11-letter words containing h, a, l, k
- english oak — a species, Q. robur of the genus Quercus.
- enkephalins — Plural form of enkephalin.
- featherlike — one of the horny structures forming the principal covering of birds, consisting typically of a hard, tubular portion attached to the body and tapering into a thinner, stemlike portion bearing a series of slender, barbed processes that interlock to form a flat structure on each side.
- fish tackle — a tackle for fishing an anchor.
- flake white — lead white.
- flashpacker — a backpacker who has a considerable disposable income
- gerlachovka — a mountain in N Slovakia: highest peak of the Carpathian Mountains. 8737 feet (2663 meters).
- googlewhack — A Google search result consisting of a single hit, in response to a search on two separate words.
- half cocked — to set the hammer of (a firearm) at half cock.
- half-broken — past participle of break.
- half-cocked — (of a firearm) at the position of half cock.
- half-cooked — not cooked thoroughly
- half-joking — something said or done to provoke laughter or cause amusement, as a witticism, a short and amusing anecdote, or a prankish act: He tells very funny jokes. She played a joke on him.
- hallmarking — Present participle of hallmark.
- halterbreak — to get (an animal) used to wearing a halter
- hamba kahle — goodbye, farewell (esp to the dead)
- hammerlocks — Plural form of hammerlock.
- health risk — something that could cause harm to people's health
- heart block — a defect in the electrical impulses of the heart resulting in any of various arrhythmias or irregularities in the heartbeat.
- hill walker — a person who takes part in hill walking
- hillwalking — The pastime of walking in hilly country.
- hollow back — a paper tube or roll, almost flattened, having one side glued to the back of a book and the other to the inside of the spine.
- hollow-back — a paper tube or roll, almost flattened, having one side glued to the back of a book and the other to the inside of the spine.
- hooke's law — the law stating that the stress on a solid substance is directly proportional to the strain produced, provided the stress is less than the elastic limit of the substance.
- horned lark — a lark, Eremophila alpestris, of the Northern Hemisphere, having a tuft of feathers on each side of the crown of the head.
- husbandlike — resembling a husband
- hypokalemia — an abnormally low concentration of potassium in the blood.
- hypokalemic — Having a low percentage of potassium in one's blood.
- ibn khaldun — Abd-al-Rahman [ahb-dahl-rah-mahn] /ɑb dɑlˈrɑ mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1332–1406, Arab historian and philosopher.
- ibn-khaldun — 1332–1406, Arab historian and philosopher. His Kitab al-`ibar (Book of Examples) is a history of Islam
- ioshkar-ola — autonomous republic in the Russian Federation in Europe. 8994 sq. mi. (23,294 sq. km). Capital: Ioshkar-Ola.
- jacklighter — a person who hunts or fishes at night with the aid of a jacklight.
- kalashnikov — A Kalashnikov is a type of rifle that is made in Russia.
- keelhauling — Present participle of keelhaul.
- keogh plans — a pension plan for an unincorporated business entity or self-employed person.
- keyhole saw — a compass saw for cutting keyholes, etc.
- khalkidhiki — Greek name of Chalcidice.
- kitchenalia — cooking equipment and other items found in a kitchen
- knucklehead — a stupid, bumbling, inept person.
- koilonychia — an abnormal condition in which the outer surfaces of the nails are concave; spoon nail.
- kosher salt — a coarse-grained salt with no additives, used especially to draw out the blood from meat to make it kosher.
- krasny luch — a city in SE Ukraine, E of Donetsk.
- kublai khan — 1216–94, khan c1260–94: founder of the Mongol dynasty in China (grandson of Genghis Khan).
- lackey moth — a bombycid moth, Malacosoma neustria, whose brightly striped larvae live at first in a communal web often on fruit trees, of which they may become a pest
- lake school — Lake Poets.
- lake zürich — a lake in N Switzerland, mostly in Zürich canton. Area: 89 sq km (34 sq miles)
- lakshadweep — a union territory of India comprising a group of islands and coral reefs in the Arabian Sea, off the SW coast of India. About 12 sq. mi. (31 sq. km).
- lanarkshire — a historic county in S Scotland.
- landsknecht — a European mercenary foot soldier of the 16th century, armed with a pike or halberd.
- lashkar gah — a city in S Afghanistan, situated between the Arghandab and Helmand rivers: capital of Helmand province. Pop: 201 546 (2006 est)