15-letter words containing i, c, k, n, e
- molecular knife — a segment of genetic material that inhibits the reproduction of the AIDS virus by breaking up specific areas of the virus's genes.
- motion sickness — a feeling of nausea and dizziness, sometimes accompanied by vomiting, resulting from stimulation by motion of the semicircular canals of the ear during travel by car, plane, etc.
- narcotrafficker — One who traffics in illegal narcotics.
- new brunswicker — a native or inhabitant of New Brunswick
- niche marketing — marketing aimed at a specialized group
- nickel and dime — of little or no importance; trivial; petty: a nickel-and-dime business that soon folded.
- nickel carbonyl — a colorless or yellow, volatile, water-insoluble, poisonous, flammable liquid, Ni(CO) 4 , obtained by the reaction of nickel and carbon monoxide, and used for nickel-plating.
- nickel-and-dime — of little or no importance; trivial; petty: a nickel-and-dime business that soon folded.
- nutcracker chin — a strong-looking chin
- packing density — a measure of the amount of data that can be held by unit length of a storage medium, such as magnetic tape
- parking offence — the act of leaving your car somewhere illegally
- peak experience — a high point in the life of a self-actualizer, during which the person feels ecstatic and more alive and whole than is usual.
- peak production — the maximum production
- percussion lock — a gunlock on a firearm that fires by striking a percussion cap.
- phenakistoscope — an early form of a zoetrope in which figures are depicted in different poses around the edge of a disc. When the disc is spun, and the figures observed through the apertures around the edge of the disc, they appear to be moving
- phenylketonuric — an inherited disease due to faulty metabolism of phenylalanine, characterized by phenylketones in the urine and usually first noted by signs of mental retardation in infancy.
- pick and choose — to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
- pick-and-shovel — marked by drudgery; laborious: the pick-and-shovel work necessary to get a political campaign underway.
- pickaback plane — a powered airplane designed to be carried aloft by another airplane and released in flight.
- pitch blackness — extreme darkness; lack of light
- planet-stricken — believed to be adversely affected mentally or physically by the planets
- plunket society — the Royal New Zealand Society for the Health of Women and Children
- police marksman — a police officer skilled in precision shooting, esp with a sniper rifle
- prairie chicken — either of two North American gallinaceous birds of western prairies, Tympanuchus cupido (greater prairie chicken) or T. pallidicinctus (lesser prairie chicken) having rufous, brown, black, and white plumage.
- precinct worker — a worker in a polling or electoral district (such as someone who mans voting, etc)
- public speaking — the act of delivering speeches in public.
- pullman kitchen — a kitchenette, often recessed into a wall and concealed by double doors or a screen.
- quickwittedness — The state or condition of being quickwitted.
- reception clerk — a person who works in a hotel at the desk or office where guests can books rooms or ask the staff questions
- record-breaking — top, most successful
- redfin pickerel — See under pickerel (def 1).
- risk one's neck — to take a great risk
- rocket airplane — an airplane propelled wholly or mainly by a rocket engine.
- rolling kitchen — a mobile kitchen used for feeding troops outdoors.
- runabout ticket — a rail ticket that allows unlimited travel within a specified area for a limited period of time (for example one day, a weekend, three days, etc)
- sand-lime brick — a hard brick composed of silica sand and a lime of high calcium content, molded under high pressure and baked.
- saskatchewanian — a native or inhabitant of Saskatchewan
- shock resistant — not affected by impact
- shock-resistant — strong or resilient enough to sustain minor impacts without damage to the internal mechanism: a shock-resistant watch.
- situs picketing — common situs picketing.
- slap and tickle — sexual play
- smoking-concert — a concert where smoking is allowed.
- sounding rocket — a rocket equipped with instruments for making meteorological observations in the upper atmosphere.
- speeding ticket — notice of traffic violation
- spiny cocklebur — a cocklebur, Xanthium spinosum, introduced into North America from Europe.
- sprinkler dance — a celebratory dance in which participants extend one arm and shake it to imitate the action of a rotating water sprinkler
- stacking swivel — a metal swivel attached to the stock of a military rifle for use in hooking three rifles together to form a stack.
- sticky-fingered — given to thieving
- stiffneckedness — having a stiff neck; having torticollis.
- stocking filler — A stocking filler is a small present that is suitable for putting in a Christmas stocking.