12-letter words containing i, k, e
- heat-seeking — A heat-seeking missile or device is one that is able to detect a source of heat.
- heeling tank — either of two lateral ballast tanks permitting an icebreaker to heel and crush ice to either side.
- heimskringla — a book of the 13th century narrating the history of the kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson.
- helical rack — a rack having teeth set at an oblique angle to the edges. Compare rack1 (def 5).
- hemiplankton — plankton that spend part of their life cycle in a vegetative state on the sea bottom, riverbed, etc. (opposed to holoplankton).
- hickory pine — bristlecone pine.
- hit the deck — Nautical. a floorlike surface wholly or partially occupying one level of a hull, superstructure, or deckhouse, generally cambered, and often serving as a member for strengthening the structure of a vessel. the space between such a surface and the next such surface above: Our stateroom was on B deck.
- hit the mark — to achieve one's aim; be successful in one's attempt
- hit the sack — a large bag of strong, coarsely woven material, as for grain, potatoes, or coal.
- hit the silk — the soft, lustrous fiber obtained as a filament from the cocoon of the silkworm.
- hobble skirt — a woman's skirt that is very narrow at the bottom, causing the wearer to walk with short, mincing steps.
- hockey stick — the stick used in field hockey or ice hockey.
- holidaymaker — vacationer.
- home banking — a system whereby a person at home or in an office can use a computer with a modem to call up information from a bank or to transfer funds electronically
- home cooking — home-made food
- homesickness — sad or depressed from a longing for home or family while away from them for a long time.
- hopkinsville — a city in S Kentucky.
- housekeeping — the maintenance of a house or domestic establishment.
- hucksterings — Plural form of huckstering.
- hupokeimenon — (philosophy) That which underlies, or lies beneath; substratum.
- hydraulicked — (of an extracted mineral) excavated using water
- hydrokinesis — (science fiction): The psychic ability to manipulate or control water.
- hydrokinetic — pertaining to the motion of liquids.
- hyperkalemia — an abnormally high concentration of potassium in the blood.
- hyperkalemic — Having a high percentage of potassium in one's blood.
- hyperkinesia — Pathology. an abnormal amount of uncontrolled muscular action; spasm.
- hyperkinesis — Pathology. an abnormal amount of uncontrolled muscular action; spasm.
- hyperkinetic — Pathology. an abnormal amount of uncontrolled muscular action; spasm.
- hyperlinking — Present participle of hyperlink.
- hypokalaemia — Alternative form of hypokalemia.
- hypokeimenon — Alternative spelling of hupokeimenon.
- ignition key — key that starts an engine
- iliamna lake — the largest lake in Alaska, in the SW part. 1022 sq. mi. (2647 sq. km).
- in sb's wake — If you leave something or someone in your wake, you leave them behind you as you go.
- in the black — lacking hue and brightness; absorbing light without reflecting any of the rays composing it.
- in the works — exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
- index-linked — index (def 25).
- indigo snake — a large, deep-blue or brown harmless snake, Drymarchon corais, ranging from the southern U.S. to South America and invading burrows to prey on small mammals: the eastern subspecies D. corais couperi is now greatly reduced in number.
- inkblot test — any of various psychological tests in which varied patterns formed by blots of ink are interpreted by the subject.
- inkhorn term — an obscure, affectedly or ostentatiously erudite borrowing from another language, especially Latin or Greek.
- inquiry desk — a section of an office, business etc, which deals with inquiries nor requests for information
- inside track — the inner, or shorter, track of a racecourse.
- intake valve — a valve in the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine that opens at the proper moment in the cycle to allow the fuel-air mixture to be drawn into the cylinder.
- interkinesis — interphase.
- interlinking — Linked or locked closely together as by dovetailing.
- interlocking — to fit into each other, as parts of machinery, so that all action is synchronized.
- internetwork — two or more computer networks connected by routers, bridges, etc.: The Internet is the largest internetwork.
- interworking — to work or weave together; interweave.
- isak dinesen — Isak [ee-sahk] /ˈi sɑk/ (Show IPA), (pen name of Baroness Karen Blixen) 1885–1962, Danish author.
- iskander bey — Scanderbeg.