12-letter words containing h, a, r, k
- 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
- richard korf — (person) A Professor of computer science at the University of California, Los Angeles. Richard Korf received his B.S. from MIT in 1977, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in computer science from Carnegie-Mellon University in 1980 and 1983. From 1983 to 1985 he served as Herbert M. Singer Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University. Dr. Korf studies problem-solving, heuristic search and planning in artificial intelligence. He wrote "Learning to Solve Problems by Searching for Macro-Operators" (Pitman, 1985). He serves on the editorial boards of Artificial Intelligence, and the Journal of Applied Intelligence. Dr. Korf is the recipient of several awards and is a Fellow of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence.
- 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.
- school shark — an Australian shark resembling the tope, Notogaleus australis
- scratch disk — 1. (storage) See scratch. 2. (operating system) Unallocated space on Windows 95's primary hard disk partition, used for virtual memory. Shortage of space on this partition can result in the error "scratch disk full".
- scratch mark — the mark left by a scratch
- 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
- shark patrol — a watch for sharks kept by an aircraft flying over beaches used by swimmers
- 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.
- sparrow hawk — a small, short-winged European hawk, Accipiter nisus, that preys on smaller birds.
- 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.
- talk through — guide through: a procedure, etc.
- 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.
- turkish bath — a bath in which the bather, after copious perspiration in a steam room, showers and has a rubdown.
- 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.
- waking hours — Your waking hours are the times when you are awake rather than asleep.
- walk through — an act or instance of walking or going on foot.
- walk-through — Theater, Television. a rehearsal in which physical action is combined with reading the lines of a play. a perfunctory performance of a script.
- walker hound — an American foxhound having a black, tan, and white, or, sometimes, a tan and white coat.