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Showing words for SHELLACKING using the English dictionary

11 Letter Words for Shellacking

shellacking

9 Letter Words for Shellacking

chalkline, chelingas, hecklings, leachings, schelling, shackling

8 Letter Words for Shellacking

achilles, callings, chalking, chelinga, chileans, clashing, cleanish, galleins, hackings, hackling, hallings, healings, heckling, leaching, leashing, linkages, nigellas, shacking, shaglike, shealing, shelling, shigella, signacle, slacking, snaglike

7 Letter Words for Shellacking

achings, ainsell, algesic, alichel, alkines, allices, ancille, angelic, anglice, anglish, ascelli, ashling, cailles, cakings, calesin, calking, calkins, calling, cangles, canille, cashing, casking, ceasing, celling, celsian, chaines, challis, changes, chasing, chengal, chilean, chinela, chinkle, chinles, echinal, ellagic, english, escalin, galenic, gallein, gallies, galline, gallish, ganches, gaslike, gelilah, genials, glances, hackies, hacking, hackles, haglike, halling, halsing, hankies, healing, helical, helling, incages, inchase, inglesa, inhales, inlaces, inshell, kanchil, kelchin, khellin, kingles, kisaeng, kischen, lacings, lackies, lacking, lakings, lanches, langiel, lankish, lashing, lasking, leaking, leanish, leasing, leching, leglans, leglins, liangle, lichens, linages, linches, lingels, lingles, linkage, nickels, nickles, nigella, sacking, saclike, sanicle, scaleni, scaling, schnell, sealing, secalin, selling, shackle, shaking, shaling, shellac, shellak, shingle, sinkage, slacken, slackie, slaking, slicken, snackle, snickle

6 Letter Words for Shellacking

achill, aching, alcine, algine, algins, aliens, aligns, alkies, alkine, allice, allies, alsike, ancile, ancles, angels, angles, ankles, ascill, ashine, ashing, askile, asking, cahill, caille, cakile, caking, caline, calkin, calles, canehs, canell, cangle, casein, cashel, casing, chaine, chains, chaise, chaksi, chalks, change, changs, chanks, chekan, chekas, chelas, chesil, chiels, chilla, chills, chinas, chines, chinks, chinse, chisel, cigale, cingle, cisela, clangs, clanks, cleans, clinah, clinal, clines, clings, clinks, easing, eching, elains, elchis, elisha, elling, elshin, encash, eniacs, gaelic, gallic, ganesh, gansel, gaskin, geisha, genial, glaces, glacis, glaiks, glance, glanis, gleans, glikes, glinse, haceks, hackie, hackin, hackle, haeing, hagein, haglin, haicks, hailes, hailse, haling, halsen, hances, hangie, hangle, hankie, hankle, heliac, heling, hinges, hingle, ilkane, illeck, incage, incask, inches, incles, ingles, inhale, inhell, inkles, inlace, inlake, inleak, insack, kachin, kaeing, kanehs, kellia, khella, kiangs, kichel, killas, kinase, kingle, kisang, kishen, klangs, klesha, knells, laches, lacing, laichs, laighs, laking, lakins, lakish, lances, langel, langle, lanseh, lasing, legals, leglan, leglin, lekach, lianes, liangs, lichen, liches, lienal, ligans, ligase, lignes, likens, lilacs, linacs, linage, lineal, lineas, lingas, lingel, lingle, naches, neighs, neilah, neslia, niches, nickel, nickle, sacken, sakieh, saline, sangei, sangil, schenk, sciage, scilla, sealch, sealgh, seling, shaken, shalli, sheika, sheila, shilla, siacle, sicken, sickle, signal, silage, silane, silken, single, skance, skeich, skeigh, skelic, skenai, skhian, skiech, skiegh, skinch, slakin, sleigh, slinge

