10-Letter Words Matching __L_____C_

There are 16 10-letter words that match __L_____C_. 6 are common words, such as ALLEGIANCE and BALLISTICS. A rarer one is SPLENETICS. In this set, I is the most frequent open letter (13 words). 3 words contain a doubled letter.

Full list 16

allegianceballisticsdeliquesceilliteracymalignancyreluctancehalterneckmalignancemultipiecemultitrackpilgarlicsreluctancyscleroticssilicoticssilverbacksplenetics

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Words
16 (6 common words)
Common example
allegiance
Rare example
splenetics
Doubled letters
3
Ending in S
5
Most frequent letter
I (13)

Questions

How many 10-letter words matching __l_____c_ are there?

16. 6 of them are common words.

What is a common example?

ALLEGIANCE is among the common words in this set.