wrong calculation of (an amount etc.).