5 Letter Words for Shellacking

aches, acies, acing, acnes, aegis, agile, agnel, ahing, aisle, aking, alces, alecs, algic, algin, alice, alien, align, alike, alish, alkie, alkin, allen, allis, ancle, angel, angle, anigh, anile, anils, anise, ankhs, ankle, ashen, cages, cains, cakes, calin, calks, calli, calls, caneh, canel, canes, cangs, canis, canli, ceils, cella, cells, chain, chais, chalk, chals, chang, chank, chase, cheka, cheki, chela, chena, cheng, chian, chias, chiel, chien, chiks, chill, china, chine, ching, chink, chins, ciels, cills, cinel, cines, claes, clags, claik, clake, clang, clank, clans, clash, clean, clegs, clies, cline, cling, clink, egall, ehing, eking, elaic, elain, elans, elchi, ellan, ellas, elsin, encia, eniac, enlil, eshin, gaels, gaine, gains, galen, gales, galls, ganch, geals, geans, gecks, geisa, genal, genas, genic, ghain, gilas, giles, gills, gilse, ginks, gisel, gisla, glace, glack, glaik, glali, glans, glean, gleis, glens, glial, glias, glick, glike, glink, glisk, gnash, hacek, hacks, haick, haiks, hails, haine, hains, hakes, hales, halke, halls, halse, hance, hange, hangs, hanks, hanse, heals, hecks, heils, helas, helis, hells, hicks, hikes, hills, hilsa, hinge, hings, hsian, hsien, iches, ickle, ileac, ileal, incas, incle, ingle, inkle, insea, kaies, kails, kaing, kains, kales, kalis, kaneh, kanes, kangs, kashi, keach, kelia, kella, kells, kench, khans, kiang, kilah, kilan, kileh, kills, kilns, kinah, kinas, kinch, kines, kings, kisan, klang, klans, kleig, klieg, knags, knell, knish, laces, lache, lacis, lacks, lagen, laich, laics, laigh, laiks, laine, lakes, lakhs, lakie, lakin, lance, lanch, lanes, langi, lanks, leach, leaks, leans, leash, legal, legin, legis, leish, lekha, lench, lengs, lenis, liane, liang, licks, liens, liesh, ligan, ligas, ligne, liken, likes, lilac, lilas, liles, linac, linch, linea, lines, linga, linge, lings, linha, links, lisle, nache, nagel, naiks, nails, naish, nasch, neals, necia, necks, neigh, nelis, niche, nicks, nighs, nills, saice, saick, saine, salic, salle, sangh, scail, scale, scall, scena, scian, segni, selah, sella, senal, sengi, shack, shake, shale, shall, shank, sheal, shela, shell, sheng, shice, shick, shiel, shill, shina, shine, sicle, siena, sigla, signa, silen, sinal, since, singe, singh, skail, skean, skein, skell, skice, skill, slack, slain, slake, slane, slang, slank, sleck, slice, slich, slick, sline, sling, slink, snack, snail, snake, sneak, sneck, snell, snick

4 Letter Words for Shellacking

aces, ache, acle, acne, agen, ages, agin, agni, aiel, aile, ails, aine, ains, akes, akin, alce, alec, alen, ales, alin, alls, ance, anes, anil, anis, ankh, ansi, asci, asin, cage, cain, cake, calk, call, cals, cane, cang, cank, cans, case, cash, cask, ceas, ceil, cell, cels, cens, chai, chal, chan, chas, chen, chge, chia, chik, chil, chin, chis, ciel, cigs, cill, cine, clag, clan, cleg, clin, each, eans, egal, eigh, eiks, eila, elan, elhi, elks, elli, ells, encl, engl, engs, enki, esca, gael, gaen, gaes, gail, gain, gale, gali, gall, gals, gane, gash, geal, gean, geck, geic, gein, gell, gels, gena, genl, gens, gien, gies, gila, gile, gill, gils, gink, gins, gise, gish, glei, glen, glia, glis, hack, haec, haen, haes, hagi, hags, haik, hail, hain, hake, hale, hall, hals, hang, hani, hank, hans, hask, hasn, heal, heck, heil, hela, heli, hell, heng, hens, hick, hics, hies, hike, hila, hile, hill, hine, hing, hins, hisn, ices, ichs, ikan, ilea, ilka, ilks, ills, inca, inch, incl, inga, inks, isle, kaes, kaie, kail, kain, kais, kale, kali, kane, kang, kans, kcal, keas, kegs, kell, kens, kesh, khan, khis, kiel, kill, kiln, kina, kine, king, kins, kish, klan, knag, lace, lack, lacs, laen, lags, lahs, laic, laik, lain, lake, lakh, laks, lane, lang, lank, lase, lash, lask, leak, leal, lean, leas, lech, leck, legs, leis, leks, lena, leng, lens, lias, lice, lich, lick, lien, lies, lige, ligs, like, lila, lile, lina, line, ling, link, lins, lish, lisk, nace, nach, nael, nagi, nags, naig, naik, nail, nais, nake, nale, nash, nasi, neal, neck, negs, neks, nesh, ngai, nice, nick, nies, nigh, nike, nile, nill, nils, nsec, sack, saek, sage, saic, sail, sain, sake, sale, sall, sane, sang, sank, scan, scil, sclk, seah, seak, seal, sean, sech, seck, seik, seil, sell, sena, shag, shan, shea, shia, shin, siak, sial, sian, sice, sich, sick, sien, sigh, sign, sika, sike, sikh, sila, sile, silk, sill, sina, sine, sing, sinh, sink, skag, skal, skeg, skel, sken, skil, skin, slag, slik, snag, snig

