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11-letter words containing s, i, c, k, e, n

  • sherlockian — pertaining to or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, known for his skill in solving mysteries through deductive reasoning.
  • sickishness — the state of being sickish
  • sienkiewicz — Henryk [hen-rik] /ˈhɛn rɪk/ (Show IPA), 1846–1916, Polish novelist: Nobel prize 1905.
  • 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 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.
  • slickenside — a rock surface that has become more or less polished and striated by slippage along a fault plane.
  • snake juice — any strong alcoholic drink, esp when home-made
  • snickersnee — a knife, especially one used as a weapon.
  • snickometer — a device, which uses sound waves recorded by the stump microphone, employed by TV commentators to determine whether or not a batsman has made contact with the ball
  • spinachlike — resembling or characteristic of spinach
  • stickhandle — (in hockey and lacrosse) to control and skillfully maneuver the ball or puck with the stick.
  • stiffnecked — having a stiff neck; having torticollis.
  • stockinette — Also, stockinet. a stretchy, machine-knitted fabric used for making undergarments, infants' wear, etc.
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