k, p, c, t, i, u are letters that make 'up-tick'
ti, IC, up, ic, tick, tic, Ti are words within 'up-tick'
1 possible definitions for 'up-tick'
Under this definition, up-tick is a noun and has the following properties:
'up-tick' can be a type of increase, increment.
"the up-tick in terrorist activity"