11-letter words containing k, h, n
- 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.
- kente cloth — a fabric made esp. in Ghana, woven in strips of brightly patterned bands interspersed with bands of black
- 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)
- khmelnitsky — a city in W Ukraine, SW of Kiev.
- kidney dish — medical: curved basin
- kindhearted — having or showing sympathy or kindness: a kindhearted woman.
- kindredship — a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk; kin.
- kinesthesia — the sensation of movement or strain in muscles, tendons, and joints; muscle sense.
- kinesthesis — the sensation of movement or strain in muscles, tendons, and joints; muscle sense.
- kinesthetic — the sensation of movement or strain in muscles, tendons, and joints; muscle sense.
- kinetochore — Biology. the place on either side of the centromere to which the spindle fibers are attached during cell division.
- kinetograph — a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope.
- king philip — one of the 12 apostles. Mark 3:18; John 1:43–48; 6:5–7.
- kingfishers — Plural form of kingfisher.
- kingtehchen — Jingdezhen.
- kinsmanship — Kinship.
- kitchen tea — a prewedding party to which guests bring an item of kitchenware or other gifts for the bride; shower.
- kitchenalia — cooking equipment and other items found in a kitchen
- kitchenette — a very small, compact kitchen.
- kitchenmaid — a female servant who assists the cook.
- kitchenware — cooking equipment or utensils.
- kitten heel — a thin, tapering heel on a woman's shoe, lower than a spike heel.
- kitten moth — any of three prominent moths, notably the poplar kitten (Furcula bifida), that have larvae like those of the related puss moth
- kittenishly — In a kittenish manner.
- kleinhuisie — an outside lavatory
- knavishness — The quality of being knavish.
- knee-length — socks; also knee-high
- knightheads — Plural form of knighthead.
- knighthoods — Plural form of knighthood.
- knit stitch — the most common stitch in knitting; stitches are formed on the left-hand needle by placing the point of the right-hand needle through the loop from left to right, winding the wool from the right-hand needle under the point of the right-hand needle and back across the front, pulling the loop through, and slipping the stitch off the left-hand needle
- knot stitch — a stitch that produces a knot on the fabric surface, made by twining the thread about the needle.
- knucklehead — a stupid, bumbling, inept person.
- kohanga reo — an infant class in which the lessons are conducted in Māori
- kohl pencil — a thin cylindrical cosmetic instrument used to darken the area around the eyes
- koilonychia — an abnormal condition in which the outer surfaces of the nails are concave; spoon nail.
- kongur shan — a mountain in China, in W Xinjiang: the highest peak in the Pamirs. Height: 7719 m (25 325 ft)
- konigshutte — German name of Chorzów.
- kotahitanga — unity or solidarity
- krasny luch — a city in SE Ukraine, E of Donetsk.
- kublai khan — 1216–94, khan c1260–94: founder of the Mongol dynasty in China (grandson of Genghis Khan).
- kwangchowan — Older Spelling. Guangzhouwan.
- lanarkshire — a historic county in S Scotland.
- landsknecht — a European mercenary foot soldier of the 16th century, armed with a pike or halberd.
- leatherneck — a U.S. marine.
- leeuwenhoek — Anton van [ahn-tawn vahn] /ˈɑn tɔn vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1632–1723, Dutch naturalist and microscopist.
- lemon shark — a common shallow-water shark, Negaprion brevirostris, having a yellowish body and inhabiting inshore regions of the Atlantic from North Carolina to Brazil.
- length mark — a symbol indicating the length of a vowel sound