11-letter words containing h, a, r, k
- housebreaks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of housebreak.
- hucksterage — the business of a huckster; peddling
- hypermarket — a combined supermarket and department store.
- in the dark — having very little or no light: a dark room.
- ioshkar-ola — autonomous republic in the Russian Federation in Europe. 8994 sq. mi. (23,294 sq. km). Capital: Ioshkar-Ola.
- jackhammers — Plural form of jackhammer.
- jacklighter — a person who hunts or fishes at night with the aid of a jacklight.
- kanchipuram — a city in SE India, in Tamil Nadu: a sacred Hindu town known as "the Benares of the South"; textile industries. Pop: 152 984 (2001)
- kantorovich — Leonid Vitalyevich [ley-uh-nid vi-tal-yuh-vich;; Russian lyi-uh-nyeet vyi-tah-lyuh-vyich] /ˈleɪ ə nɪd vɪˈtæl yə vɪtʃ;; Russian lyɪ ʌˈnyit vyɪˈtɑ lyə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1912–86, Soviet mathematician and economist: Nobel Prize in Economics 1975.
- karate chop — a sharp blow used in karate, usually delivered by a slanting stroke with the side of the hand.
- karate-chop — a sharp blow used in karate, usually delivered by a slanting stroke with the side of the hand.
- kashmir rug — a handmade Oriental rug that is woven flat without pile and covered entirely with embroidered patterns of colored yarns.
- katabothron — an underground channel created by water erosion
- katharevusa — the puristic Modern Greek literary language (distinguished from Demotic).
- keratophyre — a fine-grained soda trachyte
- khan tengri — a mountain in central Asia, on the border between Kyrgyzstan and the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of W China. Height: 6995 m (22 951 ft)
- khyber pass — the chief mountain pass between Pakistan and Afghanistan, W of Peshawar. 33 miles (53 km) long; 6825 feet (2080 meters) high.
- kindhearted — having or showing sympathy or kindness: a kindhearted woman.
- kinetograph — a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope.
- kitchenware — cooking equipment or utensils.
- kohanga reo — an infant class in which the lessons are conducted in Māori
- kongur shan — a mountain in China, in W Xinjiang: the highest peak in the Pamirs. Height: 7719 m (25 325 ft)
- 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.
- kurdaitchas — Plural form of kurdaitcha.
- kwashiorkor — a malnutrition disease, chiefly of children, caused by severe protein and vitamin deficiency and characterized by retarded growth, changes in pigmentation, potbelly, and anemia.
- kymographic — Of or pertaining to a kymograph.
- lake zürich — a lake in N Switzerland, mostly in Zürich canton. Area: 89 sq km (34 sq miles)
- lanarkshire — a historic county in S Scotland.
- lashkar gah — a city in S Afghanistan, situated between the Arghandab and Helmand rivers: capital of Helmand province. Pop: 201 546 (2006 est)
- laugh track — a separate sound track of prerecorded laughter added to the sound track of a radio or television program to enhance or feign audience responses.
- leatherback — a sea turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, having the shell embedded in a leathery skin, reaching a length of more than 7 feet (2.1 meter) and a weight of more than 1000 pounds (450 kg): the largest living sea turtle; an endangered species.
- leatherjack — Leatherjacket (fish in genus Oligoplites).
- leatherlike — Resembling leather.
- leatherneck — a U.S. marine.
- leatherwork — work or decoration done in leather.
- lemon shark — a common shallow-water shark, Negaprion brevirostris, having a yellowish body and inhabiting inshore regions of the Atlantic from North Carolina to Brazil.
- length mark — a symbol indicating the length of a vowel sound
- leukorrheal — Relating to leukorrhea.
- lock washer — a washer placed under a nut on a bolt or screw, so made as to prevent the nut from shaking loose.
- lucky charm — an object that is believed to bring its owner good luck
- lukewarmish — fairly or somewhat lukewarm
- lunch break — pause for midday meal
- march break — a school holiday, usually for a week, during March
- marsh tacky — a small, sometimes half-wild horse of the coastal marshes.
- matchmakers — Plural form of matchmaker.
- mekhitarist — a member of an order of Armenian monks founded in Constantinople in the 18th century and following the rule of St. Benedict.
- nightwalker — a person who walks or roves about at night, especially a thief, prostitute, etc.
- nitro-chalk — a chemical fertilizer containing calcium carbonate and ammonium nitrate
- north korea — a country in E Asia: formed 1948 after the division of the former country of Korea at 38° N. 50,000 sq. mi. (129,500 sq. km). Capital: Pyongyang. Compare Korea.