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