12-letter words containing h, a, r, k, e
- pakeha māori — (in the 19th century) a European who adopted the Māori way of life
- parish clerk — an official designated to carry out various duties, either for a church parish or a parish council
- parity check — a method for detecting errors in data communications or within a computer system by counting the number of ones or zeros per byte or per word, including a special check bit (parity bit) to see if the value is even or odd.
- pathbreaking — pertaining to blazing a trail or path.
- peppershaker — a container with a perforated top for sprinkling ground pepper.
- phone phreak — a person who uses computers or other electronic devices to place long-distance telephone calls without paying toll charges.
- phrase-maker — a person who is skilled in coining well-turned phrases; phraseologist.
- phrasemaking — the making up or coining of memorable phrases or slogans
- prankishness — the quality or condition of being prankish
- prickly heat — a cutaneous eruption accompanied by a prickling and itching sensation, due to an inflammation of the sweat glands.
- ratchet jack — a screw jack rotated by a ratchet mechanism.
- reaping hook — a curved cutting tool with a sharp edge, used in the cutting or harvesting of crops
- rohnert park — a city in W California.
- salad shaker — a portable plastic container which is used for storing salad and which has a separate compartment for salad dressing. The dressing is put on the salad just before it is eaten and the container can then be shaken to spread the salad dressing evenly.
- scrimshanker — a shirker
- shale shaker — A shale shaker is a moving screen which removes cuttings from the mud so they can be disposed of.
- shamrock-pea — a trailing plant, Parochetus communis, of the legume family, native to Asia and east Africa, having shamrocklike leaves with a brown crescent at the base and pea-shaped, pink and blue flowers.
- shanks' mare — one's own legs, especially as a means of moving from one place to another: The only way we can get there is by shanks' mare.
- share market — a highly organized market facilitating the purchase and sale of securities and operated by professional stockbrokers and market makers according to fixed rules
- share-milker — (in New Zealand) a person who lives on a dairy farm milking the owner's herd for an agreed share of the profits and, usually, building his own herd simultaneously
- shelf talker — a cardboard, paper, or plastic advertisement of a product designed to be attached to a shelf on which the product is exhibited for sale.
- shellcracker — redear sunfish.
- shirt jacket — a shirtlike jacket.
- shopbreaking — the act of breaking into a shop
- skeeter hawk — mosquito hawk.
- skirt chaser — a womanizer.
- skirt-chaser — a womanizer.
- south korean — a country in E Asia: formed 1948 after the division of the former country of Korea at 38° N. 36,600 sq. mi. (94,795 sq. km). Capital: Seoul. Compare Korea.
- speakerphone — a telephone or telephone attachment equipped with both loudspeaker and microphone, thus permitting the instrument to be used without being held.
- speech maker — a person who makes a formal speech
- square shake — square deal.
- stakeholders — the holder of the stakes of a wager.
- stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
- straightneck — a variety of summer squash related to the crookneck but not having a recurved neck.
- stretch mark — a silvery streak occurring typically on the abdomen or thighs and caused by stretching of the skin over a short period of time, as during pregnancy or rapid weight gain.
- stretchmarks — marks that remain visible on the abdomen after its distension, esp in pregnancy
- strike hands — to show agreement by clasping hands
- sugar shaker — a container with holes in the top, used for sprinkling sugar onto food
- swashbuckler — a swaggering swordsman, soldier, or adventurer; daredevil.
- take the air — to go out of doors, as for a short walk or ride
- take the rap — to strike, especially with a quick, smart, or light blow: He rapped the door with his cane.
- tank fighter — a boxer known for false shows of being knocked down or out in bouts the results of which have been prearranged.
- the kalahari — an extensive arid plateau of South Africa, Namibia, and Botswana. Area: 260 000 sq km (100 000 sq miles)
- third market — a market established by the London Stock Exchange in 1987 to trade in shares in companies required to provide less detailed information than that required by the main market or the unlisted securities market
- toe the mark — a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page.
- trash talker — to use disparaging or boastful language.
- unshrinkable — not able to contract or become smaller in size
- vanga shrike — any of several birds of the family Vangidae, endemic to Madagascar, some of which resemble shrikes, with great diversity in size, color, and bill shape.
- walker hound — an American foxhound having a black, tan, and white, or, sometimes, a tan and white coat.
- warwickshire — a county in central England. 765 sq. mi. (1980 sq. km).