8-letter words containing k, h, l
- pithlike — similar to pith
- rakehell — a licentious or dissolute man; rake.
- rinkhals — ringhals.
- sakhalin — an island of the Russian Federation in the Sea of Okhotsk, N of Japan: formerly (1905-45) divided between the Soviet Union and Japan. 29,100 sq. mi. (75,369 sq. km).
- schlocky — schlock (def 1).
- shackled — a ring or other fastening, as of iron, for securing the wrist, ankle, etc.; fetter.
- shackles — two metal rings joined by a chain which are fastened around someone's wrists or ankles in order to prevent them from moving or escaping
- shashlik — shish kebab.
- shelduck — a sheldrake.
- shellack — lac that has been purified and formed into thin sheets, used for making varnish.
- sherlock — a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “fair-haired.”.
- shockley — William Bradford, 1910–1989, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1956.
- shoptalk — the specialized vocabulary having to do with work or a field of work: I don't understand electronics shoptalk.
- sighlike — resembling a sigh
- silk hat — a tall, cylindrical, black hat covered with silk plush, worn by men for formal dress. Compare beaver1 (def 4), opera hat, top hat.
- sinkhole — a hole formed in soluble rock by the action of water, serving to conduct surface water to an underground passage.
- skelloch — a shriek
- skilfish — a sablefish, Erilepsis zonifer, of the North Pacific.
- skylight — an opening in a roof or ceiling, fitted with glass, for admitting daylight.
- suchlike — of any such kind; similar.
- suckhole — a sycophant; toady
- tashlikh — a Jewish rite, performed on the afternoon usually of the first day of Rosh Hashanah, in which the participants symbolically cast off their sins by gathering along the banks of a river, stream, or the like and reciting prayers of repentance.
- thankful — feeling or expressing gratitude; appreciative.
- the like — similar things
- ticklish — sensitive to tickling.
- volzhsky — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, near Volgograd on the Volga River.
- walkthru — (US) alternative spelling of walkthrough.
- wheelock — Eleazar, 1711–79, U.S. clergyman and educator: founded Dartmouth College.
- wheylike — Resembling whey.
- whiplike — to beat with a strap, lash, rod, or the like, especially by way of punishment or chastisement; flog; thrash: Criminals used to be whipped for minor offenses.
- yokelish — Like a rustic or bumpkin; simple and ignorant.