15-letter words containing l, i, c, k, n
- mechanical bank — a toy bank in which a coin is deposited by a mechanical process that is usually activated by pushing a lever.
- milking machine — an electric machine for milking cows.
- 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.
- mount cook lily — a large white buttercup, Ranunculus lyallii, of the South Island alpine country of New Zealand
- 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.
- percussion lock — a gunlock on a firearm that fires by striking a percussion cap.
- 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-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.
- pickaback plant — piggyback plant.
- pickling onions — small onions suitable for pickling
- piggyback plant — a plant, Tolmiea menziesii, of the saxifrage family, native to western North America, that produces new plants at the base of its broad, hairy leaves and that is popular as a houseplant.
- 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
- point-and-click — of or denoting an interface with which the user typically interacts by using a mouse to move the cursor and then clicking on a screen object.
- police marksman — a police officer skilled in precision shooting, esp with a sniper rifle
- 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.
- reception clerk — a person who works in a hotel at the desk or office where guests can books rooms or ask the staff questions
- redfin pickerel — See under pickerel (def 1).
- rocket airplane — an airplane propelled wholly or mainly by a rocket engine.
- rolling kitchen — a mobile kitchen used for feeding troops outdoors.
- sand-lime brick — a hard brick composed of silica sand and a lime of high calcium content, molded under high pressure and baked.
- slap and tickle — sexual play
- social drinking — the practice of drinking alcohol occasionally and usually only in social situations
- social-drinking — a person who drinks alcoholic beverages usually in the company of others and is in control of his or her drinking.
- 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.
- starting blocks — the rigid blocks adjustable at an angle and mounted on a track against which a runner's shoes are placed to aid in starting
- stocking filler — A stocking filler is a small present that is suitable for putting in a Christmas stocking.
- striking circle — the semicircular area in front of each goal, which an attacking player must have entered before scoring a goal
- stumbling block — an obstacle or hindrance to progress, belief, or understanding.
- talking machine — Older Use. a phonograph.
- talking picture — Older Use. a motion picture with accompanying synchronized speech, singing, etc.
- tank locomotive — a steam locomotive carrying its own fuel and water without the use of a tender.
- telekinetically — in a telekinetic manner
- tidal benchmark — a benchmark used as a reference for tidal observations.
- to call in sick — If you call in sick, you telephone the place where you work to tell them you will not be coming to work because you are ill.
- track and field — athletics events
- track-and-field — of, relating to, or participating in the sports of running, pole-vaulting, broad-jumping, etc.: a track-and-field athlete.
- travel sickness — nausea caused by motion
- traveling block — (in a hoisting tackle) the block hooked to and moving with the load.
- unchristianlike — not like a Christian; not in accordance with Christian teaching and values
- universal chuck — a chuck, as on a lathe headstock, having three stepped jaws moving simultaneously for precise centering of a workpiece of any of a wide range of sizes.
- walk-in traffic — The walk-in traffic of a store is the number of people who choose to visit it as they pass by.
- walking catfish — an Asian catfish, Clarias batrachus, that can survive out of water and move overland from one body of water to another: introduced into Florida.