3 Letter Words for Shellacking

ace, ach, ack, aes, age, ags, ahi, ahs, aik, ail, ain, ais, ake, alc, ale, alg, alk, all, aln, als, anc, ane, ans, ase, asg, ash, ask, asl, cag, cai, cal, can, cel, cen, cgs, cha, che, chg, chi, chn, chs, cia, cie, cig, cis, cli, clk, cns, csi, csk, ean, eas, ecg, ech, ehs, eik, ekg, ela, eli, elk, ell, els, enc, eng, enl, ens, esc, gal, gan, gas, gel, gen, gie, gin, gis, gns, hae, hag, hak, han, has, hcl, hei, hel, hen, hes, hia, hic, hie, hin, his, ice, ich, ick, ign, ihs, ike, ile, ilk, ill, inc, ing, ink, ins, ise, ish, isl, isn, kae, kai, kal, kan, kas, kea, keg, ken, kha, khi, kie, kil, kin, kln, ksi, lac, lag, lah, lai, lak, lan, las, lca, lea, leg, lei, lek, les, lie, lig, lin, lis, lsc, nae, nag, nah, nak, nas, nea, neg, nei, nek, nie, nig, nil, nis, sac, sag, sah, sai, sal, san, sch, sci, sea, sec, seg, sei, sel, sen, sha, she, shi, sic, sie, sig, sil, sin, ska, ski, sla, sle

Definitions for Shellacking

[1] an utter defeat: a shellacking their team will remember.
[2] a sound thrashing: His father gave him a shellacking for stealing the book.
[3] lac that has been purified and formed into thin sheets, used for making varnish.
[4] a varnish (shellac varnish) made by dissolving this material in alcohol or a similar solvent.
[5] a phonograph record made of a breakable material containing shellac, especially one to be played at 78 r.p.m.: an LP that can hold nearly 10 times as much as the old shellac.
[6] to coat or treat with shellac.
[7] Slang . to defeat; trounce. to thrash soundly.
[8] slang , mainly US and Canadian a complete defeat; a sound beating anyone who gives a shellacking to their bigger neighbours
[9] a yellowish resin secreted by the lac insect, esp a commercial preparation of this used in varnishes, polishes, and leather dressings
[10] Also called: shellac varnish a varnish made by dissolving shellac in ethanol or a similar solvent
[11] a gramophone record based on shellac
[12] to coat or treat (an article) with a shellac varnish
[13] US slang to defeat completely

Words related to Shellacking

strike, varnish, trounce, defeat

Words nearby Shellacking

shell steak, shell suit, shell-like, shell-shocked, shellac, shellacking, shellback, shellbark, shellcracker, shelled, sheller

Origin of Shellacking

1705–15; shell + lac1, translation of French laque en écailles lac in thin plates

Word origin for Shellacking

C18: shell + lac 1 , translation of French laque en écailles, literally: lac in scales, that is, in thin plates

Synonyms for Shellacking

defeat, strike, trounce, varnish