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15-letter words containing h, a, l, k

  • knight bachelor — bachelor (def 3).
  • lake okeechobee — a lake in S Florida, in the Everglades: second largest freshwater lake wholly within the US. Area: 1813 sq km (700 sq miles)
  • lake saint john — a lake in Canada, in S Quebec: drained by the Saguenay River. Area: 971 sq km (375 sq miles)
  • lake washington — a lake in W Washington, forming the E boundary of the city of Seattle: linked by canal with Puget Sound. Length: about 32 km (20 miles). Width: 6 km (4 miles)
  • lake-saint-john — Henry, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, Bolingbroke, 1st Viscount.
  • lay it on thick — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
  • least killifish — a fish, Heterandria formosa, of coastal swamps from South Carolina to Florida, that feeds on mosquito larvae.
  • lick into shape — to pass the tongue over the surface of, as to moisten, taste, or eat (often followed by up, off, from, etc.): to lick a postage stamp; to lick an ice-cream cone.
  • like grim death — as if afraid for one's life
  • look-say method — a method of teaching beginners to read by memorizing and recognizing whole words, rather than by associating letters with sounds
  • luncheon basket — a basket that you put food in and take somewhere for a picnic
  • make a horlicks — to make a mistake or a mess
  • mechanical bank — a toy bank in which a coin is deposited by a mechanical process that is usually activated by pushing a lever.
  • milking machine — an electric machine for milking cows.
  • orthokeratology — a technique for correcting refractive errors in vision by changing the shape of the cornea with the temporary use of progressively flatter hard contact lenses.
  • overhead locker — a locker situated above someone's seat for storing luggage, etc
  • package holiday — a holiday arranged by a travel company in which your travel and accommodation are booked for you
  • patchwork quilt — cover sewn from patches of cloth
  • perpetual check — a continuing series of checks resulting in a drawn game because they cannot be halted or evaded without resulting in checkmate or a serious disadvantage.
  • phenylketonuria — an inherited disease due to faulty metabolism of phenylalanine, characterized by phenylketones in the urine and usually first noted by signs of mental retardation in infancy.
  • pick-and-shovel — marked by drudgery; laborious: the pick-and-shovel work necessary to get a political campaign underway.
  • pitch blackness — extreme darkness; lack of light
  • play the market — to speculate on a stock exchange
  • pullman kitchen — a kitchenette, often recessed into a wall and concealed by double doors or a screen.
  • raw milk cheese — cheese or a cheese made with unpasteurized milk
  • red-tailed hawk — a North American hawk, Buteo jamaicensis, dark brown above, whitish with black streaking below, and having a reddish-brown tail.
  • rocket launcher — a tube attached to a weapon for the launching of rockets.
  • saint-john-lake — Henry, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, Bolingbroke, 1st Viscount.
  • shark repellent — any tactic used by a corporation to prevent a takeover by a corporate raider.
  • sharm al-sheikh — a village and military post in E Egypt, on the Sinai Peninsula, guarding the Gulf of Suez.
  • sharm el-sheikh — a city in Egypt on the southern point of the Sinai Peninsula on the Red Sea; a major holiday resort. Pop: 73 000 (2015 est)
  • shelikof strait — a strait between the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island, in S Alaska. 130 miles (209 km) long and 30 miles (48 km) wide.
  • shockwave flash — flash
  • shrimp cocktail — prawns and lettuce in Mary Rose sauce
  • sink a borehole — To sink a borehole means to drill a deep hole in the ground.
  • south milwaukee — a city in SE Wisconsin.
  • south salt lake — a town in N Utah.
  • strike the flag — to relinquish command, esp of a ship
  • take the pledge — a solemn promise or agreement to do or refrain from doing something: a pledge of aid; a pledge not to wage war.
  • take the plunge — to cast or thrust forcibly or suddenly into something, as a liquid, a penetrable substance, a place, etc.; immerse; submerge: to plunge a dagger into one's heart.
  • talking machine — Older Use. a phonograph.
  • the black death — a form of bubonic plague pandemic in Europe and Asia during the 14th century, when it killed over 50 million people
  • the black ferns — the women's international Rugby Union football team of New Zealand
  • the black stump — an imaginary marker of the extent of civilization (esp in the phrase beyond the black stump)
  • the black watch — (formerly) the Royal Highland Regiment in the British Army; (since 2006) an infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland
  • the kos channel — a strait separating Kos from SW Turkey
  • the lower karoo — one of the two divisions of the Karoo
  • the lower ranks — people who have a low rank in a military organization
  • the tall blacks — the international basketball team of New Zealand
  • thermal blanket — a specially warm blanket
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