11-letter words containing h, a, r, k
- nurse shark — any of several sharks of the family Orectolobidae, especially Ginglymostoma cirratum, occurring in shallow waters from Rhode Island to Brazil and the Gulf of California to Ecuador.
- nyckelharpa — an old-time Swedish stringed musical instrument, similar to the hurdy-gurdy but sounded with a bow instead of a wheel.
- oak leather — a thick sheet of mycelium occurring in decayed oak wood.
- oathbreaker — Someone who breaks an oath.
- on the rack — If you say that someone is on the rack, you mean that they are suffering either physically or mentally.
- other ranks — (in the armed forces) all those who do not hold a commissioned rank
- pathbreaker — a person who blazes a trail or path; pathfinder.
- phrase book — a small book containing everyday phrases and sentences and their equivalents in a foreign language, written especially for travelers.
- phrasemaker — a person who is skilled in coining well-turned phrases; phraseologist.
- plank-sheer — a plank or timber covering the upper ends of the frames of a wooden vessel
- porkpie hat — a hat with a round flat crown and a brim that can be turned up or down
- prajadhipok — 1893–1941, king of Siam 1925–35.
- prank flash — a short film or animation linked surreptitiously to an innocuous website, intended to shock unsuspecting and easily-offended users of the internet
- prickly ash — Also called Northern prickly ash, toothache tree. a citrus shrub or small tree, Zanthoxylum americanum, having aromatic leaves and usually prickly branches.
- privet hawk — a hawk moth, Sphinx ligustri, with a mauve-and-brown striped body: frequents privets
- quick march — a march in quick time.
- quick-march — a march in quick time.
- radio shack — a room or structure, as on a ship, for housing radio equipment.
- ralik chain — a chain of islands in the W Pacific Ocean, forming the W part of the Marshall Islands.
- ramakrishna — Sri [sree,, shree] /sri,, ʃri/ (Show IPA), 1836–86, Hindu religious reformer and mystic.
- rankshifted — that has been shifted from one linguistic rank to another
- ratak chain — a chain of islands in the W Pacific Ocean, forming the E part of the Marshall Islands.
- rathskeller — (in Germany) the cellar of a town hall, often used as a beer hall or restaurant.
- rheumaticky — affected with rheumatism
- road hockey — an imitation of the game of ice hockey played typically by children without ice skates on a public road.
- rockhampton — a city in E Queensland, in E Australia.
- salt shaker — a container for salt with a perforated top to allow the salt to be shaken out.
- saltchucker — a saltwater angler
- schmierkase — cottage cheese.
- schwarzkopf — Elisabeth, 1915–2006, German soprano, born in Poland.
- scratchback — an implement for scratching the back
- shakespeare — William ("the Bard"; "the Bard of Avon") 1564–1616, English poet and dramatist.
- shark siren — a siren sounded to warn swimmers of the presence of sharks
- sharksucker — any of several remoras, as Echeneis naucrates, usually found attached to sharks.
- shcharansky — (Natan) Anatoly [nah-tahn an-uh-toh-lee;; Russian uh-nuh-taw-lyee] /nɑˈtɑn ˌæn əˈtoʊ li;; Russian ʌ nʌˈtɔ lyi/ (Show IPA), born 1948, Soviet mathematician and human-rights activist, in Israel since 1986.
- shcherbakov — a former name (1946–57) of Andropov.
- sheep track — a pathway made by and used by sheep, often in rocky or mountainous terrain, and sometimes followed by hikers
- shelftalker — a promotional sign used by a retailer to draw attention to a featured product on the shelf
- sherlockian — pertaining to or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, known for his skill in solving mysteries through deductive reasoning.
- shirtjacket — a jacket styled like a shirt
- shock radio — broadcasting by a commercial radio station whose humor includes tasteless jokes, sexual innuendo, and ethnic insults.
- shopbreaker — a robber who breaks into a shop
- shrink wrap — transparent film for wrapping food
- shrink-wrap — to wrap and seal (a book, a food product, etc.) in a flexible film of plastic that, when exposed to a heating process, shrinks to the contour of the merchandise.
- silk thread — thread that is manufactured from silk
- silver hake — a common hake, Merluccius bilinearis, occurring off the Atlantic coast of North America and popular as a food fish.
- skin-search — strip-search.
- sky marshal — an armed plainclothes federal marshal riding on an airliner to protect against skyjacking.
- smokechaser — a person who fights forest fires, especially one with lightweight equipment.
- south korea — 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.