16-letter words containing i, c, k, l, e
- lick one's chops — Usually, chops. the jaw.
- 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.
- make a complaint — If a guest makes a complaint, they express their dissatisfaction with something.
- megakaryoblastic — (cytology) Of or pertaining to a megakaryoblast.
- necklace killing — an instance in which someone is killed by a burning tyre that has been placed around his or her neck.
- pocket billiards — pool2 (def 1).
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- 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 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.
- stick out a mile — to be extremely obvious
- sticking plaster — an adhesive cloth or other material for covering and closing superficial wounds, holding bandages in place, etc.
- strike a balance — compromise
- thermal cracking — Thermal cracking is an extraction process in which hydrocarbons such as crude oil are heated to a high temperature to break the molecular bonds.
- thick-tailed ray — Ichthyology. any ray of the order Rajiformes, having a relatively thick, fleshy tail, including the guitarfishes and the skates.
- thumbnail sketch — small preliminary drawing
- ticket collector — transport worker who checks tickets
- to stake a claim — If you stake a claim, you say that something is yours or that you have a right to it.
- tollhouse cookie — a crisp cookie containing bits of chocolate and sometimes chopped nuts.
- travelling clock — a small clock taken by someone who is travelling
- two-percent milk — Two-percent milk is milk from which some of the cream has been removed.
- walking distance — distance that can easily be walked
- wild honeysuckle — pinxter flower.
- william mckinley — William, 1843–1901, 25th president of the U.S. 1897–1901.
- yellow pikeperch — the walleye, Stizostedion vitreum.