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