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13-letter words containing k, h, u, s

  • shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
  • shoulder knot — a knot of ribbon or lace worn on the shoulder, as by men of fashion in the 17th and 18th centuries, by servants in livery, or by women or children.
  • shulhan arukh — an authoritative code of Jewish law and custom compiled by the Talmudic scholar Joseph Caro (1488–1575), the original edition published in Vienna in 1565 emphasizing the practices of Sephardic Jews.
  • soupfin shark — a requiem shark, Galeorhinus zyopterus, inhabiting the Pacific Ocean, valued for its fins, which are used by the Chinese in the preparation of a soup, and for its liver, which is rich in vitamin A.
  • south dakotan — a state in the N central United States: a part of the Midwest. 77,047 sq. mi. (199,550 sq. km). Capital: Pierre. Abbreviation: SD (for use with zip code), S. Dak.
  • squash racket — a light long-handled racket used in the game of squash
  • suffolk punch — a breed of draught horse with a chestnut coat and short legs
  • sunlight peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,059 feet (4285 meters).
  • swashbuckling — characteristic of or behaving in the manner of a swashbuckler.
  • thick-skulled — stupid; dull.
  • thousand oaks — a town in S California.
  • thumb-sucking — a person who habitually sucks a thumb.
  • thunderstrike — Archaic. to strike with a thunderbolt.
  • thunderstroke — a stroke of lightning accompanied by thunder.
  • thunderstruck — overcome with consternation; confounded; astounded: He was thunderstruck by the news of his promotion.
  • to keep house — If you keep house, you do the cleaning and cooking for your household, and do not go out to work.
  • truchas peaks — group of mountains in N New Mexico, NE of Santa Fe in the S Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
  • turkish pound — the Turkish lira.
  • turkish towel — a thick cotton towel with a long nap usually composed of uncut loops.
  • unscholarlike — not befitting a scholar; ungentlemanly
  • unshrinkingly — in an unshrinking manner
  • up shit creek — excrement; feces.
  • verkhneudinsk — former name of Ulan Ude.
  • volksdeutsche — a member of the German people, especially one of a community having its home outside of Germany, usually in central or eastern Europe.
  • yang shangkun — 1907–98, Chinese Communist leader: president 1988–99.
  • yuan shih-kai — 1859–1916, president of China 1912–16.
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