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10-letter words containing d, a, k, h

  • hog-backed — cambered, as the ridge of a roof, a hill, etc.
  • home-baked — baked at home; home-made
  • humpbacked — having a hump on the back.
  • hydrocrack — to crack (petroleum or the like) in the presence of hydrogen.
  • jerkinhead — a roof having a hipped end truncating a gable.
  • keelhauled — Simple past tense and past participle of keelhaul.
  • khalkidíki — Chalcidice
  • khidmatgar — (in India) a waiter.
  • khidmutgar — a male servant, esp one who serves at table
  • kirovohrad — Kirovograd.
  • knighthead — either of a pair of upright members flanking and securing the bowsprit of a ship at the bow, often used as mooring bitts; apostle.
  • kodachrome — (lowercase) a positive color transparency.
  • kronshtadt — city & naval fortress on an island in NW Russia, on the Gulf of Finland: pop. 45,000
  • kurdaitcha — (Australia) An aboriginal evil spirit; a sorcerer.
  • look ahead — see what is in front
  • lunkheaded — Seeming to have a lunk for a head; obtuse.
  • madhyamika — a school of philosophy, of a.d. c200, that attempted a reconciliation with Hinayana from a Mahayana position.
  • make-ahead — that can be prepared in advance: a make-ahead casserole.
  • packthread — a strong thread or twine for sewing or tying up packages.
  • paddywhack — Informal. a spanking.
  • pitch-dark — dark or black as pitch: a pitch-dark night.
  • red kowhai — parrot's-bill.
  • red shanks — herb Robert.
  • sand shark — sand tiger.
  • sandy hook — a peninsula in E New Jersey, at the entrance to lower New York Bay. 6 miles (10 km) long.
  • shade deck — a light deck supported by stanchions.
  • shadowlike — a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
  • shake down — an act or instance of shaking, rocking, swaying, etc.
  • shake-down — an act or instance of shaking, rocking, swaying, etc.
  • shellacked — lac that has been purified and formed into thin sheets, used for making varnish.
  • skid chain — a chain fitting over the tire of a car, truck, or other vehicle, to increase traction and prevent skidding on roads covered with ice or snow.
  • threadlike — a fine cord of flax, cotton, or other fibrous material spun out to considerable length, especially when composed of two or more filaments twisted together.
  • weakhanded — having weak hands.
  • wind shake — Also called anemosis. a flaw in wood supposed to be caused by the action of strong winds upon the trunk of the tree.
  • zardeh kuh — a mountain in W Iran: the highest peak of the Zagros Mountains, 14,921 feet (4550 meters).
  • zu elkadah — Dhu ʾl-Qaʿda.
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