13-letter words containing k, h, n
- counterchecks — Plural form of countercheck.
- crackle china — porcelain or pottery with intentional crazing
- crosschecking — Present participle of crosscheck.
- digby chicken — a smoked herring.
- drink to that — People say 'I'll drink to that' to show that they agree with and approve of something that someone has just said.
- drongo shrike — any insectivorous songbird of the family Dicruridae, of the Old World tropics, having a glossy black plumage, a forked tail, and a stout bill
- duck shooting — duck hunting with a gun
- feinschmecker — gourmet.
- field kitchen — the place at which the food for a unit of soldiers in the field is prepared
- fighting cock — a gamecock.
- finback whale — rorqual
- fishing banks — a place where fish are abundant, as off Newfoundland
- fishing smack — any of various fore-and-aft-rigged fishing vessels of rather large size, often containing a well to keep the catch alive.
- fork luncheon — déjeuner à la fourchette.
- frank chapman — Frank Michler [mik-ler] /ˈmɪk lər/ (Show IPA), 1864–1945, U.S. ornithologist, museum curator, and author.
- frank whittle — Sir Frank, 1907–96, English engineer and inventor.
- frankenthaler — Helen, 1928–2011, U.S. painter.
- freshman week — a week at the beginning of the school year with a program planned to orient entering students, especially at a college.
- gelsenkirchen — a city in W Germany, in the Ruhr valley.
- generic thunk — (programming) A software mechanism that allows a 16-bit Windows application to load and call a Win32 DLL under Windows NT and Windows 95. See also flat thunk, universal thunk.
- ghiordes knot — a hand-tied knot, used in rug weaving, in which the parallel ends of looped yarn alternate with two threads of warp, producing an uneven pile effect.
- great khingan — a mountain range in NE China: highest peak, 5000 feet (1525 meters).
- hacking cough — a harsh, dry and spasmodic cough
- hackney coach — hackney (def 1).
- handkerchiefs — Plural form of handkerchief.
- handsome lake — 1735-1815; Seneca prophet, social reformer, & founder of a North American Indian religion named after him
- hard-drinking — If you describe someone as a hard-drinking person, you mean that they frequently drink large quantities of alcohol.
- head shrinker — to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance: to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.
- head-shrinker — to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance: to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.
- headshrinkers — Plural form of headshrinker.
- heartbreaking — causing intense anguish or sorrow.
- heartbrokenly — In a heartbroken manner.
- heartsickness — The condition of being heartsick.
- heartstricken — Shocked; dismayed.
- herringchoker — a native or resident of any of the Maritime Provinces but especially of New Brunswick.
- hide and seek — one of a variety of children's games in which, according to specified rules, one player gives the others a chance to hide and then attempts to find them.
- hide-and-seek — one of a variety of children's games in which, according to specified rules, one player gives the others a chance to hide and then attempts to find them.
- high-sticking — to strike (an opponent) at shoulder level or above with a hockey stick.
- highland park — a city in NE Illinois, on Lake Michigan.
- hognose snake — any harmless North American snake of the genus Heterodon, the several species having an upturned snout and noted for flattening the head or playing dead when disturbed.
- honest broker — a neutral person or organization that mediates disputes; an impartial mediator.
- honor killing — the killing of a relative, especially a female relative, as retribution for the perceived dishonoring of the family, as dictated or sanctioned by some cultures and religions.
- hook-swinging — a ritualistic torture, practiced among the Mandan Indians, in which a voluntary victim was suspended from hooks attached to the flesh of the back.
- hopkinsianism — a modified Calvinism taught by Samuel Hopkins (1721–1803), that emphasized the sovereignty of God, the importance of His decrees, and the necessity of submitting to His will, accepting even damnation, if required, for His glory, and holding that ethics is merely disinterested benevolence.
- housebreaking — to train (a pet) to excrete outdoors or in a specific place.
- housing stock — the total number of houses, flats, etc, in an area
- howler monkey — Central American simian variety
- hub-and-spoke — of or designating a system of air transportation by which local flights carry passengers to one major regional airport where they can board long-distance or other local flights for their final destinations.
- hunger strike — refusal to eat as a protest
- hunger-strike — to go on a hunger strike.