10-letter words containing i, c, k, l, e
- necklacing — Present participle of necklace.
- nectarlike — Resembling or characteristic of nectar.
- nickeltype — an electrotype with a deposit of nickel.
- orchidlike — Resembling an orchid or some aspect of one.
- pick holes — If you pick holes in an argument or theory, you find weak points in it so that it is no longer valid.
- pickleworm — the larva of a pyralid moth, Diaphania nitidalis, that bores into the stem and fruit of squash, cucumber, and other cucurbitaceous plants.
- pitch lake — a deposit of natural asphalt in SW Trinidad, West Indies. 114 acres (47 hectares).
- place kick — a kick in which the ball is placed in position before it is kicked
- place-kick — to make (a field goal or point after touchdown) by a place kick.
- pluckiness — having or showing pluck or courage; brave: The drowning swimmer was rescued by a plucky schoolboy.
- reblocking — a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more flat or approximately flat faces.
- saucerlike — resembling a saucer
- scythelike — an agricultural implement consisting of a long, curving blade fastened at an angle to a handle, for cutting grass, grain, etc., by hand.
- self-stick — having a surface coated or treated to stick to another surface without the use of glue or moisture; self-adhesive.
- sick leave — leave from duty, work, or the like, granted because of illness.
- sickle bar — cutter bar (def 1).
- sicklebill — any of various birds having a long, curved bill, as the long-billed curlew or curve-billed thrasher.
- sicklemias — the usually asymptomatic hereditary condition that occurs when a person inherits from only one parent the abnormal hemoglobin gene characteristic of sickle cell anemia.
- sickliness — not strong; unhealthy; ailing.
- silkscreen — Also called silkscreen process. a printmaking technique in which a mesh cloth is stretched over a heavy wooden frame and the design, painted on the screen by tusche or affixed by stencil, is printed by having a squeegee force color through the pores of the material in areas not blocked out by a glue sizing.
- silverback — an older male gorilla, usually the leader of a troop, whose hairs along the back turn gray with age.
- skeletonic — resembling a skeleton
- slackening — an act of becoming looser
- sock-liner — a thin piece of material, as leather, that is laid on top of the insole of a shoe, boot, or other footwear.
- the flicks — the cinema
- ticketless — a slip, usually of paper or cardboard, serving as evidence that the holder has paid a fare or admission or is entitled to some service, right, or the like: a railroad ticket; a theater ticket.
- time clock — a clock with an attachment that may be manually activated to stamp or otherwise record the exact time on a card or tape, used to keep a record of the time of something, as of the arrival and departure of employees.
- trancelike — a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- trickle-up — noting or pertaining to the theory that monetary benefits directed toward small businesses and the poor will gradually pass up to big business and the rich.
- unpickable — to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.