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11-letter words containing s, i, c, k, o

  • 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.
  • pocket-size — small enough to fit conveniently into one's pocket.
  • pooh sticks — a children's game: each player throws a stick into a stream from one side of a bridge and the winner is the person whose stick emerges first on the other side
  • pot sticker — a pan-fried and steamed Chinese dumpling with a ground meat or vegetable filling.
  • radio shack — a room or structure, as on a ship, for housing radio equipment.
  • risk factor — a condition, behavior, or other factor that increases risk: Smoking is a major risk factor for cancer; depression as a risk factor in suicide.
  • rock island — a port in NW Illinois, on the Mississippi: government arsenal.
  • rocket ship — a rocket-propelled aircraft or spacecraft.
  • rollicksome — rollicking; frolicsome.
  • school milk — (formerly, in Britain) a third of a pint of milk, originally provided free by the local education authority to all young pupils, then later given only to children who passed a needs or means test
  • 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.
  • shock radio — broadcasting by a commercial radio station whose humor includes tasteless jokes, sexual innuendo, and ethnic insults.
  • silk cotton — the silky covering of the seeds of certain tropical trees of the bombax family, used for stuffing cushions, pillows, etc.
  • six o'clock — 6 P.M., 1800 hours
  • skin colour — the colour of a person's skin, ie Black, White, etc
  • slit pocket — a pocket on the underside of a garment, reached through a vertical opening
  • smoking car — smoker (def 2a).
  • 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
  • social work — organized work directed toward the betterment of social conditions in the community, as by seeking to improve the condition of the poor, to promote the welfare of children, etc.
  • sock lining — a thin piece of material, as leather, that is laid on top of the insole of a shoe, boot, or other footwear.
  • sockdoliger — a conclusive argument; a hard blow
  • spondulicks — money; cash.
  • spring lock — a lock that fastens automatically by a spring.
  • stick float — a float attached at the top and bottom to the line
  • stick it to — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
  • stock split — the act or result of splitting stock
  • stock-still — completely still; motionless.
  • stockinette — Also, stockinet. a stretchy, machine-knitted fabric used for making undergarments, infants' wear, etc.
  • stockpiling — the activity of acquiring and storing a large quantity of something
  • stocktaking — the examination or counting over of materials or goods on hand, as in a stockroom or store.
  • swivelblock — a block that supports a swivel
  • tchaikovsky — Peter Ilyich [il-yich] /ˈɪl yɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), or Pëtr Ilich [Russian pyawtr ee-lyeech] /Russian ˈpyɔtr iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), 1840–93, Russian composer.
  • white stock — a stock of veal bones, vegetables, herbs, and seasonings: used as the basis for sauces and soups.
  • willowwacks — a wooded, uninhabited area.
  • workaholics — Plural form of workaholic.
  • youskevitch — Igor [ee-gawr] /ˈi gɔr/ (Show IPA), 1912–94, U.S. ballet dancer, born in Russia.
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