9-letter words containing t, i, c, k, o
- nonsticky — not sticky
- odd trick — Bridge. each trick exceeding six that is taken by the declarer.
- overthick — too thick
- overtrick — a trick won by declarer in excess of the number of tricks necessary to make the contract.
- pack into — If someone packs a lot of something into a limited space or time, they fit a lot into it.
- pink coat — the coat, usually scarlet, of the hunt uniform worn by the staff and by male members of the hunt.
- pitchfork — a large, long-handled fork for manually lifting and pitching hay, stalks of grain, etc.
- pocketing — a shaped piece of fabric attached inside or outside a garment and forming a pouch used especially for carrying small articles.
- potlicker — Midland and Southern U.S. Eye Dialect. pot liquor.
- prick out — to transplant (seedlings) as from seed pans to shallow boxes
- quicksort — A sorting algorithm with O(n log n) average time complexity. One element, x of the list to be sorted is chosen and the other elements are split into those elements less than x and those greater than or equal to x. These two lists are then sorted recursively using the same algorithm until there is only one element in each list, at which point the sublists are recursively recombined in order yielding the sorted list. This can be written in Haskell:
- sick note — proof of illness
- soft tick — any of numerous ticks of the family Argasidae, lacking a dorsal shield and having the mouthparts on the underside of the head.
- stick out — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
- stickwork — a player's degree of competence or proficiency as a baseball batter, hockey or lacrosse player, etc.: Frequent practice improved his stickwork.
- stockfish — fish, as the cod or haddock, cured by splitting and drying in the air without salt.
- stockiest — of solid and sturdy form or build; thick-set and, usually, short.
- stockinet — Also, stockinet. a stretchy, machine-knitted fabric used for making undergarments, infants' wear, etc.
- stocklist — a list or inventory of all the items in stock
- stockpile — a supply of material, as a pile of gravel in road maintenance.
- tailstock — a movable or sliding support for the dead center of a lathe or grinder.
- technikon — a technical college
- tick over — If an engine is ticking over, it is running at a low speed or rate, for example when it is switched on but you are not actually using it.
- tide lock — a lock at the entrance to a tidal basin.
- time lock — a lock, as for the door of a bank vault, equipped with a mechanism that makes it impossible to operate the lock within certain hours.
- toothpick — a small pointed piece of wood, plastic, etc., for removing substances, especially food particles, from between the teeth.
- trick out — a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
- tricksome — tricksy (def 1).
- tuck into — to put into a small, close, or concealing place: Tuck the money into your wallet.
- whipstock — the handle of a whip.
- witchknot — a knot of hair
- wood tick — American dog tick.
- wristlock — a hold in which an opponent's wrist is grasped and twisted.