12-letter words containing h, a, k, o
- north dakota — a state in the N central United States. 70,665 sq. mi. (183,020 sq. km). Capital: Bismarck. Abbreviation: ND (for use with zip code), N. Dak.
- north korean — a country in E Asia: formed 1948 after the division of the former country of Korea at 38° N. 50,000 sq. mi. (129,500 sq. km). Capital: Pyongyang. Compare Korea.
- north kvaløy — an island in the Arctic Ocean, off the N coast of Norway. Area: 329 sq km (127 sq miles)
- off the rack — (of clothing) not made to specific or individual requirements; ready-made: off-the-rack men's suits.
- off-the-rack — (of clothing) not made to specific or individual requirements; ready-made: off-the-rack men's suits.
- omar khayyám — Omar, Omar Khayyám.
- out of whack — to strike with a smart, resounding blow or blows.
- packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
- pakeha māori — (in the 19th century) a European who adopted the Māori way of life
- patch pocket — a pocket formed by sewing a piece of shaped material to the outside of a garment.
- pelican hook — a hooklike device for holding the link of a chain or the like, consisting of a long shackle with a hinged rod held closed with a sliding ring.
- phone phreak — a person who uses computers or other electronic devices to place long-distance telephone calls without paying toll charges.
- pigtail hook — a screw hook having an eye in the form of a spiral for holding a loop, chain link, etc., at any angle.
- rappahannock — a river flowing SE from N Virginia into the Chesapeake Bay: Civil War battle 1863. 185 miles (300 km) long.
- reaping hook — a curved cutting tool with a sharp edge, used in the cutting or harvesting of crops
- richard korf — (person) A Professor of computer science at the University of California, Los Angeles. Richard Korf received his B.S. from MIT in 1977, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in computer science from Carnegie-Mellon University in 1980 and 1983. From 1983 to 1985 he served as Herbert M. Singer Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University. Dr. Korf studies problem-solving, heuristic search and planning in artificial intelligence. He wrote "Learning to Solve Problems by Searching for Macro-Operators" (Pitman, 1985). He serves on the editorial boards of Artificial Intelligence, and the Journal of Applied Intelligence. Dr. Korf is the recipient of several awards and is a Fellow of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence.
- rohnert park — a city in W California.
- school shark — an Australian shark resembling the tope, Notogaleus australis
- shamrock-pea — a trailing plant, Parochetus communis, of the legume family, native to Asia and east Africa, having shamrocklike leaves with a brown crescent at the base and pea-shaped, pink and blue flowers.
- shank's pony — one's own legs, especially as a means of moving from one place to another: The only way we can get there is by shanks' mare.
- shark patrol — a watch for sharks kept by an aircraft flying over beaches used by swimmers
- shavano peak — a mountain in central Colorado, in the S Sawatch Range, in the Rocky Mountains. 14,229 feet (4337 meters).
- shock tactic — Shock tactics are a way of trying to influence people's attitudes to a particular matter by shocking them.
- shopbreaking — the act of breaking into a shop
- shostakovich — Dimitri Dimitrievich [dih-mee-tree di-mee-tree-uh-vich;; Russian dmyee-tryee dmyee-tryi-yi-vyich] /dɪˈmi tri dɪˈmi tri ə vɪtʃ;; Russian ˈdmyi tryi ˈdmyi tryɪ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1906–75, Russian composer.
- slash pocket — a pocket set into a garment, especially below the waistline, to which easy access is provided by an exterior, vertical or diagonal slit.
- smooth snake — any of several slender nonvenomous colubrid snakes of the European genus Coronella, esp C. austriaca, having very smooth scales and a reddish-brown coloration
- snatch block — a fairlead having the form of a block that can be opened to receive the bight of a rope at any point along its length.
- south dakota — a state in the N central United States: a part of the Midwest. 77,047 sq. mi. (199,550 sq. km). Capital: Pierre. Abbreviation: SD (for use with zip code), S. Dak.
- south korean — a country in E Asia: formed 1948 after the division of the former country of Korea at 38° N. 36,600 sq. mi. (94,795 sq. km). Capital: Seoul. Compare Korea.
- south kvaløy — an island in the Arctic Ocean, off the N coast of Norway. Area: 735 sq km (284 sq miles)
- sparrow hawk — a small, short-winged European hawk, Accipiter nisus, that preys on smaller birds.
- speakerphone — a telephone or telephone attachment equipped with both loudspeaker and microphone, thus permitting the instrument to be used without being held.
- stakeholders — the holder of the stakes of a wager.
- stakhanovism — a method for increasing production by rewarding individual initiative, developed in the Soviet Union in 1935.
- stakhanovite — a worker in the Soviet Union who regularly surpassed production quotas and was specially honored and rewarded.
- take an oath — pledge
- take hold of — grasp, seize sth
- talk through — guide through: a procedure, etc.
- talking shop — If you say that a conference or a committee is just a talking shop, you disapprove of it because nothing is achieved as a result of what is discussed.
- thanks a lot — thank you
- the kootenay — a lake in British Columbia: fed chiefly by the Kootenay; drains into the Columbia River
- thessalonike — official name of Salonika.
- thessaloníki — official name of Salonika.
- to talk shop — If you say that people are talking shop, you mean that they are talking about their work, and this is boring for other people who do not do the same work.
- toe the mark — a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page.
- touch-tackle — touch football.
- tschaikovsky — Peter Ilyich [il-yich] /ˈɪl yɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich.
- waking hours — Your waking hours are the times when you are awake rather than asleep.
- walk through — an act or instance of walking or going on foot.