16-letter words containing k, a, r, h, e
- lumberjack shirt — a thick checked shirt, as worn by lumberjacks
- mahalla el kubra — a city in Egypt, on the Nile delta.
- make a pitch for — to give verbal support to
- make the fur fly — the fine, soft, thick, hairy coat of the skin of a mammal.
- make the running — If someone is making the running in a situation, they are more active than the other people involved.
- man on horseback — a military leader who presents himself as the savior of the country during a period of crisis and either assumes or threatens to assume dictatorial powers.
- man-eating shark — any shark known to attack humans, especially the great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias.
- mover and shaker — a person who has power and influence, esp., a member of a group having power and influence
- near the knuckle — risqué
- nubuck (leather) — tanned leather similar to suede, but with the nap on the grain side
- parallel haskell — (language, parallel) (pH) A parallel variant of Haskell incorporating ideas from Id and Sisal. pH is under development. Mailing list: [email protected]
- parkerhouse roll — a yeast roll shaped by folding over a flat, round piece of buttered dough
- pharmacokinetics — the branch of pharmacology that studies the fate of pharmacological substances in the body, as their absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination.
- raise the stakes — to increase the amount of money or valuables hazarded in a gambling game
- ranikhet disease — Newcastle disease.
- rape of the lock — a mock-epic poem (1712) by Alexander Pope.
- redbank whiteoak — a city in S Tennessee.
- round lake beach — a town in NE Illinois.
- run the blockade — to go past or through a blockade
- shakedown cruise — extortion, as by blackmail or threats of violence.
- shaker and mover — mover and shaker
- shark repellents — any tactic used by a corporation to prevent a takeover by a corporate raider.
- sharpe's grysbok — either of two small, usually solitary antelopes of southern Africa, Raphicerus melanotis, or R. sharpei (Sharpe's grysbok) having a light to dark reddish-brown coat speckled with white.
- shoemaker's shop — a shop where shoes are repaired, or made
- shoemaker-levy 9 — a comet that was captured into an orbit around Jupiter and later broke up, the fragments colliding with Jupiter in July 1995
- shot in the dark — a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
- silky flycatcher — any of several passerine birds of the family Ptilogonatidae, of the southwestern U.S. to Panama, related to the waxwings.
- spanish mackerel — an American game fish, Scomberomorus maculatus, inhabiting the Atlantic Ocean.
- spotted redshank — a sandpiper, Tringa erythropus, which is a large wader with red legs
- straight whiskey — pure, unblended whiskey of 80 to 110 proof.
- streak lightning — lightning in which there is a sudden flash from what appears to be a single main line
- take a raincheck — to accept the postponement of an offer
- take holy orders — to become ordained
- take the liberty — do sth without permission
- take the trouble — If you take the trouble to do something, you do something which requires a small amount of additional effort.
- take to the road — to start traveling; set out
- the black forest — a hilly wooded region of SW Germany, in Baden-Württemberg: a popular resort area
- the great karroo — karroo in S South Africa: c. 350 mi (563 km) long & 2,000 to 3,000 ft (610 to 914 m) high
- the little karoo — a high arid plateau in South Africa
- theatre workshop — a theatre company that is noted for the unconventional theatrical performances it puts on, especially with reference to a company based in the East End of London from 1953 to 1973 that was founded in 1945 by Joan Littlewood
- thermal cracking — Thermal cracking is an extraction process in which hydrocarbons such as crude oil are heated to a high temperature to break the molecular bonds.
- thick-tailed ray — Ichthyology. any ray of the order Rajiformes, having a relatively thick, fleshy tail, including the guitarfishes and the skates.
- thinking pattern — manner of thinking
- three-card trick — a game in which players bet on which of three inverted playing cards is the queen
- tightrope walker — performer who walks on high wire
- to break the ice — If you break the ice at a party or meeting, or in a new situation, you say or do something to make people feel relaxed and comfortable.
- to rock the boat — If you say that someone is rocking the boat, you mean that they are upsetting a calm situation and causing trouble.
- traveler's check — a check issued in any of various denominations by a bank, travel agency, etc., that is signed by the purchaser upon purchase and again, in the presence of the payee, when cashing the check or using it to pay for goods or services.
- up with the lark — up early in the morning
- walk a tightrope — be in a precarious position