17-letter words containing s, i, c, k, l, e
- against the clock — If you are doing something against the clock, you are doing it in a great hurry, because there is very little time.
- altitude sickness — a condition affecting some persons at high altitudes, caused by insufficient oxygen in the blood and characterized by dizziness, nausea, and shortness of breath.
- back on the rails — If something is back on the rails, it is beginning to be successful again after a period when it almost failed.
- black renaissance — a renewal and flourishing of black literary and musical culture during the years after World War I in the Harlem section of New York City.
- black-box testing — functional testing
- blackwells island — a former name of Roosevelt Island.
- cardinal grosbeak — any of various mostly tropical American buntings, such as the cardinal and pyrrhuloxia, the males of which have brightly coloured plumage
- checkable deposit — a checking account
- chukchi peninsula — a peninsula in the extreme NE of Russia, in NE Siberia: mainly tundra
- cocktail waitress — a woman who serves in a bar or cocktail lounge
- devil's food cake — a rich chocolate cake
- elastic stockings — something made of elastic which you wear on your legs to aid circulation
- fiddleback spider — brown recluse spider.
- flickertail state — North Dakota (used as a nickname).
- go like hot cakes — to be sold very quickly or in large quantities
- hammer and sickle — the emblem of the Soviet Union, adopted in 1923 and consisting of an insignia of a hammer with its handle across the blade of a sickle and a star above.
- histamine blocker — any of various substances that act at a specific receptor site to block certain actions of histamine.
- hypovolemic shock — a type of shock caused by reduced blood volume, as from massive bleeding or dehydration.
- jerusalem cricket — a large, nocturnal, wingless, long-horned grasshopper, Stenopelmatus fuscus, occuring chiefly in loose soil and sand along the Pacific coast of the U.S.
- kaleidoscopically — of, relating to, or created by a kaleidoscope.
- kansas city style — a style of jazz developed in Kansas City, Mo., in the early 1930s, marked by a strong blues influence, the use of riffs as a characteristic formal device, and a less pronounced beat than that of the New Orleans or Chicago style of jazz.
- kensington palace — a royal residence in Kensington Gardens, in the London borough of Kensington and Chelsea; dating from the 17th century, it was improved and extended by Sir Cristopher Wren
- lackadaisicalness — without interest, vigor, or determination; listless; lethargic: a lackadaisical attempt.
- lame-duck session — (formerly) the December to March session of those members of the U.S. Congress who were defeated for reelection the previous November.
- lick one's wounds — an injury, usually involving division of tissue or rupture of the integument or mucous membrane, due to external violence or some mechanical agency rather than disease.
- lick the boots of — to be servile, obsequious, or flattering towards
- particle kinetics — Particle kinetics is the study of the movement of particles and the forces that cause this movement.
- pocket battleship — a small heavily armed and armored warship serving as a battleship because of limitations imposed by treaty.
- publicity-seeking — eager to attract publicity
- rocket propulsion — propulsion of an object by thrust developed by a rocket.
- shoestring tackle — a tackle made around the ankles of the ball carrier.
- sickle cell trait — the usually asymptomatic hereditary condition that occurs when a person inherits from only one parent the abnormal hemoglobin gene characteristic of sickle cell anemia.
- silk manufacturer — a person or business that is involved in the manufacture of silk thread and fabric
- silk-screen print — a type of print made with a stencil and a fine mesh screen. Ink is applied to and forced through the small holes in the screen leaving the covered area free from ink
- single-track road — a road that is only wide enough for one vehicle
- sleeping sickness — Also called African sleeping sickness, African trypanosomiasis. a generally fatal disease, common in parts of Africa, characterized by fever, wasting, and progressive lethargy: caused by a parasitic protozoan, Trypanosoma gambiense or T. rhodesiense, that is carried by a tsetse fly, Glossina palpalis.
- social networking — the development of social and professional contacts; the sharing of information and services among people with a common interest.
- the plot thickens — People sometimes say 'the plot thickens' when a situation or series of events is getting more and more complicated and mysterious.
- trucial sheikdoms — an independent federation in E Arabia, formed in 1971, now comprising seven emirates on the S coast (formerly, Pirate Coast or Trucial Coast) of the Persian Gulf, formerly under British protection: Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al-Qaiwain, Ras al-Khaimah (joined 1972), and Fujairah. About 32,300 sq. mi. (83,657 sq. km). Capital: Abu Dhabi. Abbreviation: U.A.E.
- unofficial strike — a strike that is not approved by the strikers' trade union
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