9-letter words containing n, i, c, k
- mechanick — Obsolete spelling of mechanic.
- mechnikov — Ilya Ilyich [ee-lyah ee-lyeech] /iˈlyɑ iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), Metchnikoff, Élie.
- mimicking — to imitate or copy in action, speech, etc., often playfully or derisively.
- minitrack — a system for tracking satellites, space vehicles, or rockets by means of radio waves.
- mink coat — overcoat made of mink fur
- misreckon — (transitive) To add (something) up incorrectly, make a wrong calculation of (an amount etc.).
- mockingly — to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
- muckiness — The quality of being mucky.
- munchkins — Plural form of munchkin.
- nail-sick — iron-sick.
- nanticoke — a member of an extinct North American Indian people who inhabited Maryland, Delaware, and Pennsylvania.
- neck-rein — to guide or direct (a horse) with the pressure of a rein on the opposite side of the neck from the direction in which the rider wishes to travel.
- necklines — Plural form of neckline.
- neckpiece — a scarf, especially one of fur.
- nickeline — a usually massive, pale copper-red mineral, nickel arsenide, NiAs, with a metallic luster.
- nickelize — to nickel-plate.
- nickelled — Simple past tense and past participle of nickel.
- nickelous — containing bivalent nickel.
- nickering — neigh.
- nicknacks — an ornamental trinket or gimcrack; a bit of bric-a-brac.
- nicknamed — Simple past tense and past participle of nickname.
- nicknamer — One who bestows a nickname.
- 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
- nicky-tam — a strap or string secured round a trouser leg below the knee, formerly worn esp by farm workers to keep the trouser bottoms clear of dirt
- nit-picky — tending to raise petty objections; pernickety
- nitpicked — Simple past tense and past participle of nitpick.
- nitpicker — a person who nitpicks, especially habitually.
- non-stick — Non-stick saucepans, frying pans, or baking tins have a special coating on the inside which prevents food from sticking to them.
- noncaking — not liable to cake or to become compacted or crusty
- noncoking — not liable to coke
- nonsticky — not sticky
- np tricky — (humour) A play on NP hard describing an algorithm or piece of code that is too complicated for a mere mortal to understand.
- on a kick — currently enthusiastic about a particular activity
- pack into — If someone packs a lot of something into a limited space or time, they fit a lot into it.
- packaging — a bundle of something, usually of small or medium size, that is packed and wrapped or boxed; parcel.
- packtrain — a line or succession of pack animals, as mules or burros, used to transport food and supplies over terrain unsuitable for wagons or other vehicles.
- pancaking — a thin, flat cake of batter fried on both sides on a griddle or in a frying pan; griddlecake or flapjack.
- panicking — a sudden overwhelming fear, with or without cause, that produces hysterical or irrational behavior, and that often spreads quickly through a group of persons or animals.
- peckinpah — David Samuel ("Sam") 1925–84, U.S. film director and screenwriter.
- pecksniff — a person of Pecksniffian attitudes or behavior: a virtuousness that only a pecksniff could aspire to.
- pickaroon — to act or operate as a pirate or brigand.
- pickering — Edward Charles, 1846–1919, and his brother, William Henry, 1858–1938, U.S. astronomers.
- picketing — a post, stake, pale, or peg that is used in a fence or barrier, to fasten down a tent, etc.
- pickiness — extremely fussy or finicky, usually over trifles.
- pickthank — a person who seeks favor by flattery or gossip; sycophant.
- picnicker — an excursion or outing in which the participants carry food with them and share a meal in the open air.
- pinchback — Pinckney Benton Stewart, 1837–1921, U.S. politician.
- pinchbeck — an alloy of copper and zinc, used in imitation of gold.
- pinchcock — a clamp for compressing a flexible pipe, as a rubber tube, in order to regulate or stop the flow of a fluid.