10-letter words containing i, c, e, k
- catskinner — an operator of a vehicle or machine with caterpillar treads.
- catwhisker — a sharply pointed, flexible wire used to make contact with a specific point on a semiconductor or a crystal detector
- centistoke — one hundredth of a stoke
- centrelink — the Australian federal agency that distributes welfare funds
- chainbrake — a device for cutting off the power to a chainsaw if the saw kicks back
- chalk line — a chalked string for making a straight line on a large surface, as a wall, by holding the string taut against the surface and snapping it to transfer the chalk.
- chalkiness — of or like chalk.
- check into — to stop or arrest the motion of suddenly or forcibly: He checked the horse at the edge of the cliff.
- check line — a checkrein.
- check list — a list of items, facts, names, etc, to be checked or referred to for comparison, identification, or verification
- check rail — (in a window sash) a meeting rail, especially one closing against the corresponding rail with a diagonal or rabbeted overlap.
- checkdigit — (data) A one-digit checksum.
- checkering — Present participle of checker.
- checklists — Plural form of checklist.
- checkpoint — A checkpoint is a place where traffic is stopped so that it can be checked.
- cheekiness — impudent; insolent: a cheeky fellow; cheeky behavior.
- cheekpiece — either of the two straps of a bridle that join the bit to the crownpiece
- chekhovian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Anton Chekhov or his writings, especially as they are evocative of a mood of introspection and frustration.
- chelyuskin — Capenorthernmost point of Asia, on the Taimyr Peninsula, Siberia
- chemicking — (of textiles) the process of bleaching
- chemokines — Plural form of chemokine.
- cherrylike — Resembling a cherry, such as in shape, color, or flavor.
- cherrypick — Alternative spelling of cherry-pick.
- cherublike — a celestial being. Gen. 3:24; Ezek. 1, 10.
- chickadees — Plural form of chickadee.
- chickarees — Plural form of chickaree.
- chickening — Present participle of chicken.
- chickenpox — Chickenpox is a disease which gives you a high temperature and red spots that itch.
- chipmunked — Simple past tense and past participle of chipmunk.
- choke coil — an inductor used to limit or suppress alternating current without stopping direct current
- chokepoint — a place of greatest congestion and often hazard; bottleneck.
- christlike — resembling or showing the spirit of Jesus Christ
- chunkiness — The state of being chunky.
- churchlike — resembling or appropriate to a church: churchlike silence.
- circlejerk — Alternative spelling of circle jerk.
- city break — a short holiday spent in a city
- city clerk — a city official who maintains public records and vital statistics, issues licenses, etc.
- cleanskins — Plural form of cleanskin.
- clerk-like — acting in a scholarly manner
- clinkstone — a variety of phonolite that makes a metallic sound when struck
- close-knit — A close-knit group of people are closely linked, do things together, and take an interest in each other.
- cloth-like — resembling cloth
- clove pink — carnation (sense 1)
- clump-like — resembling a clump
- cobweblike — Resembling or characteristic of a cobweb.
- cockamamie — If you describe something as cockamamie, you mean that it is ridiculous or silly.
- cockatiels — Plural form of cockatiel.
- cockatrice — a legendary monster, part snake and part cock, that could kill with a glance
- cockneyism — a characteristic of speech or custom peculiar to cockneys
- cocksiness — the state of being cocksy