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11-letter words containing k, h, l

  • chess clock — a timer for chess players, having a dial for each player on which his or her accumulated time is recorded and a device for stopping one timer and starting the other at the end of each move.
  • chick flick — A chick flick is a romantic film that is not very serious and is intended to appeal to women.
  • chimneylike — resembling a chimney
  • chockablock — pulled so tight as to have the blocks touching
  • chucklehead — a stupid person; blockhead; dolt
  • chucklesome — amusing; full of humour
  • chucklingly — In a chuckling manner.
  • chuckwallas — Plural form of chuckwalla.
  • clock watch — a watch that strikes the hours. Compare repeater (def 3).
  • clutch disk — The clutch disk or clutch plate is the rotating part of the clutch, to which the friction material is attached.
  • cockleshell — the shell of the cockle
  • crankhandle — a handle for starting a motor
  • death knell — something that heralds death or destruction
  • doublecheck — Alternative form of double-check.
  • doublethink — the acceptance of two contradictory ideas or beliefs at the same time.
  • drill chuck — a chuck for holding a drill bit.
  • english oak — a species, Q. robur of the genus Quercus.
  • enkephalins — Plural form of enkephalin.
  • featherlike — one of the horny structures forming the principal covering of birds, consisting typically of a hard, tubular portion attached to the body and tapering into a thinner, stemlike portion bearing a series of slender, barbed processes that interlock to form a flat structure on each side.
  • fish kettle — an oval pan used for cooking a whole fish
  • fish tackle — a tackle for fishing an anchor.
  • flake white — lead white.
  • flashpacker — a backpacker who has a considerable disposable income
  • flight deck — Navy. the upper deck of an aircraft carrier, constructed and equipped for the landing and takeoff of aircraft.
  • folkishness — The quality of being folkish.
  • gerlachovka — a mountain in N Slovakia: highest peak of the Carpathian Mountains. 8737 feet (2663 meters).
  • googlewhack — A Google search result consisting of a single hit, in response to a search on two separate words.
  • half cocked — to set the hammer of (a firearm) at half cock.
  • half-broken — past participle of break.
  • half-cocked — (of a firearm) at the position of half cock.
  • half-cooked — not cooked thoroughly
  • 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.
  • halterbreak — to get (an animal) used to wearing a halter
  • hamba kahle — goodbye, farewell (esp to the dead)
  • hammerlocks — Plural form of hammerlock.
  • health risk — something that could cause harm to people's health
  • heart block — a defect in the electrical impulses of the heart resulting in any of various arrhythmias or irregularities in the heartbeat.
  • heckelphone — A woodwind instrument resembling a large oboe, with a range about an octave lower.
  • heli-skiing — skiing in which skiers are transported by helicopter to remote slopes
  • helmut kohl — Helmut [hel-moo t] /ˈhɛl mʊt/ (Show IPA), born 1930, German political leader: chancellor of West Germany (1982–90); chancellor of Germany 1990–98.
  • hill walker — a person who takes part in hill walking
  • hillwalking — The pastime of walking in hilly country.
  • hollow back — a paper tube or roll, almost flattened, having one side glued to the back of a book and the other to the inside of the spine.
  • hollow-back — a paper tube or roll, almost flattened, having one side glued to the back of a book and the other to the inside of the spine.
  • holluschick — a young male fur seal.
  • honeysuckle — any upright or climbing shrub of the genus Diervilla, especially D. lonicera, cultivated for its fragrant white, yellow, or red tubular flowers.
  • hooke's law — the law stating that the stress on a solid substance is directly proportional to the strain produced, provided the stress is less than the elastic limit of the substance.
  • hormonelike — Resembling a hormone or some aspect of one.
  • horned lark — a lark, Eremophila alpestris, of the Northern Hemisphere, having a tuft of feathers on each side of the crown of the head.
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