8-letter words containing i, c, e, k
- crankier — Comparative form of cranky.
- creakily — creaking or apt to creak: a creaky stairway.
- creaking — Present participle of creak.
- crickets — Plural form of cricket.
- crickety — Of or pertaining to crickets.
- crinkled — marked with crenellations
- crinkles — Plural form of crinkle.
- cronkite — Walter, 1916–2009, U.S. newscaster.
- cultlike — resembling a cult
- cusplike — Resembling or characteristic of a cusp.
- cytokine — any of various proteins, secreted by cells, that carry signals to neighbouring cells. Cytokines include interferon
- czarlike — Alternative spelling of tsarlike.
- deck lid — the hinged lid forming the upper surface of an automobile deck.
- deckings — Plural form of decking.
- derricks — Plural form of derrick.
- deticker — an implement or chemical agent used to remove ticks (from an animal)
- dickered — to deal, swap, or trade with petty bargaining; bargain; haggle.
- dickhead — If someone calls a man a dickhead, they are saying that they think he is very stupid.
- dickless — (slang) Without a dick; penisless.
- die back — If a plant dies back, its leaves die but its roots remain alive.
- diestock — a frame for holding a number of standard threaded dies for cutting screw threads.
- disclike — resembling a disc
- dockside — land or area adjoining a dock: We were at the dockside to greet them.
- dohickey — Alternative spelling of doohickey.
- donicker — bathroom; toilet.
- ducklike — Similar to a duck.
- e-ticket — an electronic record confirming the purchase of a seat on an airline flight: Present your e-ticket to receive your boarding pass.
- ekistics — the science or study of human settlements
- elastick — Obsolete form of elastic.
- erratick — Obsolete form of erratic.
- ficklest — likely to change, especially due to caprice, irresolution, or instability; casually changeable: fickle weather.
- fireback — a piece, lining the rear of a fireplace, usually of cast iron.
- firelock — a gun having a lock in which the priming is ignited by sparks struck from flint and steel, as the flintlock musket.
- fishcake — a fried ball or cake of shredded fish, especially salt codfish, and mashed potato.
- flecking — a speck; a small bit: a fleck of dirt.
- flickers — Plural form of flicker.
- flickery — Seeming to flicker; unsteady.
- frecking — Present participle of freck.
- frickles — Plural form of frickle.
- get sick — fall ill, become unwell
- giveback — (in union negotiations) a reduction in employee wages or benefits conceded by a union in exchange for other benefits or in recognition of depressed economic conditions: Givebacks have not slowed the number of shutdowns.
- guericke — Otto von [awt-oh-fuh n] /ˈɔt oʊ fən/ (Show IPA), 1602–86, German physicist.
- heckling — to harass (a public speaker, performer, etc.) with impertinent questions, gibes, or the like; badger.
- helideck — (nautical) A platform (on a vessel or offshore structure) on which helicopters may land and take off.
- hendrick — a male given name, form of Henry.
- herdwick — a hardy breed of coarse-woolled sheep from NW England
- heretick — Obsolete form of heretic.
- hicksite — a member of the liberal body of Quakers in the U.S., who asserted the sufficiency of the Inner Light in religious life.
- hijacked — Illegally seize (an aircraft, ship, or vehicle) in transit and force it to go to a different destination or use it for one's own purposes.
- hijacker — a person who hijacks.