9-letter words containing n, i, c, k, s
- nicknames — Plural form of nickname.
- nickstick — a stick on which notches are made for the purpose of keeping a tally; by extension, a tally or account
- non-stick — Non-stick saucepans, frying pans, or baking tins have a special coating on the inside which prevents food from sticking to them.
- nonsticky — not sticky
- pecksniff — a person of Pecksniffian attitudes or behavior: a virtuousness that only a pecksniff could aspire to.
- pickiness — extremely fussy or finicky, usually over trifles.
- quickness — done, proceeding, or occurring with promptness or rapidity, as an action, process, etc.; prompt; immediate: a quick response.
- quicksand — a bed of soft or loose sand saturated with water and having considerable depth, yielding under weight and therefore tending to suck down any object resting on its surface.
- rainstick — a musical instrument consisting of a tube filled with sand or pebbles, which is inverted to produce a sound
- rickstand — a platform on which to put or make a rick or haystack
- rockiness — the state or condition of a person who is shaky or unsteady, as from drinking, fatigue, or illness.
- scarfskin — the outermost layer of the skin; epidermis.
- schnittke — Alfred, 1934–1998, Russian composer.
- screaking — screeching or creaking
- sick note — proof of illness
- sickening — causing or capable of causing sickness, especially nausea, disgust, or loathing: sickening arrogance.
- sickleman — a person reaping with a sickle
- sicknurse — someone who nurses a sick person
- sketch in — If you sketch in details about something, you tell them to people.
- sketching — a simply or hastily executed drawing or painting, especially a preliminary one, giving the essential features without the details.
- skin care — the cleansing, massaging, moisturizing, etc., of the skin, especially the face or hands.
- skinflick — film containing much nudity and sex
- slickener — a tool used for slickening
- slingback — Also called sling. a woman's shoe with an open back and a strap or sling encircling the heel of the foot to keep the shoe secure.
- snickered — to laugh in a half-suppressed, indecorous or disrespectful manner.
- snickerer — someone who snickers
- socked in — to strike or hit hard.
- steinbeck — John (Ernst) [urnst] /ɜrnst/ (Show IPA), 1902–68, U.S. novelist: Nobel prize 1962.
- stick pin — a decorative straight pin with a jeweled or ornamented head and a long shaft with a sheath for encasing the point, used for holding an ascot or necktie in place.
- stickling — the act or practice of making insistent demands
- stockinet — Also, stockinet. a stretchy, machine-knitted fabric used for making undergarments, infants' wear, etc.
- sweelinck — Jan Pieters [yahn pee-tuh rs] /yɑn ˈpi tərs/ (Show IPA), or Jan Pieterszoon [yahn pee-tuh r-sohn] /yɑn ˈpi tərˌsoʊn/ (Show IPA), 1562–1621, Dutch organist and composer.
- swingback — (especially in political affairs) a return or reversion, as to previous opinion, custom, or ideology: We must fight any swingback to isolationism.
- tackiness — not tasteful or fashionable; dowdy.
- thickness — the state or quality of being thick.
- thickskin — a person lacking sensitivity or delicacy of feeling
- trainsick — ill with train sickness.
- unsickled — not cut with a sickle
- wackiness — odd or irrational; crazy: They had some wacky plan for selling more books.
- windsocks — Plural form of windsock.
- wine cask — a strong wooden barrel used to hold wine
- wingbacks — Plural form of wingback.
- yuckiness — The state or condition of being yucky.