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

  • clicktivism — a policy of using the internet to take direct and often militant action to achieve a political or social aim
  • clutch disk — The clutch disk or clutch plate is the rotating part of the clutch, to which the friction material is attached.
  • coal strike — a cessation of work by coal miners as a protest against working conditions or low pay
  • cockatrices — Plural form of cockatrice.
  • comstockism — the practice of immoderately censoring on grounds of immorality
  • cook strait — the strait between North and South Islands, New Zealand. Width: 26 km (16 miles)
  • corn whisky — whisky made from maize
  • cornhusking — the removal of the husk from corn
  • countersink — to enlarge the upper part of (a hole) in timber, metal, etc, so that the head of a bolt or screw can be sunk below the surface
  • cousin jack — a Cornishman, especially a Cornish miner.
  • crank-sided — lopsided; askew.
  • credit risk — a person or institution judged to be unlikely to be able to repay a loan
  • crinkliness — The state or quality of being crinkly.
  • cryokinesis — The psychic ability to control and create ice and cold temperatures.
  • crystallike — a clear, transparent mineral or glass resembling ice.
  • cuckoo spit — a white frothy mass on the stems and leaves of many plants, produced by froghopper larvae (cuckoo spit insects), which feed on the plant juices
  • cuckoo-spit — Also called frog spit. a frothy secretion found on plants, exuded by the young of certain insects, as the froghoppers, and serving as a protective covering.
  • cuckoopints — Plural form of cuckoopint.
  • cyberskills — Skills in using computer technology.
  • cytokinesis — division of the cytoplasm of a cell, occurring at the end of mitosis or meiosis
  • deck tennis — a game played on board ship in which a quoit is tossed to and fro across a high net on a small court resembling a tennis court
  • desk copier — a photocopier compact enough to fit on a desk, table, or similar surface.
  • dickcissels — Plural form of dickcissel.
  • disc jockey — a person who conducts a radio broadcast consisting of recorded music, informal talk, commercial announcements, etc.
  • disfrocking — Present participle of disfrock.
  • disk jockey — radio host
  • dock strike — an industrial dispute involving dock workers
  • dockmackies — Plural form of dockmackie.
  • drillstocks — Plural form of drillstock.
  • ferntickles — freckles
  • fiddlestick — anything; a bit: I don't care a fiddlestick for what they say.
  • fingerpicks — Plural form of fingerpick.
  • finickiness — The quality of being finicky.
  • fish tackle — a tackle for fishing an anchor.
  • flyspecking — A technique for painting furniture with flicked drops of paint.
  • forcepslike — Resembling a forceps.
  • french kiss — kiss with tongues
  • french-kiss — soul kiss.
  • gazingstock — (archaic) An object, event or person that is stared at (or gazed at) by many people.
  • glucokinase — an enzyme, found in all living systems, that serves to catalyze the phosphorylation of gluconic acid.
  • gobsmacking — Causing one to be gobsmacked; astounding, flabbergasting.
  • hackberries — Plural form of hackberry.
  • hackishness — (jargon)   The quality of being or involving a hack. This term is considered mildly silly. Synonym hackitude.
  • hicky-horse — a seesaw.
  • hitchhikers — Plural form of hitchhiker.
  • holluschick — a young male fur seal.
  • huckstering — Present participle of huckster.
  • hucksterish — a retailer of small articles, especially a peddler of fruits and vegetables; hawker.
  • hucksterism — a retailer of small articles, especially a peddler of fruits and vegetables; hawker.
  • ice-skating — If you go ice-skating, you move about on ice wearing ice-skates. This activity is also a sport.
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