13-letter words containing h, i, k
- chimney stack — A chimney stack is the brick or stone part of a chimney that is above the roof of a building.
- chinese block — a percussion instrument consisting of a hollow wooden block played with a drumstick
- chinkerinchee — a flowering plant, Ornithogalum thyrsoides, that produces clusters of white and yellow flowers
- chokecherries — Plural form of chokecherry.
- christianlike — like or befitting a Christian.
- chronokinesis — (science fiction) The ability to manipulate time relevant to oneself.
- cinchona bark — the dried bark of any of a cinchona tree, which yields quinine and other medicinal alkaloids
- click through — to navigate around (a website) using the links provided to move onto different pages
- click-through — the act of clicking on an advertisement or other link to go to another website, especially a retail site: The store gets lots of clickthroughs from social media.
- cocktail hour — the interval before the evening meal during which cocktails and other alcoholic beverages are often served.
- crackle china — porcelain or pottery with intentional crazing
- crock of shit — a quantity or source of lies or nonsense
- crosschecking — Present participle of crosscheck.
- cuckoo shrike — any Old World tropical songbird of the family Campephagidae, typically having a strong notched bill, long rounded tail, and pointed wings
- cuckoo-shrike — any of numerous Old World passerine birds of the family Campephagidae, certain species of which superficially resemble cuckoos and have hooked bills like shrikes.
- dasht-e-kavir — large salt-desert plateau in NC Iran: c. 18,000 sq mi (46,620 sq km)
- dasht-i-kavir — a salt waste on the central plateau of Iran: a treacherous marsh beneath a salt crust
- digby chicken — a smoked herring.
- dimethylketol — acetoin.
- drink to that — People say 'I'll drink to that' to show that they agree with and approve of something that someone has just said.
- drongo shrike — any insectivorous songbird of the family Dicruridae, of the Old World tropics, having a glossy black plumage, a forked tail, and a stout bill
- duck shooting — duck hunting with a gun
- eight o'clock — 8 a.m.
- feinschmecker — gourmet.
- field kitchen — the place at which the food for a unit of soldiers in the field is prepared
- fighting cock — a gamecock.
- finback whale — rorqual
- fishing banks — a place where fish are abundant, as off Newfoundland
- fishing smack — any of various fore-and-aft-rigged fishing vessels of rather large size, often containing a well to keep the catch alive.
- for chrissake — for Christ's sake
- frank whittle — Sir Frank, 1907–96, English engineer and inventor.
- gelsenkirchen — a city in W Germany, in the Ruhr valley.
- gemutlichkeit — warm cordiality; comfortable friendliness; congeniality.
- generic thunk — (programming) A software mechanism that allows a 16-bit Windows application to load and call a Win32 DLL under Windows NT and Windows 95. See also flat thunk, universal thunk.
- ghiordes knot — a hand-tied knot, used in rug weaving, in which the parallel ends of looped yarn alternate with two threads of warp, producing an uneven pile effect.
- great khingan — a mountain range in NE China: highest peak, 5000 feet (1525 meters).
- hacking cough — a harsh, dry and spasmodic cough
- handkerchiefs — Plural form of handkerchief.
- hard-drinking — If you describe someone as a hard-drinking person, you mean that they frequently drink large quantities of alcohol.
- hardwick hall — an Elizabethan mansion near Chesterfield in Derbyshire: built 1591–97 for Elizabeth, Countess of Shrewsbury (Bess of Hardwick)
- head shrinker — to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance: to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.
- head-shrinker — to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance: to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.
- headshrinkers — Plural form of headshrinker.
- heartbreaking — causing intense anguish or sorrow.
- heartsickness — The condition of being heartsick.
- heartstricken — Shocked; dismayed.
- herringchoker — a native or resident of any of the Maritime Provinces but especially of New Brunswick.
- hickory hills — a town in NE Illinois.
- hide and seek — one of a variety of children's games in which, according to specified rules, one player gives the others a chance to hide and then attempts to find them.
- hide-and-seek — one of a variety of children's games in which, according to specified rules, one player gives the others a chance to hide and then attempts to find them.