10-letter words containing a, s, h, k
- hearselike — Resembling or characteristic of a hearse.
- heatseeker — A heat-seeking missile.
- heatstroke — a disturbance of the temperature-regulating mechanisms of the body caused by overexposure to excessive heat, resulting in fever, hot and dry skin, and rapid pulse, sometimes progressing to delirium and coma.
- hexokinase — an enzyme that catalyzes the phosphorylation of hexose sugars.
- hijackings — Plural form of hijacking.
- hind shank — Anatomy. the part of the lower limb in humans between the knee and the ankle; leg.
- homemakers — Plural form of homemaker.
- hoop snake — any of several harmless snakes, as the mud snake and rainbow snake, fabled to take its tail in its mouth and roll along like a hoop.
- hopsacking — bagging made chiefly of hemp and jute.
- horse rake — a large-wheeled rake drawn by a horse.
- house mark — a trademark that appears on and identifies all of a company's products.
- housebreak — to train (a pet) to excrete outdoors or in a specific place.
- housemaker — Homemaker.
- hula skirt — a skirt made of long stems of grass bound to a waistband, worn typically by a Hawaiian hula dancer.
- hunchbacks — Plural form of hunchback.
- jackshafts — Plural form of jackshaft.
- jinricksha — Alternative spelling of jinriksha.
- jinrikisha — a small, two-wheeled, cartlike passenger vehicle with a fold-down top, pulled by one person, formerly used widely in Japan and China.
- jinrikshas — Plural form of jinriksha.
- john jakes — John, born 1932, U.S. novelist.
- kaisership — the office of kaiser.
- kalanchoes — Plural form of kalanchoe.
- kashmirian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Kashmir or the Kashmiri.
- katholikos — catholicos.
- kazakhstan — a republic in central Asia, NE of the Caspian Sea and W of China. 1,049,155 sq. mi. (2,717,311 sq. km). Capital: Akmola.
- kentishman — a native or inhabitant of Kent, England.
- kermanshah — a city in W Iran.
- khabarovsk — Formerly Far Eastern Region. a territory of the Russian Federation in NE Asia. 965,400 sq. mi. (2,500,400 sq. km).
- ki-swahili — Swahili (def 2).
- kinesipath — someone who uses kinesipathy to treat diseases
- kitakyushu — a seaport on N Kyushu, in S Japan: formed in 1963 by the merger of five cities (Kokura, Moji, Tobata, Wakamatsu, and Yawata)
- kohlrabies — Plural form of kohlrabi.
- kok-saghyz — a central Asian dandelion, Taraxacum kok-saghyz, of the composite family, having fleshy roots that yield a rubberlike latex.
- kronshtadt — city & naval fortress on an island in NW Russia, on the Gulf of Finland: pop. 45,000
- kshatriyas — Plural form of kshatriya.
- kymographs — Plural form of kymograph.
- lakeshores — Plural form of lakeshore.
- lisichansk — a city in E Ukraine, on the Donets River, NE of Donetsk.
- loan shark — a person who lends money at excessively high rates of interest; usurer.
- look sharp — to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- mackintosh — Charles Rennie [ren-ee] /ˈrɛn i/ (Show IPA), 1868–1928, Scottish architect and designer.
- make haste — swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste.
- make shift — to manage or do the best one can (with whatever means are at hand)
- makeshifts — Plural form of makeshift.
- maki-zushi — cold boiled rice moistened with rice vinegar, usually shaped into bite-size pieces and topped with raw seafood (nigiri-zushi) or formed into a long seaweed-wrapped roll, often around strips of vegetable or raw fish, and sliced into bite-size pieces (maki-zushi)
- marsh hawk — northern harrier.
- marsh pink — any of several eastern North American plants belonging to the genus Sabatia, of the gentian family, having rose-pink flowers.
- matchbooks — Plural form of matchbook.
- matchlocks — Plural form of matchlock.
- matchstick — a short, slender piece of flammable wood used in making matches.