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13-letter words containing c, h, e, k

  • hydrokinetics — the branch of hydrodynamics that deals with the laws governing liquids or gases in motion.
  • in the pocket — (of a fly half) in an attacking position slightly further back from play than normal, making himself available for a drop goal attempt
  • jack-the-rags — a rag-and-bone man
  • jockey shorts — Jockey shorts are a type of men's underpants.
  • kachang puteh — (in Malaysia) roasted or fried nuts or beans
  • kaffeeklatsch — coffee klatsch.
  • kangchenjunga — a mountain on the border between Nepal and Sikkim, in the Himalayas: the third highest mountain in the world. Height: 8598 m (28 208 ft)
  • keep in touch — stay in contact
  • kenyapithecus — a genus of fossil hominoids of middle Miocene age found in Kenya and having large molars, small incisors, and powerful chewing muscles.
  • kettle stitch — (in handsewing) a knot tied in the thread that links one section to the next.
  • kettle-stitch — a stitch used in hand-sewn books, at the head and tail, to hold sheets or sections together
  • kinaesthetics — Alternative spelling of kinesthetics.
  • king's speech — (in the British Parliament) a speech reviewing domestic conditions and foreign relations, prepared by the ministry in the name of the sovereign, and read at the opening of the Parliament either by the sovereign in person or by commission.
  • kitchen match — a wooden friction match with a large head, used especially for igniting gas ovens or burners.
  • kitchen paper — also kitchen roll
  • kitchen range — cooker with oven and hob
  • kitchen waste — bits of food that are left over from cooking, such as vegetable peelings, cheese rind, and scraps from people's plates
  • kitchen-diner — a kitchen that has an area intended to be used for eating meals, usually because there is no dining room elsewhere
  • knee breeches — trousers worn by men in the past, which came down as far as their knees rather than their ankles
  • knuckleheaded — Stupid or inept, like a knucklehead.
  • kosher pickle — a garlic-flavored pickle, sold especially in Jewish delicatessens.
  • lake michigan — a state in the N central United States. 58,216 sq. mi. (150,780 sq. km). Capital: Lansing. Abbreviation: MI (for use with zip code), Mich.
  • leatherjacket — Also called leather jack. any of several carangid fishes having narrow, linear scales embedded in the skin at various angles, especially Oligoplites saurus, found in tropical American waters.
  • lick the dust — to be servile; grovel: cf. Mic. 7:17
  • lickerishness — Quality of being lickerish.
  • lockwood home — a house built of timber planks that lock together without the use of nails
  • lower chinook — an extinct Chinookan language that was spoken by tribes on both banks of the Columbia River estuary.
  • make mischief — cause trouble
  • merchant bank — a private banking firm engaged chiefly in investing in new issues of securities and in accepting bills of exchange in foreign trade.
  • mischiefmaker — Alternative form of mischief-maker.
  • monkey orchid — a European orchid, Orchis simia, rare in Britain, having a short dense flower spike that opens from the top downwards. The flowers are white streaked with pink or violet and have five spurs thought to resemble a monkey's arms, legs, and tail
  • monkey wrench — spanner
  • monkey-wrench — to ruin (plans, a schedule, etc.) unavoidably or, sometimes, deliberately: The storm monkey-wrenched our plans for a picnic.
  • motherfucking — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
  • nike hercules — a 40 feet (12 meters) U.S. surface-to-air missile effective at medium to high altitudes and having a range of more than 87 miles (140 km).
  • north merrick — a town on S Long Island, in SE New York.
  • novocherkassk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Rostov.
  • off the track — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
  • offshore dock — a floating dock moored to pilings, dolphins, etc., used for cleaning and repairing medium-sized vessels.
  • on the stocks — in preparation or under construction
  • outreach work — work (done by welfare workers, volunteers, etc) designed to help and encourage disadvantaged members of the community
  • packet switch — packet switching
  • packing house — A packing house is a company that processes and packs food, especially meat, to be sold.
  • pass the buck — Poker. any object in the pot that reminds the winner of some privilege or obligation when his or her turn to deal next comes.
  • pay the check — When a customer pays the check in a restaurant, they pay the amount that they owe for their meal.
  • peacock chair — a wicker armchair with a high, circular back.
  • phone hacking — an act or instance of gaining access to a phone's voicemail, email, text messages, etc., without authorization from the phone's owner.
  • pick holes in — an opening through something; gap; aperture: a hole in the roof; a hole in my sock.
  • playback head — the part of a tape recorder that is used to pick up the magnetic pattern on tape in order to play back material previously recorded.
  • pocket chisel — any woodworking chisel having a blade of medium length.
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