12-letter words containing k, h, n
- chimney rock — a column of rock rising above the level of the surrounding area or isolated on the face of a steep slope.
- chukot range — mountain range in NE Siberia: highest peak, c. 7,500 ft (2,286 m)
- city chicken — pieces of pork or veal that are skewered and breaded, and cooked by braising or baking
- cockfighting — The sport (illegal in certain countries) of setting two cocks to fight each other. Fighting cocks often have had their legs fitted with metal spurs.
- cockthrowing — the sport of knocking down, or killing, a cock that is tied to a post
- corn whiskey — a whisky made from maize
- cornhuskings — Plural form of cornhusking.
- countercheck — a check or restraint, esp one that acts in opposition to another
- curtain hook — a hook used to attach a curtain to a curtain rail
- cushion pink — a low-growing mountain plant, Silene acaulis, of Europe and North America, having deep pink to purplish, solitary flowers and forming mosslike patches on rocky or barren ground.
- diet kitchen — a kitchen, as in a hospital, where special food is prepared for those requiring it.
- dolphin kick — (in the butterfly stroke) a kick in which the legs move up and down together, with the knees bent on the upswing.
- donald knuth — (person) Donald E. Knuth, the author of the TeX document formatting system, Metafont its font-design program and the 3 volume computer science "Bible" of algorithms, "The Art of Computer Programming". Knuth suggested the name "Backus-Naur Form" and was also involved in the SOL simulation language, and developed the WEB literate programming system. See also MIX, Turingol.
- double-think — illogical or deliberately perverse thinking in terms that distort or reverse the truth to make it more acceptable
- doughnutlike — Resembling a doughnut.
- drinker moth — a large yellowish-brown bombycid eggar moth, Philudoria potatoria, having a stout hairy body, the larvae of which drink dew and feed on grasses
- duck-shoving — the evasion of responsibility by someone
- earthshaking — imperiling, challenging, or affecting basic beliefs, attitudes, relationships, etc.
- elkhorn fern — a tropical fern with a large leaf like an elk's horn
- epoch-making — An epoch-making change or declaration is considered to be extremely important because it is likely to have a significant effect on a particular period of time.
- forked chain — branched chain.
- frank murphy — Frank, 1890–1949, U.S. statesman and jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1940–49.
- freakishness — The characteristic or quality of being freakish.
- free-thinker — a person who forms opinions on the basis of reason, independent of authority or tradition, especially a person whose religious opinions differ from established belief.
- freethinkers — Plural form of freethinker.
- freethinking — a person who forms opinions on the basis of reason, independent of authority or tradition, especially a person whose religious opinions differ from established belief.
- french chalk — a talc for marking lines on fabrics.
- french stick — a long straight notched stick loaf
- genghis khan — 1162–1227, Mongol conqueror of most of Asia and of E Europe to the Dnieper River.
- gopher snake — a bullsnake, Pituophis melanoleucus, of western North America, that invades burrows to prey on rodents.
- ground shark — any of various requiem sharks, especially of the genus Carcharhinus.
- haikwan tael — the customs unit in China, which is the basis for other local taels, equal to 1.20666 troy ounces of fine silver.
- haliplankton — plankton living in sea water
- hand-picking — to pick by hand.
- handies peak — a peak in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,048 feet (4285 meters).
- handkerchief — a small piece of linen, silk, or other fabric, usually square, and used especially for wiping one's nose, eyes, face, etc., or for decorative purposes.
- hanover park — a city in NE Illinois.
- hard linking — hard link
- hard-working — industrious; zealous: a hardworking family man.
- hare krishna — a religious sect based on Vedic scriptures, whose followers engage in joyful congregational chanting of Krishna's name: founded in the U.S. in 1966.
- have kittens — to react with disapproval, anxiety, etc
- headshakings — Plural form of headshaking.
- headshrinker — shrink (def 9).
- health drink — a drink that claims to be beneficial to health
- hearken back — to go back in thought or speech; revert; hark back
- heat-seeking — A heat-seeking missile or device is one that is able to detect a source of heat.
- heaven knows — You can say 'Heaven knows' to emphasize that you do not know something, or that you find something very surprising.
- heckelphones — Plural form of heckelphone.
- heeling tank — either of two lateral ballast tanks permitting an icebreaker to heel and crush ice to either side.
- heimskringla — a book of the 13th century narrating the history of the kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson.