11-letter words containing n, i, c, k, s
- in lockstep — When members of the armed forces march in lockstep, they march very close to each other.
- isokeraunic — isoceraunic.
- joint stock — stock or capital divided into a number of shares.
- kansas city — a city in W Missouri, at the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri rivers.
- kernicterus — (medicine) Damage to the brain centres of infants caused by increased levels of unconjugated-indirect bilirubin which is free (not bound to albumin).
- kinesiatric — of or relating to kinesiatrics
- kinesthetic — the sensation of movement or strain in muscles, tendons, and joints; muscle sense.
- kinetoscope — an early motion-picture device, invented by Edison, in which the film passed behind a peephole for viewing by a single viewer.
- king closer — a brick of regular length and thickness, used in building corners, having a long bevel from a point on one side to one about halfway across the adjacent end.
- knickknacks — an ornamental trinket or gimcrack; a bit of bric-a-brac.
- knit stitch — the most common stitch in knitting; stitches are formed on the left-hand needle by placing the point of the right-hand needle through the loop from left to right, winding the wool from the right-hand needle under the point of the right-hand needle and back across the front, pulling the loop through, and slipping the stitch off the left-hand needle
- knot stitch — a stitch that produces a knot on the fabric surface, made by twining the thread about the needle.
- lemon stick — a lemon half with a peppermint stick stuck in it, through which the lemon juice is sucked.
- linebackers — Plural form of linebacker.
- littlenecks — Plural form of littleneck.
- mistracking — track system.
- needlestick — Puncture of the skin by a hypodermic needle or other sharp object.
- night stick — a special club carried by a policeman; billy.
- nightsticks — Plural form of nightstick.
- onside kick — a kickoff deliberately kicked a short distance in an attempt by the kicking team to regain possession of the ball by recovering it after it has traveled forward the legally required distance of 10 yards, beyond the 50-yard line.
- peckishness — the state or condition of being peckish
- persnickety — overparticular; fussy.
- pigsticking — to hunt for wild boar, usually on horseback and using a spear.
- puckishness — the state of being puckish
- rock island — a port in NW Illinois, on the Mississippi: government arsenal.
- seasickness — nausea and dizziness, sometimes accompanied by vomiting, resulting from the rocking or swaying motion of a vessel in which one is traveling at sea.
- septic tank — a tank in which solid organic sewage is decomposed and purified by anaerobic bacteria.
- shellacking — lac that has been purified and formed into thin sheets, used for making varnish.
- sherlockian — pertaining to or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, known for his skill in solving mysteries through deductive reasoning.
- sick-making — making one feel jealous
- sickishness — the state of being sickish
- sicknursing — the nursing of the sick
- sienkiewicz — Henryk [hen-rik] /ˈhɛn rɪk/ (Show IPA), 1846–1916, Polish novelist: Nobel prize 1905.
- silk cotton — the silky covering of the seeds of certain tropical trees of the bombax family, used for stuffing cushions, pillows, etc.
- silk-screen — Silk-screen printing is a method of printing patterns onto cloth by forcing paint or dyes through silk or similar material.
- simnel cake — any of several kinds of rich fruitcake covered with almond paste.
- singlestick — a short, heavy stick.
- singletrack — (of a railroad or section of a railroad's route) having but one set of tracks, so that trains going in opposite directions must be scheduled to meet only at points where there are sidings.
- sketchiness — like a sketch; giving only outlines or essentials. Synonyms: cursory, rough, meager, crude.
- skillcentre — an institution providing vocational training or retraining for employed or unemployed people
- skin cancer — melanoma: malignant tumour
- skin colour — the colour of a person's skin, ie Black, White, etc
- skin effect — the phenomenon in which an alternating current tends to concentrate in the outer layer of a conductor, caused by the self-induction of the conductor and resulting in increased resistance.
- skin-search — strip-search.
- skyscraping — of or like a skyscraper; very high: a skyscraping chimney.
- slacklining — the activity of walking across a narrow line of synthetic webbing hung slackly above the ground
- slickenside — a rock surface that has become more or less polished and striated by slippage along a fault plane.
- smoking car — smoker (def 2a).
- snake juice — any strong alcoholic drink, esp when home-made
- snickersnee — a knife, especially one used as a weapon.