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13-letter words containing k, h

  • 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.
  • heartbreakers — Plural form of heartbreaker.
  • 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.
  • hickory hills — a town in NE Illinois.
  • 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-low-jack — all fours (def 2).
  • 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.
  • hit the books — to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
  • hit the skids — get into difficulties
  • hockey player — sportsperson: plays hockey
  • 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.
  • holiday-maker — vacationer.
  • holidaymakers — Plural form of holidaymaker.
  • holy mackerel — astonishment
  • home row keys — home keys
  • homework club — an after-school club where students can stay to do their homework
  • 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.
  • horror-struck — stricken with horror; horrified; aghast.
  • horse-breaker — a person who breaks in a horse
  • hourly worker — an employee who is paid an hourly rate rather than a fixed salary
  • house cricket — a dark brown cricket, Acheta domesticus, having a light-colored head with dark crossbands, commonly occurring throughout North America and Europe, where it may be an indoor pest.
  • house of keys — the lower house of the legislature of the Isle of Man.
  • housebreakers — Plural form of housebreaker.
  • 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
  • how's tricks? — how are you?
  • 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.
  • huckleberries — Plural form of huckleberry.
  • humboldt peak — a mountain in S Colorado, in the Sangre de Cristo range. 14,064 feet (4290 meters).
  • hunger strike — refusal to eat as a protest
  • hunger-strike — to go on a hunger strike.
  • hunt and peck — a slow and inefficient method of typing by looking for each key separately before striking it: used by untrained typists.
  • hunt-and-peck — a method of typing while looking at the keyboard, usually using only the forefingers to press the keys
  • hunter's pink — a brilliant red often used for the jackets of hunters.
  • hunter-killer — of or relating to a combined naval air and fleet force operating to seek out and destroy enemy submarines.
  • hunting knife — a large, sharp knife, usually with a handle shaped to fit a firm grip and a blade with a slight curve toward the tip, that is used to skin and cut up game, or sometimes to dispatch it.
  • hunting pinks — the traditional attire worn by people in Britain while fox hunting, the distinguishing feature of which is a scarlet jacket
  • husking (bee) — cornhusking (sense 2)
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