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11-letter words containing k, h, n

  • puckishness — the state of being puckish
  • pumpkinhead — a slow or dim-witted person; dunce.
  • punch-drunk — (especially of a boxer) having cerebral concussion caused by repeated blows to the head and consequently exhibiting unsteadiness of gait, hand tremors, slow muscular movement, hesitant speech, and dulled mentality.
  • ralik chain — a chain of islands in the W Pacific Ocean, forming the W part of the Marshall Islands.
  • ramakrishna — Sri [sree,, shree] /sri,, ʃri/ (Show IPA), 1836–86, Hindu religious reformer and mystic.
  • rankshifted — that has been shifted from one linguistic rank to another
  • ratak chain — a chain of islands in the W Pacific Ocean, forming the E part of the Marshall Islands.
  • reckon with — to count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount.
  • rockhampton — a city in E Queensland, in E Australia.
  • savannakhet — a city in S central Laos.
  • schecklaton — a gilded leather used for embroidering jacks
  • shacklebone — the wrist
  • shake hands — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
  • shake on it — to shake hands in agreement, reconciliation, etc
  • shark siren — a siren sounded to warn swimmers of the presence of sharks
  • shcharansky — (Natan) Anatoly [nah-tahn an-uh-toh-lee;; Russian uh-nuh-taw-lyee] /nɑˈtɑn ˌæn əˈtoʊ li;; Russian ʌ nʌˈtɔ lyi/ (Show IPA), born 1948, Soviet mathematician and human-rights activist, in Israel since 1986.
  • sheep-shank — a kind of knot, hitch, or bend made on a rope to shorten it temporarily.
  • shellacking — lac that has been purified and formed into thin sheets, used for making varnish.
  • sherlockian — pertaining to or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, known for his skill in solving mysteries through deductive reasoning.
  • shimonoseki — a seaport on SW Honshu, in SW Japan: treaty ending Sino-Japanese War signed 1895.
  • shingle oak — an oak, Quercus imbricaria, yielding a wood used for shingles, clapboards, etc.
  • shock front — the forward boundary surface of a shock wave.
  • shopkeeping — a retail merchant or tradesman; a person who owns or operates a small store or shop.
  • shriekingly — with shrieking
  • shrink wrap — transparent film for wrapping food
  • shrink-wrap — to wrap and seal (a book, a food product, etc.) in a flexible film of plastic that, when exposed to a heating process, shrinks to the contour of the merchandise.
  • sickishness — the state of being sickish
  • silk finish — the appearance of paint, fabric etc with regard to its smoothness and light reflecting quality
  • sketchiness — like a sketch; giving only outlines or essentials. Synonyms: cursory, rough, meager, crude.
  • skin-search — strip-search.
  • snakishness — the state or quality of being like a snake
  • sneak thief — a burglar who sneaks into houses through open doors, windows, etc.
  • sound check — an on-the-spot rehearsal by a band before a gig to enable the sound engineer to set up the mixer
  • spinachlike — resembling or characteristic of spinach
  • stickhandle — (in hockey and lacrosse) to control and skillfully maneuver the ball or puck with the stick.
  • stockhausen — Karlheinz [kahrl-hahynts] /ˈkɑrlˌhaɪnts/ (Show IPA), 1928–2007, German composer.
  • suckerpunch — to strike (someone) with an unexpected blow.
  • take a hint — If you take a hint, you understand something that is suggested to you indirectly.
  • technospeak — any abstruse technical jargon
  • tengri khan — a mountain in central Asia, on the boundary between Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) and China: highest peak of the Tien Shan Mountains. About 23,950 feet (7300 meters).
  • tenterhooks — one of the hooks or bent nails that hold cloth stretched on a tenter.
  • thanksgiver — a person who gives thanks.
  • thankworthy — deserving gratitude.
  • the gherkin — the nickname of a bluish cigar-shaped office block in the City of London; height 180 m (585 ft); opened in in 2004
  • the kremlin — the citadel of Moscow, in which some government offices of the Soviet Union were located: it now contains some offices of the Russian government
  • the network — network, the
  • the thinker — French Le Penseur. a bronze statue (1879–89) by Rodin.
  • the-knights — a comedy (424 b.c.) by Aristophanes.
  • the-thinker — French Le Penseur. a bronze statue (1879–89) by Rodin.
  • think again — reconsider sth
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