10-letter words containing k, a, h, n
- halterneck — A single strap or material which runs from the front of the garment around the back of the wearer's neck, leaving most of the back uncovered, often used in swimsuits and women's dresses.
- hamesucken — the offence of attacking a person in his or her own dwelling
- hand brake — a brake operated by a hand lever. Compare caliper (def 6).
- hand truck — truck1 (def 3).
- hand-spike — a bar used as a lever.
- handbasket — a small basket with a handle for carrying by hand.
- handbrakes — Plural form of handbrake.
- handpicked — Picked by hand; picked or selected with care.
- handshaker — a person who is or is required to be overtly or ostentatiously friendly: Politicians are often incurable handshakers.
- handshakes — Plural form of handshake.
- handspikes — Plural form of handspike.
- handstroke — the downward movement of the bell rope as the bell swings around allowing the ringer to grasp and pull it
- handy-pack — a pack of a product that is useful or convenient in some way, because, for example, it is easy to transport, or because it contains a variety of flavours, colours, etc
- hanky-pank — unethical behavior; deceit: When the bank teller bought an expensive car and house, they suspected there might be some hanky-panky going on.
- hard-knock — beset with hardship.
- hearkening — Literary. to give heed or attention to what is said; listen.
- hemikaryon — a haploid nucleus.
- herakleion — a seaport in N Crete.
- hexokinase — an enzyme that catalyzes the phosphorylation of hexose sugars.
- hijackings — Plural form of hijacking.
- hind shank — Anatomy. the part of the lower limb in humans between the knee and the ankle; leg.
- homemaking — the establishment or management of a home; duties of a homemaker.
- hoop snake — any of several harmless snakes, as the mud snake and rainbow snake, fabled to take its tail in its mouth and roll along like a hoop.
- hopsacking — bagging made chiefly of hemp and jute.
- hunchbacks — Plural form of hunchback.
- imran khan — full name Imran Ahmad Khan Niazi. born 1952, Pakistani cricketer and politician: an all-rounder, he played in 88 test matches and captained Pakistan to victory in the 1992 World Cup
- jack chain — a chain having open links in the form of a figure 8, with one loop at right angles to the other.
- jerkinhead — a roof having a hipped end truncating a gable.
- jinricksha — Alternative spelling of jinriksha.
- jinrikisha — a small, two-wheeled, cartlike passenger vehicle with a fold-down top, pulled by one person, formerly used widely in Japan and China.
- jinrikshas — Plural form of jinriksha.
- john jakes — John, born 1932, U.S. novelist.
- johnnycake — a cake or bread made of corn meal and water or milk, usually cooked on a griddle.
- kahanamoku — Duke Paoa [pah-oh-ah] /pɑˈoʊ ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1968, U.S. swimmer and surfer.
- kalanchoes — Plural form of kalanchoe.
- kamchatkan — a peninsula in the NE Russian Federation in Asia, extending S between the Bering Sea and the Sea of Okhotsk. 750 miles (1210 km) long; 104,200 sq. mi. (269,880 sq. km) wide.
- kampuchean — People's Republic of, a former official name of Cambodia.
- kashmirian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Kashmir or the Kashmiri.
- kazakhstan — a republic in central Asia, NE of the Caspian Sea and W of China. 1,049,155 sq. mi. (2,717,311 sq. km). Capital: Akmola.
- kenophobia — an abnormal fear of empty spaces
- kentishman — a native or inhabitant of Kent, England.
- keogh plan — a pension plan for an unincorporated business entity or self-employed person.
- kermanshah — a city in W Iran.
- kinesipath — someone who uses kinesipathy to treat diseases
- klootchman — a North American Indian woman
- knighthead — either of a pair of upright members flanking and securing the bowsprit of a ship at the bow, often used as mooring bitts; apostle.
- knob latch — a latch having a spring bolt controlled by a knob on one or both sides.
- kronshtadt — city & naval fortress on an island in NW Russia, on the Gulf of Finland: pop. 45,000
- kuang-chou — Guangzhou
- kubla khan — (italics) a poetic fragment (1797) by Coleridge.