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12-letter words containing k, h, n

  • sheath knife — a knife carried in a sheath.
  • shopbreaking — the act of breaking into a shop
  • short-spoken — speaking in a short, brief, or curt manner.
  • sign a check — When you sign a check , you write your name on it in a special space in order to validate it.
  • skirt length — the length of someone's skirt
  • smooth snake — any of several slender nonvenomous colubrid snakes of the European genus Coronella, esp C. austriaca, having very smooth scales and a reddish-brown coloration
  • snake's head — checkered lily.
  • snake's-head — checkered lily.
  • snake-hipped — having thin, sinuous hips.
  • snatch block — a fairlead having the form of a block that can be opened to receive the bight of a rope at any point along its length.
  • sneakishness — the quality or characteristic of being a sneak or sneaky
  • soup kitchen — a place where food, usually soup, is served at little or no charge to the needy.
  • south korean — a country in E Asia: formed 1948 after the division of the former country of Korea at 38° N. 36,600 sq. mi. (94,795 sq. km). Capital: Seoul. Compare Korea.
  • speakerphone — a telephone or telephone attachment equipped with both loudspeaker and microphone, thus permitting the instrument to be used without being held.
  • stakhanovism — a method for increasing production by rewarding individual initiative, developed in the Soviet Union in 1935.
  • stakhanovite — a worker in the Soviet Union who regularly surpassed production quotas and was specially honored and rewarded.
  • stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
  • stinking ash — hoptree.
  • stockpunisht — punished by being put in stocks
  • straightneck — a variety of summer squash related to the crookneck but not having a recurved neck.
  • strike hands — to show agreement by clasping hands
  • sucker punch — to strike (someone) with an unexpected blow.
  • sucker-punch — to strike (someone) with an unexpected blow.
  • tadzhikistan — a republic in central Asia, N of Afghanistan. 55,240 sq. mi. (143,600 sq. km). Capital: Dushanbe.
  • take an oath — pledge
  • take chances — to behave in a risky manner
  • take in hand — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
  • talking head — Television Slang. a closeup picture of a person who is talking, especially as a participant in a talk show.
  • talking shop — If you say that a conference or a committee is just a talking shop, you disapprove of it because nothing is achieved as a result of what is discussed.
  • tank fighter — a boxer known for false shows of being knocked down or out in bouts the results of which have been prearranged.
  • technojunkie — a person addicted to or obsessed by new technology
  • thank kindly — to thank heartily
  • thankfulness — feeling or expressing gratitude; appreciative.
  • thanks a lot — thank you
  • thanksgiving — the act of giving thanks; grateful acknowledgment of benefits or favors, especially to God.
  • the kootenay — a lake in British Columbia: fed chiefly by the Kootenay; drains into the Columbia River
  • the new look — a fashion in women's clothes introduced in 1947, characterized by long full skirts
  • thessalonike — official name of Salonika.
  • thessaloníki — official name of Salonika.
  • thick client — a computer having its own hard drive, as opposed to one on a network where most functions are carried out on a central server
  • thin-skinned — having a thin skin.
  • thinking cap — a state of mind marked by reflection or concentration: If we put on our thinking caps, we may come up with the answer.
  • thinkingness — the quality of being thoughtful or capable of rational or intellectual thought
  • throckmorton — Francis. 1554–84, English conspirator, who with French and Spanish support plotted (1583) to depose Elizabeth I in favour of Mary, Queen of Scots: executed
  • thunderstick — bull-roarer.
  • tie the knot — an interlacing, twining, looping, etc., of a cord, rope, or the like, drawn tight into a knob or lump, for fastening, binding, or connecting two cords together or a cord to something else.
  • tip the wink — to give a hint
  • to think big — If you think big, you make plans on a large scale, often using a lot of time, effort, or money.
  • trench knife — a short knife for stabbing, sometimes equipped with brass knuckles as a guard, used in modern warfare in hand-to-hand combat.
  • trickishness — the quality of being crafty
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