13-letter words containing h, o, k, e
- socket wrench — a box wrench with a socket that is an extension of the shank.
- spokesmanship — the office or skilful use of the office of spokesman
- sprocket hole — any of a series of regular perforations along the edge of photographic film for engaging the drive sprockets in a motion-picture camera or projector.
- sticker shock — unpleasant surprise on learning of an unexpectedly high price for an item.
- street hockey — road hockey.
- take the road — to begin a journey or tour
- take to heart — Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- take-home pay — the amount of salary remaining after deductions, as of taxes, have been made.
- the big smoke — a large city, esp London
- the whole kit — everything or everybody
- thermal shock — a fluctuation in temperature causing stress in a material. It often results in fracture, esp in brittle materials such as ceramics
- think less of — to have a lower opinion of
- think more of — to have a higher opinion of
- thomas becket — Saint Thomas à, 1118?–70, archbishop of Canterbury: murdered because of his opposition to Henry II's policies toward the church.
- thomas decker — Thomas, 1572?–1632? English dramatist.
- thomas hooker — Joseph, 1814–79, Union general in the U.S. Civil War.
- thrombokinase — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
- throttle back — If you throttle back, or you throttle back the engine, when driving a motor vehicle or flying an aircraft, you make it go slower by reducing the quantity of fuel entering the engine.
- thunderstroke — a stroke of lightning accompanied by thunder.
- ticket holder — a person who has a valid ticket for an event or for a journey on public transport
- to keep house — If you keep house, you do the cleaning and cooking for your household, and do not go out to work.
- turkish towel — a thick cotton towel with a long nap usually composed of uncut loops.
- unscholarlike — not befitting a scholar; ungentlemanly
- upper chinook — a Chinookan language of the Columbia River valley from the Deschutes River to the estuary.
- volksdeutsche — a member of the German people, especially one of a community having its home outside of Germany, usually in central or eastern Europe.
- walking horse — Tennessee walking horse.
- water hemlock — any of several poisonous plants belonging to the genus Cicuta, of the parsley family, as C. virosa of Europe, and C. maculata of North America, growing in swamps and marshy places.
- weathercocked — Simple past tense and past participle of weathercock.
- whiskerandoed — having extravagant whiskers
- white croaker — kingfish (def 2).
- yorkshire fog — a common tufted grass, Holcus lanatus, having downy leaves and flower heads that are white or pink and branched, with spikelets carrying the flowers