12-letter words containing k, h
- hemiplankton — plankton that spend part of their life cycle in a vegetative state on the sea bottom, riverbed, etc. (opposed to holoplankton).
- heterokaryon — a cell containing two or more nuclei of differing genetic constitutions.
- heterokontan — of or relating to a heterokont
- hickory pine — bristlecone pine.
- higashiosaka — a city on S Honshu, in Japan, W of Osaka.
- high-ranking — A high-ranking person has an important position in a particular organization.
- hiking boots — stout, sturdy boots, suitable for hiking in
- hiking trail — a specially designated route for hikers to use
- hill walking — the activity of walking through hilly country for pleasure
- hit the deck — Nautical. a floorlike surface wholly or partially occupying one level of a hull, superstructure, or deckhouse, generally cambered, and often serving as a member for strengthening the structure of a vessel. the space between such a surface and the next such surface above: Our stateroom was on B deck.
- hit the mark — to achieve one's aim; be successful in one's attempt
- hit the sack — a large bag of strong, coarsely woven material, as for grain, potatoes, or coal.
- hit the silk — the soft, lustrous fiber obtained as a filament from the cocoon of the silkworm.
- hkakabo razi — the highest peak in Myanmar, in Kachin state, in the N. 19,294 feet (5881 meters).
- hobble skirt — a woman's skirt that is very narrow at the bottom, causing the wearer to walk with short, mincing steps.
- hockey skate — a tubular ice skate having a shorter blade than a racing skate and often having a reinforced shoe for protection.
- hockey stick — the stick used in field hockey or ice hockey.
- holding tank — a tank for the temporary storage of a substance.
- holidaymaker — vacationer.
- holkar state — a former state of central India, ruled by the Holkar dynasty of Maratha rulers of Indore (18th century until 1947)
- holkham hall — a Palladian mansion near Wells in Norfolk: built 1734–59 by William Kent for Thomas Coke
- holoplankton — plankton that spend their entire life cycle as free-swimming organisms (opposed to hemiplankton).
- home banking — a system whereby a person at home or in an office can use a computer with a modem to call up information from a bank or to transfer funds electronically
- home cooking — home-made food
- homesickness — sad or depressed from a longing for home or family while away from them for a long time.
- honey bucket — a container for excrement, as in an outdoor toilet.
- honeysuckles — Plural form of honeysuckle.
- hong kongese — of, relating to, or characteristic of Hong Kong, its people, or their languages
- hook and eye — a two-piece clothes fastener, usually of metal, consisting of a hook that catches onto a loop or bar.
- hookswinging — a ritualistic torture, practiced among the Mandan Indians, in which a voluntary victim was suspended from hooks attached to the flesh of the back.
- hopkinsville — a city in S Kentucky.
- horse's neck — a drink of whiskey and ginger ale, served with ice and garnished with a spiral of lemon peel on the rim of the glass.
- horsebreaker — One who trains, or breaks in, horses.
- hotel worker — a person who works in the hotel industry
- hotelkeepers — Plural form of hotelkeeper.
- house-broken — (of a pet) trained to avoid excreting inside the house or in improper places.
- housebreaker — a person who breaks into and enters a house with a felonious intent.
- housekeepers — Plural form of housekeeper.
- housekeeping — the maintenance of a house or domestic establishment.
- housewrecker — wrecker (def 4).
- hucksterings — Plural form of huckstering.
- hunting pink — scarlet
- hupokeimenon — (philosophy) That which underlies, or lies beneath; substratum.
- hydraulicked — (of an extracted mineral) excavated using water
- hydrocracker — a high-pressure processing unit used for hydrocracking.
- hydrokinesis — (science fiction): The psychic ability to manipulate or control water.
- hydrokinetic — pertaining to the motion of liquids.
- hyperkalemia — an abnormally high concentration of potassium in the blood.
- hyperkalemic — Having a high percentage of potassium in one's blood.
- hyperkinesia — Pathology. an abnormal amount of uncontrolled muscular action; spasm.