10-letter words containing a, h, e, c, k
- cocked hat — A cocked hat is a hat with three corners that used to be worn with some uniforms.
- crackheads — Plural form of crackhead.
- crackhouse — a place where cocaine in the form of crack is bought, sold, and smoked.
- deck chair — A deck chair is a simple chair with a folding frame, and a piece of canvas as the seat and back. Deck chairs are usually used on the beach, on a ship, or in the yard.
- deck watch — (on a ship) a precision watch used on deck for navigational purposes to avoid disturbing the chronometer.
- deckchairs — Plural form of deckchair.
- dick-heads — dick (def 3).
- ekphrastic — Pertaining to ekphrasis; clear, lucid.
- fact-check — to confirm the truth of (an assertion made in speech or writing), often as part of the research or editorial process.
- hack house — Falconry. a shed where young hawks are kept and fed while at hack.
- hack value — Often adduced as the reason or motivation for expending effort toward a seemingly useless goal, the point being that the accomplished goal is a hack. For example, MacLISP had features for reading and printing Roman numerals, which were installed purely for hack value. See display hack for one method of computing hack value, but this cannot really be explained, only experienced. As Louis Armstrong once said when asked to explain jazz: "Man, if you gotta ask you'll never know." (Feminists please note Fats Waller's explanation of rhythm: "Lady, if you got to ask you ain't got it.")
- hackamores — Plural form of hackamore.
- hacked off — (jargon) (Analogous to "pissed off") Said of system administrators who have become annoyed, upset, or touchy owing to suspicions that their sites have been or are going to be victimised by crackers, or used for inappropriate, technically illegal, or even overtly criminal activities. For example, having unreadable files in your home directory called "worm", "lockpick", or "goroot" would probably be an effective (as well as impressively obvious and stupid) way to get your sysadmin hacked off at you.
- hackensack — a city in NE New Jersey, near New York City.
- hackerazzo — a person who hacks into the computer or phone of a celebrity in order to gain information about him or her
- hackeysack — A non-competition sport in which a small sack, or
- hackle fly — an artificial fly made with hackles, usually without wings.
- hackleback — shovelnose sturgeon.
- hackneying — Present participle of hackney.
- hackneyman — a man who rents out carriages and horses
- halfcocked — Simple past tense and past participle of halfcock.
- halterneck — A single strap or material which runs from the front of the garment around the back of the wearer's neck, leaving most of the back uncovered, often used in swimsuits and women's dresses.
- hamesucken — the offence of attacking a person in his or her own dwelling
- hammerlock — a hold in which one arm of an opponent is twisted and forced upward behind his back.
- hamshackle — to hobble (a cow, horse, etc) by tying a rope around the head and one of the legs
- handpicked — Picked by hand; picked or selected with care.
- hardbacked — (of a book) Having a solid binding; hardback.
- haversacks — Plural form of haversack.
- head clerk — a supervisor; manager
- headstocks — Plural form of headstock.
- heart back — a chair back having a form resembling that of a somewhat heart-shaped medieval shield.
- heath cock — the male of the black grouse.
- highjacker — a person who hijacks.
- hog-backed — cambered, as the ridge of a roof, a hill, etc.
- hotel rack — rack6 (def 2).
- humpbacked — having a hump on the back.
- jack ketch — a public hangman.
- jackhammer — a portable drill operated by compressed air and used to drill rock, break up pavement, etc.
- jacky howe — (formerly) a sleeveless flannel shirt worn by sheep shearers
- johnnycake — a cake or bread made of corn meal and water or milk, usually cooked on a griddle.
- kalanchoes — Plural form of kalanchoe.
- kampuchean — People's Republic of, a former official name of Cambodia.
- keep watch — observe, maintain a vigil
- kodachrome — (lowercase) a positive color transparency.
- lifehacker — One who uses lifehacks.
- lunchbreak — A period of rest from work for the purpose of eating lunch.
- matchmaker — a person who makes matches for burning.
- pack-horse — a horse used for carrying goods, freight, supplies, etc.
- packthread — a strong thread or twine for sewing or tying up packages.
- park bench — a long seat made of wood or metal that two or more people can sit on, placed in a public place or open space in a town