12-letter words containing k, e, p, h
- pathbreaking — pertaining to blazing a trail or path.
- pelican hook — a hooklike device for holding the link of a chain or the like, consisting of a long shackle with a hinged rod held closed with a sliding ring.
- peppershaker — a container with a perforated top for sprinkling ground pepper.
- peppershrike — either of two large vireos of the genus Cyclarhis, ranging from Mexico to Chile, and having heavy shrikelike bills.
- petach tikva — a city in W Israel, NE of Tel Aviv.
- phone phreak — a person who uses computers or other electronic devices to place long-distance telephone calls without paying toll charges.
- photokinesis — movement occurring upon exposure to light.
- phrase-maker — a person who is skilled in coining well-turned phrases; phraseologist.
- phrasemaking — the making up or coining of memorable phrases or slogans
- play chicken — to engage in a test of courage in which, typically, two vehicles are driven directly toward one another in order to see which driver will swerve away first
- poikilotherm — an organism with poikilothermic qualities
- pork butcher — a butcher who specializes in pork
- pork-chopper — a labor official put on the union payroll as a reward for past loyalty or services.
- poughkeepsie — a city in SE New York, on the Hudson.
- prankishness — the quality or condition of being prankish
- prickly heat — a cutaneous eruption accompanied by a prickling and itching sensation, due to an inflammation of the sweat glands.
- pumpkin head — a slow or dim-witted person; dunce.
- reaping hook — a curved cutting tool with a sharp edge, used in the cutting or harvesting of crops
- rock chopper — a Roman Catholic
- rohnert park — a city in W California.
- rough-spoken — coarse or vulgar in speech.
- schappe silk — a yarn or fabric of or similar to spun silk.
- septic shock — condition caused by blood poisoning
- shamrock-pea — a trailing plant, Parochetus communis, of the legume family, native to Asia and east Africa, having shamrocklike leaves with a brown crescent at the base and pea-shaped, pink and blue flowers.
- shavano peak — a mountain in central Colorado, in the S Sawatch Range, in the Rocky Mountains. 14,229 feet (4337 meters).
- shopbreaking — the act of breaking into a shop
- short-spoken — speaking in a short, brief, or curt manner.
- skeuomorphic — an ornament or design on an object copied from a form of the object when made from another material or by other techniques, as an imitation metal rivet mark found on handles of prehistoric pottery.
- slash pocket — a pocket set into a garment, especially below the waistline, to which easy access is provided by an exterior, vertical or diagonal slit.
- snake-hipped — having thin, sinuous hips.
- soup kitchen — a place where food, usually soup, is served at little or no charge to the needy.
- speakerphone — a telephone or telephone attachment equipped with both loudspeaker and microphone, thus permitting the instrument to be used without being held.
- speech maker — a person who makes a formal speech
- spellchecker — a computer program for checking the spelling of words in an electronic document.
- sucker punch — to strike (someone) with an unexpected blow.
- sucker-punch — to strike (someone) with an unexpected blow.
- take the rap — to strike, especially with a quick, smart, or light blow: He rapped the door with his cane.
- take up with — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
- thick-lipped — having thick lips
- tip the wink — to give a hint
- up the creek — U.S., Canada, and Australia. a stream smaller than a river.
- watch pocket — a small pocket in a garment, as in a vest or trousers, for holding a pocket watch, change, etc. Compare fob1 (def 1).
- whip-cracker — a person who cracks a whip.