11-letter words containing r, i, c, k, l
- interlocked — Simple past tense and past participle of interlock.
- ivory black — a fine black pigment made by calcining ivory.
- jacklighter — a person who hunts or fishes at night with the aid of a jacklight.
- keratolytic — the loosening or shedding of the horny layer of the epidermis.
- killer cell — any of several types of lymphocyte or leukocyte capable of destroying cells that have acquired foreign characteristics, as a tumor cell or virus-infected cell.
- kilocalorie — one thousand small calories. Abbreviation: kcal. Also called Calorie, kilogram calorie, large calorie. Compare calorie (def 1a).
- kiloparsecs — Plural form of kiloparsec.
- 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.
- lake zürich — a lake in N Switzerland, mostly in Zürich canton. Area: 89 sq km (34 sq miles)
- latticework — work consisting of crossed strips usually arranged in a diagonal pattern of open spaces.
- lecturelike — Resembling a lecture or some aspect of one.
- leptokurtic — (of a frequency distribution) being more concentrated about the mean than the corresponding normal distribution.
- lickerishly — In a lickerish manner.
- lightstruck — (of beer) Spoiled by exposure to light, which causes riboflavin to react with and break down the isohumulones.
- linebackers — Plural form of linebacker.
- little rock — state in S central United States. 53,103 sq. mi. (137,537 sq. km). Capital: Little Rock. Abbreviation: AR (for use with zip code), Ark.
- maeterlinck — Comte Maurice [French moh-rees] /French moʊˈris/ (Show IPA), 1862–1947, Belgian poet, dramatist, and essayist: Nobel prize 1911.
- microkernel — (operating system) An approach to operating system design emphasising small modules that implement the basic features of the system kernel and can be flexibly configured.
- mitre block — a block of wood with slots for cutting mitre joints with a saw
- multi-track — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- nitro-chalk — a chemical fertilizer containing calcium carbonate and ammonium nitrate
- oil derrick — derrick (def 2).
- old hickory — Jackson1
- ostrichlike — a large, two-toed, swift-footed flightless bird, Struthio camelus, indigenous to Africa and Arabia, domesticated for its plumage: the largest of living birds.
- overlocking — the act of oversewing a hem or fabric edge to prevent fraying
- pilgarlicky — bald or growing bald
- pincer-like — resembling pincers in shape or action
- pink collar — of or relating to a type of employment traditionally held by women, especially relatively low-paying work: secretaries, phone operators, and other pink-collar workers.
- pink-collar — of or relating to a type of employment traditionally held by women, especially relatively low-paying work: secretaries, phone operators, and other pink-collar workers.
- placekicker — a player who takes place kicks
- platykurtic — (of a frequency distribution) less concentrated about the mean than the corresponding normal distribution.
- police work — the everyday duties of police officers, esp the investigation of criminal activities
- policymaker — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
- prickleback — any of several blennioid fishes of the family Stichaeidae, usually inhabiting cold waters, having spiny rays in the dorsal fin.
- prickly ash — Also called Northern prickly ash, toothache tree. a citrus shrub or small tree, Zanthoxylum americanum, having aromatic leaves and usually prickly branches.
- quicksilver — the metallic element mercury.
- racewalking — the activity of racing by walking fast rather than running
- racket-tail — any of several birds with a racket-shaped tail, such as certain hummingbirds and kingfishers
- ralik chain — a chain of islands in the W Pacific Ocean, forming the W part of the Marshall Islands.
- rib-tickler — very amusing; funny or hilarious: a book of rib-tickling stories.
- rickettsial — any member of the genus Rickettsia, comprising rod-shaped to coccoid microorganisms that resemble bacteria but can be as small as a large virus and reproduce only inside a living cell, parasitic in fleas, ticks, lice, and mites and transmitted by bite to vertebrate hosts, including humans, causing such severe diseases as typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
- rickrolling — the playfully pointless practice of performing or playing the song ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ by the British singer Rick Astley to a person or group of people either at a public event or online by means of a disguised hyperlink
- right-click — to depress the right-hand mouse button, as to display a menu.
- rock island — a port in NW Illinois, on the Mississippi: government arsenal.
- rollicksome — rollicking; frolicsome.
- schrecklich — frightful or horrible
- scissorlike — like scissors; moving, operating, or crossing in a manner suggesting the blades of scissors.
- sherlockian — pertaining to or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, known for his skill in solving mysteries through deductive reasoning.
- silk-screen — Silk-screen printing is a method of printing patterns onto cloth by forcing paint or dyes through silk or similar material.
- 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.