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11-letter words containing h, o, k

  • metchnikoff — Élie [French ey-lee] /French eɪˈli/ (Show IPA), (Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov) 1845–1916, Russian zoologist and bacteriologist in France: Nobel Prize in medicine 1908.
  • mock heroic — imitating or burlesquing that which is heroic, as in manner, character, or action: mock-heroic dignity.
  • mock-heroic — imitating or burlesquing that which is heroic, as in manner, character, or action: mock-heroic dignity.
  • monkeyshine — Usually, monkeyshines. a frivolous or mischievous prank; monkey business.
  • mu shu pork — moo shu pork
  • musk orchid — a small Eurasian orchid, Herminium monorchis, with dense spikes of musk-scented greenish-yellow flowers
  • netherstock — a stocking
  • nitro-chalk — a chemical fertilizer containing calcium carbonate and ammonium nitrate
  • nonthinking — an act of not thinking or choosing not to think, an absence of thought
  • 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.
  • oak leather — a thick sheet of mycelium occurring in decayed oak wood.
  • oath-taking — the action of making an oath
  • oathbreaker — Someone who breaks an oath.
  • of that ilk — of the place of the same name: used to indicate that the person named is proprietor or laird of the place named
  • old hickory — Jackson1
  • on the hook — a curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something.
  • on the make — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
  • on the rack — If you say that someone is on the rack, you mean that they are suffering either physically or mentally.
  • on the take — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
  • opisthokont — (biology) Any of very many eukaryotes whose flagellate cells propel themselves with a single posterior flagellum.
  • ostrichlike — a large, two-toed, swift-footed flightless bird, Struthio camelus, indigenous to Africa and Arabia, domesticated for its plumage: the largest of living birds.
  • other ranks — (in the armed forces) all those who do not hold a commissioned rank
  • phantomlike — an apparition or specter.
  • phitsanulok — a city in central Thailand.
  • phoenixlike — having a resemblance to a phoenix in the sense of re-emerging and beginning again
  • phrase book — a small book containing everyday phrases and sentences and their equivalents in a foreign language, written especially for travelers.
  • pigeon hawk — merlin.
  • plough back — an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
  • pocketphone — a mobile phone
  • pond hockey — ice hockey played on a frozen pond
  • pooh sticks — a children's game: each player throws a stick into a stream from one side of a bridge and the winner is the person whose stick emerges first on the other side
  • porkchopper — a labor official put on the union payroll as a reward for past loyalty or services.
  • 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.
  • psyche knot — a woman's hairdo in which a knot or coil of hair projects from the back of the head.
  • radio shack — a room or structure, as on a ship, for housing radio equipment.
  • reckon with — to count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount.
  • road hockey — an imitation of the game of ice hockey played typically by children without ice skates on a public road.
  • rock thrush — any of several Old World thrushes of the genus Monticola, usually having bluish plumage, especially M. saxatilis, of Europe.
  • rocket ship — a rocket-propelled aircraft or spacecraft.
  • rockhampton — a city in E Queensland, in E Australia.
  • safety hook — a hook that can be transformed into an eye by locking a hinged piece in place.
  • schecklaton — a gilded leather used for embroidering jacks
  • school book — School books are books giving information about a particular subject, which children use at school.
  • school milk — (formerly, in Britain) a third of a pint of milk, originally provided free by the local education authority to all young pupils, then later given only to children who passed a needs or means test
  • school-book — a book for study in schools.
  • schwarzkopf — Elisabeth, 1915–2006, German soprano, born in Poland.
  • shacklebone — the wrist
  • shadow mask — a perforated metal sheet mounted close to the phosphor-dotted screen in some colour television tubes. The holes are positioned so that each of the three electron beams strikes the correct phosphor dot producing the required colour mixture in the image
  • shake on it — to shake hands in agreement, reconciliation, etc
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