10-letter words containing h, a, k
- cheesecake — Cheesecake is a dessert that consists of a base made from broken biscuits covered with a soft sweet mixture containing cream cheese.
- chekhovian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Anton Chekhov or his writings, especially as they are evocative of a mood of introspection and frustration.
- chesapeake — city in SE Va., at the base of Chesapeake Bay: pop. 199,000
- chickadees — Plural form of chickadee.
- chickarees — Plural form of chickaree.
- chikamatsu — Monzaemon [mawn-zah-e-mawn] /ˈmɔn zɑ ɛˈmɔn/ (Show IPA), 1653–1724, Japanese playwright.
- chilliwack — city in S British Columbia, Canada: pop. 60,000
- china bark — cinchona (sense 2)
- china silk — a lightweight silk fabric constructed in plain weave, often used for linings, blouses, slips, etc.
- choke back — If you choke back tears or a strong emotion, you force yourself not to show your emotion.
- chowkidars — Plural form of chowkidar.
- chroma key — an electronic special-effects system for combining a desired background with live foreground action.
- chuck away — If you chuck something away, you throw it away or waste it.
- chuckwagon — A wagon equipped with food and cooking utensils, as on a ranch or in a lumber camp.
- chuckwalla — a lizard, Sauromalus obesus, that has an inflatable body and inhabits desert regions of the southwestern US: family Iguanidae (iguanas)
- coach park — an area reserved for parking coaches
- coachmaker — A coachbuilder.
- coat check — The coat check at a public building such as a theater or club is the place where customers can leave their coats, usually for a small fee.
- cockchafer — any of various Old World scarabaeid beetles, esp Melolontha melolontha of Europe, whose larvae feed on crops and grasses
- cocked hat — A cocked hat is a hat with three corners that used to be worn with some uniforms.
- crackheads — Plural form of crackhead.
- crackhouse — a place where cocaine in the form of crack is bought, sold, and smoked.
- crankshaft — A crankshaft is the main shaft of an internal combustion engine.
- cruikshank — George. 1792–1878, English illustrator and caricaturist
- dark horse — If you describe someone as a dark horse, you mean that people know very little about them, although they may have recently had success or may be about to have success.
- death mask — A death mask is a model of someone's face, which is made from a mould that was taken of their face soon after they died.
- deck chair — A deck chair is a simple chair with a folding frame, and a piece of canvas as the seat and back. Deck chairs are usually used on the beach, on a ship, or in the yard.
- deck watch — (on a ship) a precision watch used on deck for navigational purposes to avoid disturbing the chronometer.
- deckchairs — Plural form of deckchair.
- dick-heads — dick (def 3).
- disk crash — the failure of a disk storage system, usually resulting from the read-write head touching the moving disk surface and causing mechanical damage
- dobzhansky — Theodosius (Grigorievich) [gri-gawr-ee-uh-vich,, -gohr-] /grɪˈgɔr i ə vɪtʃ,, -ˈgoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1900–75, U.S. geneticist, born in Russia.
- drunkathon — a session in which excessive quantities of alcohol are consumed
- eagle-hawk — a large aggressive Australian eagle, Aquila audax
- earthquake — something that is severely disruptive; upheaval.
- earthworks — Plural form of earthwork.
- ekphrastic — Pertaining to ekphrasis; clear, lucid.
- enkephalin — Either of two compounds that occur naturally in the brain. They are peptides related to the endorphins, with similar physiological effects.
- fact-check — to confirm the truth of (an assertion made in speech or writing), often as part of the research or editorial process.
- fair shake — an equitable opportunity or treatment: The judges promised that every entrant in the contest would get a fair shake.
- falkenhayn — Erich von [ey-rikh fuh n] /ˈeɪ rɪx fən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1922, German general of World War I.
- fatherlike — Having the qualities of a father.
- fight back — retaliate
- fish flake — a platform for drying fish.
- flash back — If your mind flashes back to something in the past, you remember it or think of it briefly or suddenly.
- flash-lock — stanch1 (def 5).
- flashbacks — Plural form of flashback.
- flat thunk — (programming) A software mechanism that allows a Win32 application to load and call a 16-bit DLL, or a 16-bit application to load and call a Win32 DLL. See also generic thunk, universal thunk.
- foreshanks — Plural form of foreshank.
- freak show — a display of people or animals with unusual or grotesque physical features, as at a circus or carnival sideshow.