15-letter words containing a, r, k, h, n
- prairie chicken — either of two North American gallinaceous birds of western prairies, Tympanuchus cupido (greater prairie chicken) or T. pallidicinctus (lesser prairie chicken) having rufous, brown, black, and white plumage.
- rocket launcher — a tube attached to a weapon for the launching of rockets.
- shark repellent — any tactic used by a corporation to prevent a takeover by a corporate raider.
- shock probation — the release on probation of a criminal after brief imprisonment
- shock resistant — not affected by impact
- shock treatment — electroconvulsive therapy
- shock-resistant — strong or resilient enough to sustain minor impacts without damage to the internal mechanism: a shock-resistant watch.
- shrink-wrapping — a flexible plastic wrapping designed to shrink about its contours to protect and seal something
- sink a borehole — To sink a borehole means to drill a deep hole in the ground.
- sinkiang uighur — an autonomous region in NW China, bordering Tibet, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kirghizia, Tadzhikistan, Pakistan, and India: formerly a province. 635,830 sq. mi. (1,646,800 sq. km). Capital: Ürümqi.
- spanish paprika — a cultivated pepper, Capsicum annuum, grown originally in Spain.
- take one's hour — to do something in a leisurely manner
- thanks offering — an offering made as an expression of thanks to God
- thankworthiness — the state or quality of being thankworthy or deserving thanks
- the black ferns — the women's international Rugby Union football team of New Zealand
- the lower ranks — people who have a low rank in a military organization
- the upper ranks — the higher divisions of the armed forces
- the working man — working class people collectively
- the wrong track — the incorrect line of investigation, inquiry, etc
- thermal blanket — a specially warm blanket
- thorndike's law — the principle that all learnt behaviour is regulated by rewards and punishments, proposed by Edward Lee Thorndike (1874–1949), US psychologist
- three of a kind — a set of three cards of the same denomination.
- tidal benchmark — a benchmark used as a reference for tidal observations.
- unchristianlike — not like a Christian; not in accordance with Christian teaching and values
- universal chuck — a chuck, as on a lathe headstock, having three stepped jaws moving simultaneously for precise centering of a workpiece of any of a wide range of sizes.
- white snakeroot — a North American plant, Eupatorium urticaefolium, the roots or rhizomes of which have been used as a remedy for snakebite
- working holiday — trip combining vacation with job experience