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11-letter words containing i, n, h

  • john calvinJohn (Jean Chauvin or Caulvin) 1509–64, French theologian and reformer in Switzerland: leader in the Protestant Reformation.
  • john paul i — (Albino Luciani) 1912–78, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1978.
  • josephinite — a mineral alloy of nickel and iron
  • joukahainen — a Lapp magician who tried to kill Väinämöinen.
  • junior high — lower secondary school
  • k'ung ch'iu — (K'ung Ch'iu) 551? b.c.–478? b.c, Chinese philosopher and teacher.
  • kalashnikov — A Kalashnikov is a type of rifle that is made in Russia.
  • kanchipuram — a city in SE India, in Tamil Nadu: a sacred Hindu town known as "the Benares of the South"; textile industries. Pop: 152 984 (2001)
  • kantorovich — Leonid Vitalyevich [ley-uh-nid vi-tal-yuh-vich;; Russian lyi-uh-nyeet vyi-tah-lyuh-vyich] /ˈleɪ ə nɪd vɪˈtæl yə vɪtʃ;; Russian lyɪ ʌˈnyit vyɪˈtɑ lyə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1912–86, Soviet mathematician and economist: Nobel Prize in Economics 1975.
  • keelhauling — Present participle of keelhaul.
  • khan tengri — a mountain in central Asia, on the border between Kyrgyzstan and the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of W China. Height: 6995 m (22 951 ft)
  • khmelnitsky — a city in W Ukraine, SW of Kiev.
  • kidney dish — medical: curved basin
  • kindhearted — having or showing sympathy or kindness: a kindhearted woman.
  • kindredship — a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk; kin.
  • kinesthesia — the sensation of movement or strain in muscles, tendons, and joints; muscle sense.
  • kinesthesis — the sensation of movement or strain in muscles, tendons, and joints; muscle sense.
  • kinesthetic — the sensation of movement or strain in muscles, tendons, and joints; muscle sense.
  • kinetochore — Biology. the place on either side of the centromere to which the spindle fibers are attached during cell division.
  • kinetograph — a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope.
  • king philip — one of the 12 apostles. Mark 3:18; John 1:43–48; 6:5–7.
  • kingfishers — Plural form of kingfisher.
  • kingtehchen — Jingdezhen.
  • kinsmanship — Kinship.
  • kitchen tea — a prewedding party to which guests bring an item of kitchenware or other gifts for the bride; shower.
  • kitchenalia — cooking equipment and other items found in a kitchen
  • kitchenette — a very small, compact kitchen.
  • kitchenmaid — a female servant who assists the cook.
  • kitchenware — cooking equipment or utensils.
  • kitten heel — a thin, tapering heel on a woman's shoe, lower than a spike heel.
  • kitten moth — any of three prominent moths, notably the poplar kitten (Furcula bifida), that have larvae like those of the related puss moth
  • kittenishly — In a kittenish manner.
  • kleinhuisie — an outside lavatory
  • knavishness — The quality of being knavish.
  • knightheads — Plural form of knighthead.
  • knighthoods — Plural form of knighthood.
  • knit stitch — the most common stitch in knitting; stitches are formed on the left-hand needle by placing the point of the right-hand needle through the loop from left to right, winding the wool from the right-hand needle under the point of the right-hand needle and back across the front, pulling the loop through, and slipping the stitch off the left-hand needle
  • knot stitch — a stitch that produces a knot on the fabric surface, made by twining the thread about the needle.
  • kohl pencil — a thin cylindrical cosmetic instrument used to darken the area around the eyes
  • koilonychia — an abnormal condition in which the outer surfaces of the nails are concave; spoon nail.
  • konigshutte — German name of Chorzów.
  • kotahitanga — unity or solidarity
  • kublai khan — 1216–94, khan c1260–94: founder of the Mongol dynasty in China (grandson of Genghis Khan).
  • labyrinthal — Like a maze or labyrinth, intricate or convoluted. labyrinthine.
  • labyrinthic — of, relating to, or resembling a labyrinth.
  • laddishness — (British) Laddish attitudes and behaviour; laddism.
  • lampshading — The practice of decorating lampshades.
  • lanarkshire — a historic county in S Scotland.
  • lancet fish — any large, marine fish of the genus Alepisaurus, having daggerlike teeth.
  • landholding — a holder, owner, or occupant of land.
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