16-letter words containing i, c, k, n, e
- 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.
- smack in the eye — a snub or setback
- 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.
- spanish mackerel — an American game fish, Scomberomorus maculatus, inhabiting the Atlantic Ocean.
- stab in the back — to pierce or wound with or as if with a pointed weapon: She stabbed a piece of chicken with her fork.
- stick in the mud — someone who avoids new activities, ideas, or attitudes; old fogy.
- stick-in-the-mud — someone who avoids new activities, ideas, or attitudes; old fogy.
- sticking plaster — an adhesive cloth or other material for covering and closing superficial wounds, holding bandages in place, etc.
- stocking machine — a type of knitting machine
- stocking stuffer — a small, usually inexpensive gift that is placed with others in a Christmas stocking.
- strike a balance — compromise
- take a raincheck — to accept the postponement of an offer
- the king country — an area in the centre of North Island, New Zealand: home of the King Movement, a nineteenth-century Māori separatist movement
- 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.
- thieves' kitchen — a thieves' hideout
- thumbnail sketch — small preliminary drawing
- travelling clock — a small clock taken by someone who is travelling
- turkish crescent — crescent (def 6).
- two-percent milk — Two-percent milk is milk from which some of the cream has been removed.
- unfranked income — any income from an investment that does not qualify as franked investment income
- upside-down cake — a cake that is baked on a layer of fruit, then turned before serving so that the fruit is on top.
- walking distance — distance that can easily be walked
- weak interaction — the interaction between elementary particles and the intermediate vector bosons that carry the weak force from one particle to another.
- wild honeysuckle — pinxter flower.
- william mckinley — William, 1843–1901, 25th president of the U.S. 1897–1901.
- winter crookneck — any of several winter varieties of squash, Cucurbita moschata, having elongated, curved necks.