12-letter words containing k, a, h, n
- smooth snake — any of several slender nonvenomous colubrid snakes of the European genus Coronella, esp C. austriaca, having very smooth scales and a reddish-brown coloration
- snake's head — checkered lily.
- snake's-head — checkered lily.
- snake-hipped — having thin, sinuous hips.
- snatch block — a fairlead having the form of a block that can be opened to receive the bight of a rope at any point along its length.
- sneakishness — the quality or characteristic of being a sneak or sneaky
- south korean — a country in E Asia: formed 1948 after the division of the former country of Korea at 38° N. 36,600 sq. mi. (94,795 sq. km). Capital: Seoul. Compare Korea.
- speakerphone — a telephone or telephone attachment equipped with both loudspeaker and microphone, thus permitting the instrument to be used without being held.
- stakhanovism — a method for increasing production by rewarding individual initiative, developed in the Soviet Union in 1935.
- stakhanovite — a worker in the Soviet Union who regularly surpassed production quotas and was specially honored and rewarded.
- stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
- stinking ash — hoptree.
- straightneck — a variety of summer squash related to the crookneck but not having a recurved neck.
- strike hands — to show agreement by clasping hands
- tadzhikistan — a republic in central Asia, N of Afghanistan. 55,240 sq. mi. (143,600 sq. km). Capital: Dushanbe.
- take an oath — pledge
- take chances — to behave in a risky manner
- take in hand — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- talking head — Television Slang. a closeup picture of a person who is talking, especially as a participant in a talk show.
- talking shop — If you say that a conference or a committee is just a talking shop, you disapprove of it because nothing is achieved as a result of what is discussed.
- tank fighter — a boxer known for false shows of being knocked down or out in bouts the results of which have been prearranged.
- thank kindly — to thank heartily
- thankfulness — feeling or expressing gratitude; appreciative.
- thanks a lot — thank you
- thanksgiving — the act of giving thanks; grateful acknowledgment of benefits or favors, especially to God.
- the kootenay — a lake in British Columbia: fed chiefly by the Kootenay; drains into the Columbia River
- thessalonike — official name of Salonika.
- thessaloníki — official name of Salonika.
- thinking cap — a state of mind marked by reflection or concentration: If we put on our thinking caps, we may come up with the answer.
- unshrinkable — not able to contract or become smaller in size
- unthankfully — in an unthankful manner; not thankfully; ungratefully
- vanga shrike — any of several birds of the family Vangidae, endemic to Madagascar, some of which resemble shrikes, with great diversity in size, color, and bill shape.
- velvet shank — a bright yellow edible basidiomycetous fungus, Flammulina velutipes, common on trunks, stumps, or branches of broad-leaved trees in winter
- vishnevskaya — Galina (Pavlovna) [guh-lee-nuh pahv-lohv-nuh,, pav-;; Russian guh-lyee-nuh pah-vluh v-nuh] /gəˈli nə pɑvˈloʊv nə,, pæv-;; Russian gʌˈlyi nə ˈpɑ vləv nə/ (Show IPA), 1926–2012, Soviet operatic soprano, in the U.S. (wife of Mstislav Rostropovich).
- waking hours — Your waking hours are the times when you are awake rather than asleep.
- walk spanish — to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move by advancing the feet alternately so that there is always one foot on the ground in bipedal locomotion and two or more feet on the ground in quadrupedal locomotion.
- walker hound — an American foxhound having a black, tan, and white, or, sometimes, a tan and white coat.
- walking fish — any of various fishes able to survive and move about for short periods of time on land, as the mudskipper or climbing perch.
- walking shoe — a sturdy comfortable shoe worn by hillwalkers, etc
- work-sharing — an arrangement whereby one full-time job may be carried out by two people working part time
- yellowshanks — A bird, the yellowlegs.
- yuan shi kai — 1859–1916, Chinese general and statesman: first president (1912–16) of the Chinese republic