10-letter words containing h, a, k
- latch hook — a handheld tool similar to a latch needle, used for drawing loops of yarn through canvas or similar material to make rugs and the like.
- leaky heap — memory leak
- leukopathy — (pathology) depigmentation of the skin.
- leukorrhea — A whitish or yellowish discharge of mucus from the vagina.
- lifehacker — One who uses lifehacks.
- 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 ahead — see what is in front
- 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.
- lukewarmth — lukewarmness
- lunchbreak — A period of rest from work for the purpose of eating lunch.
- lunkheaded — Seeming to have a lunk for a head; obtuse.
- mackintosh — Charles Rennie [ren-ee] /ˈrɛn i/ (Show IPA), 1868–1928, Scottish architect and designer.
- madhyamika — a school of philosophy, of a.d. c200, that attempted a reconciliation with Hinayana from a Mahayana position.
- make a hit — If you make a hit with someone, they like you or are impressed by you when they meet you.
- 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)
- make-ahead — that can be prepared in advance: a make-ahead casserole.
- makeshifts — Plural form of makeshift.
- makeweight — something put in a scale to complete a required weight.
- 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)
- makunouchi — a Japanese fast food dish consisting of fish, meat, eggs, and vegetables served with rice and an umeboshi
- 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.
- matchmaker — a person who makes matches for burning.
- matchstick — a short, slender piece of flammable wood used in making matches.
- matryoshka — Each of a set of brightly painted hollow wooden dolls of varying sizes, designed to nest inside one another.
- meat hooks — the hands or fists
- milk shake — a frothy drink made of cold milk, flavoring, and usually ice cream, shaken together or blended in a mixer.
- milkshakes — Plural form of milkshake.
- mukhabarat — (in Middle Eastern countries) a secret police force
- mythmakers — Plural form of mythmaker.
- mythmaking — the practice of creating myths
- night-hawk — any of several longwinged, American goatsuckers of the genus Chordeiles, related to the whippoorwill, especially C. minor, having variegated black, white, and buff plumage.
- nighthawks — Plural form of nighthawk.
- noah's ark — the patriarch who built a ship (Noah's Ark) in which he, his family, and animals of every species survived the Flood. Gen. 5–9.
- notchbacks — Plural form of notchback.
- nouakchott — Official name Islamic Republic of Mauritania. a republic in W Africa, largely in the Sahara Desert: formerly a French colony; a member of the French Community 1958–66; independent 1960. 418,120 sq. mi. (1,082,931 sq. km). Capital: Nouakchott.
- oak harbor — a town in NW Washington.
- oikophobia — Ecophobia; fear of a home environment.
- pack-horse — a horse used for carrying goods, freight, supplies, etc.
- packthread — a strong thread or twine for sewing or tying up packages.
- paddywhack — Informal. a spanking.
- park bench — a long seat made of wood or metal that two or more people can sit on, placed in a public place or open space in a town
- patchcocke — a clown
- peacockish — the male of the peafowl distinguished by its long, erectile, greenish, iridescent tail coverts that are brilliantly marked with ocellated spots and that can be spread in a fan.
- peak hours — prime time, busiest period
- phokomelia — a usually congenital deformity of the extremities in which the limbs are abnormally short.