11-letter words containing k, a, h, n
- greenshanks — Plural form of greenshank.
- hack around — to cut, notch, slice, chop, or sever (something) with or as with heavy, irregular blows (often followed by up or down): to hack meat; to hack down trees.
- hacking run — (jargon) (Analogy with "bombing run" or "speed run") A hack session extended long outside normal working times, especially one longer than 12 hours. May cause you to "change phase the hard way".
- hackishness — (jargon) The quality of being or involving a hack. This term is considered mildly silly. Synonym hackitude.
- half-broken — past participle of break.
- half-joking — something said or done to provoke laughter or cause amusement, as a witticism, a short and amusing anecdote, or a prankish act: He tells very funny jokes. She played a joke on him.
- hallmarking — Present participle of hallmark.
- hand-basket — a small basket with a handle for carrying by hand.
- hand-picked — to pick by hand.
- hand-worker — a person who does handwork
- handbaskets — Plural form of handbasket.
- handpicking — to pick by hand.
- handshaking — a gripping and shaking of right hands by two individuals, as to symbolize greeting, congratulation, agreement, or farewell.
- hanky-panky — unethical behavior; deceit: When the bank teller bought an expensive car and house, they suspected there might be some hanky-panky going on.
- hard dinkum — hard work; a difficult task.
- hardworking — industrious; zealous: a hardworking family man.
- harken back — hearken back (see phrase under hearken)
- harney peak — a mountain in SW South Dakota: the highest peak in the Black Hills. 7242 feet (2207 meters).
- hawkishness — resembling a hawk, as in appearance or behavior.
- header tank — a reservoir, tank, or hopper that maintains a gravity feed or a static fluid pressure in an apparatus
- headshaking — The act of shaking one's head, in disagreement or disapproval.
- heartbroken — crushed with sorrow or grief.
- highjacking — Present participle of highjack.
- hillwalking — The pastime of walking in hilly country.
- home baking — such things as bread, cakes and biscuits that are baked at home
- horned lark — a lark, Eremophila alpestris, of the Northern Hemisphere, having a tuft of feathers on each side of the crown of the head.
- house snake — any African snake of the genus Boaedon, some species of which are important mouse and rat catchers in areas of human habitation.
- hunchbacked — humpbacked.
- husbandlike — resembling a husband
- hypokinesia — abnormally diminished muscular function or mobility.
- i know what — I have an idea
- ibn khaldun — Abd-al-Rahman [ahb-dahl-rah-mahn] /ɑb dɑlˈrɑ mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1332–1406, Arab historian and philosopher.
- ibn-khaldun — 1332–1406, Arab historian and philosopher. His Kitab al-`ibar (Book of Examples) is a history of Islam
- in the dark — having very little or no light: a dark room.
- in the tank — a large receptacle, container, or structure for holding a liquid or gas: tanks for storing oil.
- johnny cake — a cake or bread made of corn meal and water or milk, usually cooked on a griddle.
- johnny-cake — a cake or bread made of corn meal and water or milk, usually cooked on a griddle.
- joukahainen — a Lapp magician who tried to kill Väinämöinen.
- 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.
- katabothron — an underground channel created by water erosion
- keelhauling — Present participle of keelhaul.
- keogh plans — a pension plan for an unincorporated business entity or self-employed person.
- 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)
- kindhearted — having or showing sympathy or kindness: a kindhearted woman.
- kinesthesia — the sensation of movement or strain in muscles, tendons, and joints; muscle sense.
- kinetograph — a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope.
- kinsmanship — Kinship.
- kitchen tea — a prewedding party to which guests bring an item of kitchenware or other gifts for the bride; shower.