13-letter words containing k, i, s, h, e
- kettle stitch — (in handsewing) a knot tied in the thread that links one section to the next.
- kettle-stitch — a stitch used in hand-sewn books, at the head and tail, to hold sheets or sections together
- kidney-shaped — having the general shape of a long oval indented at one side; reniform: a kidney-shaped swimming pool.
- kinaesthetics — Alternative spelling of kinesthetics.
- kinanesthesia — A disturbance of deep nerve sensitivity.
- kinesipathist — someone who uses kinesipathy to treat diseases
- kinesitherapy — a movement-based therapy
- king's speech — (in the British Parliament) a speech reviewing domestic conditions and foreign relations, prepared by the ministry in the name of the sovereign, and read at the opening of the Parliament either by the sovereign in person or by commission.
- kinross-shire — a former county of E central Scotland: became part of Tayside region in 1975 and part of Perth and Kinross in 1996
- kiss of death — a fatal or destructive relationship or action: The support of the outlawed group was the kiss of death to the candidate.
- kitchen waste — bits of food that are left over from cooking, such as vegetable peelings, cheese rind, and scraps from people's plates
- kittenishness — The state or condition of being kittenish.
- kosher pickle — a garlic-flavored pickle, sold especially in Jewish delicatessens.
- krishna menon — Vengalil Krishnan [ven-gah-leel krish-nuh n] /vɛnˈgɑ lil ˈkrɪʃ nən/ (Show IPA), 1897–1974, Indian politician and statesman.
- leukapheresis — a medical procedure that separates certain leukocytes from the blood, used to collect leukocytes for donation or to remove excessive leukocytes from a patient's blood
- lick the dust — to be servile; grovel: cf. Mic. 7:17
- lickerishness — Quality of being lickerish.
- light whiskey — a light-colored, mild whiskey aged in new or used casks for not less than four years
- make mischief — cause trouble
- meths drinker — a person who drinks methylated spirits
- mischiefmaker — Alternative form of mischief-maker.
- miss the mark — to fail in achieving one's aim; be unsuccessful in one's attempt
- monkey-shines — Usually, monkeyshines. a frivolous or mischievous prank; monkey business.
- nike hercules — a 40 feet (12 meters) U.S. surface-to-air missile effective at medium to high altitudes and having a range of more than 87 miles (140 km).
- nonshrinkable — incapable of being shrunk
- packet switch — packet switching
- packing house — A packing house is a company that processes and packs food, especially meat, to be sold.
- pembrokeshire — a historic county in Dyfed, in SW Wales.
- phosphokinase — an increase in the amount of creatine phosphokinase that is released into the bloodstream when a muscle becomes injured
- pick holes in — an opening through something; gap; aperture: a hole in the roof; a hole in my sock.
- piked dogfish — the spiny dogfish.
- pocket chisel — any woodworking chisel having a blade of medium length.
- psychokinesis — the purported ability to move or deform inanimate objects, as metal spoons, through mental processes.
- rayleigh disk — a small circular disk, usually of mica, that is suspended from a fiber and tends to be deflected at right angles to a stream of air, indicating by its deflection the intensity of a sound wave.
- requiem shark — any of numerous, chiefly tropical sharks of the family Carcharhinidae, including the tiger shark and soupfin shark.
- rocking horse — a toy horse, as of wood, mounted on rockers or springs, on which children may ride; hobbyhorse.
- rocking shear — a shear having a curved blade that cuts with a rocking motion.
- sadie hawkins — Also called Sadie, Sadies. a party, dance, or other social event, especially one held annually among high school or college students, to which each girl escorts the boy of her choice, or invites him to escort her.
- sandwich cake — a cake that is made up of two or more layers with a jam or other filling
- schiller park — a town in NE Illinois.
- shakespearian — of, relating to, or suggestive of Shakespeare or his works.
- shepherd king — any of the Hyksos kings.
- sick headache — migraine.
- sickle-hocked — noting or pertaining to a condition of horses in which the hock, due to strained tendons and ligaments, is flexed so that the foot is abnormally bowed far under the body.
- side whiskers — sideburns: hair at side of man's face
- sketchability — the suitability for being sketched
- spaghettilike — resembling spaghetti
- speech making — act of addressing the public formally
- spindleshanks — spindlelegs.
- spokesmanship — the office or skilful use of the office of spokesman