9-letter words containing h, a, k
- duckwheat — India wheat.
- earthlike — Of a planet, resembling the Earth.
- earthwork — excavation and piling of earth in connection with an engineering operation.
- ekphrasis — (rhetoric) A clear, intense, self-contained argument or pictorial description of an object, especially of an artwork.
- ethertalk — (networking) An Apple Computer network standard used to extend an AppleTalk network across an Ethernet network. Compare LocalTalk.
- farrakhan — Louis (Louis Eugene Walcott) born 1933, U.S. religious leader: head of the Nation of Islam.
- fash pack — people who are influential in the fashion industry
- fightback — A fightback is an effort made by a person or group of people to get back into a strong position when they seem likely to lose something such as an election or an important sports match.
- fish cake — a fried ball or cake of shredded fish, especially salt codfish, and mashed potato.
- fish hawk — osprey (def 1).
- fish tank — aquarium
- fishyback — a cargo supply chain involving container transfer from lorry to ship
- flak ship — a ship heavily armed with anti-aircraft weapons, used to protect other vessels from air attack
- flashback — a device in the narrative of a motion picture, novel, etc., by which an event or scene taking place before the present time in the narrative is inserted into the chronological structure of the work.
- foreshank — Anatomy. the part of the lower limb in humans between the knee and the ankle; leg.
- forsaketh — Archaic third-person singular form of forsake.
- freakshow — Alternative spelling of freak show.
- fukushima — a city on N Honshu, in N Japan.
- gang hook — a hook with several points, made by joining the shanks of two or three hooks.
- gawkihood — the state of being gawky
- gorakhpur — a city in SE Uttar Pradesh, in N India.
- gorchakov — Prince Aleksander Mikhailovich [al-ig-zan-der mi-hahy-luh-vich,, -zahn-;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahndr myi-khahy-luh-vyich] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər mɪˈhaɪ lə vɪtʃ,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑndr myɪˈxaɪ lə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1798–1883, Russian diplomat and statesman.
- gymkhanas — Plural form of gymkhana.
- haakon iv — surnamed Haakonsson. 1204–63, king of Norway (1217–63). He strengthened the monarchy and extended Norwegian territory to include Iceland and Greenland
- hack away — keep chopping at sth
- hack mode — (jargon) Engaged in hacking. A Zen-like state of total focus on The Problem that may be achieved when one is hacking (this is why every good hacker is part mystic). Ability to enter such concentration at will correlates strongly with wizardliness; it is one of the most important skills learned during larval stage. Sometimes amplified as "deep hack mode". Being yanked out of hack mode (see priority interrupt) may be experienced as a physical shock, and the sensation of being in hack mode is more than a little habituating. The intensity of this experience is probably by itself sufficient explanation for the existence of hackers, and explains why many resist being promoted out of positions where they can code. See also cyberspace. Some aspects of hackish etiquette will appear quite odd to an observer unaware of the high value placed on hack mode. For example, if someone appears at your door, it is perfectly okay to hold up a hand (without turning one's eyes away from the screen) to avoid being interrupted. One may read, type, and interact with the computer for quite some time before further acknowledging the other's presence (of course, he or she is reciprocally free to leave without a word). The understanding is that you might be in hack mode with a lot of delicate state in your head, and you dare not swap that context out until you have reached a good point to pause. See also juggling eggs.
- hackamore — a simple looped bridle, by means of which controlling pressure is exerted on the nose of a horse, used chiefly in breaking colts.
- hackathon — a usually competitive event in which people work in groups on software or hardware projects, with the goal of creating a functioning product by the end of the event: At the hackathon our team produced an app that helps you monitor your sleeping habits.
- hackberry — any of several trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Celtis, of the elm family, bearing cherrylike fruit.
- hacked up — (jargon, programming) Sufficiently patched, kluged, and tweaked that the surgical scars are beginning to crowd out normal tissue (compare critical mass). Not all programs that are hacked become "hacked up"; if modifications are done with some eye to coherence and continued maintainability, the software may emerge better for the experience. Contrast hack up.
- hackerish — (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a hacker (technically skilled computer enthusiast).
- hackitude — (jargon) An even sillier word for hackishness.
- hackneyed — let out, employed, or done for hire.
- hacksawed — Simple past tense and past participle of hacksaw.
- hackysack — Alt form hackeysack.
- hair-lock — a curl of the hair of the head
- halakhist — one of the writers or compilers of the Halakhah.
- haleakala — a dormant volcano in Hawaii, on the island of Maui. 10,032 feet (3058 meters) above sea level.
- half buck — a half dollar; the sum of 50 cents.
- half deck — (in a sailing ship) the portion of the deck below the upper or spar deck and aft of the mainmast.
- half-cock — to set the hammer of (a firearm) at half cock.
- half-deck — a deck on an old ship of war that is situated below the upper deck and extends aft from the mainmast
- half-jack — a flat pocket-sized bottle of alcohol
- half-peck — a unit of dry measure equal to 4 quarts (4.4 liters).
- half-pike — spontoon.
- halfbacks — Plural form of halfback.
- halfbeaks — Plural form of halfbeak.
- halftrack — an army truck, armored vehicle, etc. with tractor treads in the rear, but with a pair of wheels in front
- hallmarks — Plural form of hallmark.
- hammerkop — A bird from southern Africa, Scopus umbretta, of the Scopidae family and related to the herons.