11-letter words containing k, i, s, h
- health risk — something that could cause harm to people's health
- heli-skiing — skiing in which skiers are transported by helicopter to remote slopes
- hicky-horse — a seesaw.
- high-stakes — A high-stakes game or contest is one in which the people involved can gain or lose a great deal.
- hitchhikers — Plural form of hitchhiker.
- holluschick — a young male fur seal.
- hot-desking — the practice of not assigning permanent desks in a workplace, so that employees may work at any available desk
- huckstering — Present participle of huckster.
- hucksterish — a retailer of small articles, especially a peddler of fruits and vegetables; hawker.
- hucksterism — a retailer of small articles, especially a peddler of fruits and vegetables; hawker.
- husbandlike — resembling a husband
- husking bee — a gathering of farm families or friends to husk corn, usually as part of a celebration or party.
- hypokinesia — abnormally diminished muscular function or mobility.
- hypokinesis — abnormally diminished muscular function or mobility.
- ioshkar-ola — autonomous republic in the Russian Federation in Europe. 8994 sq. mi. (23,294 sq. km). Capital: Ioshkar-Ola.
- itsukushima — an island off the SW coast of Japan, in the Inland Sea: ancient Shinto shrine.
- kalashnikov — A Kalashnikov is a type of rifle that is made in Russia.
- kashmir rug — a handmade Oriental rug that is woven flat without pile and covered entirely with embroidered patterns of colored yarns.
- khmelnitsky — a city in W Ukraine, SW of Kiev.
- kidney dish — medical: curved basin
- kill switch — a button, switch, or other mechanism that allows a machine to be shut down immediately: Only use the kill switch in emergencies.
- killifishes — Plural form of killifish.
- kindredship — a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk; kin.
- kinesthesia — the sensation of movement or strain in muscles, tendons, and joints; muscle sense.
- kinesthesis — the sensation of movement or strain in muscles, tendons, and joints; muscle sense.
- kinesthetic — the sensation of movement or strain in muscles, tendons, and joints; muscle sense.
- kingfishers — Plural form of kingfisher.
- kinsmanship — Kinship.
- kirby-smith — Edmund, 1824–93, Confederate general in the American Civil War.
- kittenishly — In a kittenish manner.
- kleinhuisie — an outside lavatory
- knavishness — The quality of being knavish.
- knightheads — Plural form of knighthead.
- knighthoods — Plural form of knighthood.
- knit stitch — the most common stitch in knitting; stitches are formed on the left-hand needle by placing the point of the right-hand needle through the loop from left to right, winding the wool from the right-hand needle under the point of the right-hand needle and back across the front, pulling the loop through, and slipping the stitch off the left-hand needle
- knot stitch — a stitch that produces a knot on the fabric surface, made by twining the thread about the needle.
- konigshutte — German name of Chorzów.
- kurdaitchas — Plural form of kurdaitcha.
- kwashiorkor — a malnutrition disease, chiefly of children, caused by severe protein and vitamin deficiency and characterized by retarded growth, changes in pigmentation, potbelly, and anemia.
- lanarkshire — a historic county in S Scotland.
- leschetizky — Theodor [tey-uh-dawr,, -dohr,, thee-] /ˈteɪ əˌdɔr,, -ˌdoʊr,, ˈθi-/ (Show IPA), 1830–1915, Polish pianist and composer.
- lickerishly — In a lickerish manner.
- lightsticks — Plural form of lightstick.
- lightstruck — (of beer) Spoiled by exposure to light, which causes riboflavin to react with and break down the isohumulones.
- like a shot — a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
- likelihoods — Plural form of likelihood.
- lobachevski — Nikoˈlai Iˈvanovich (nikɔˈlaɪ iˈvɑnɔvɪtʃ ) ; nēk^ōlīˈ ēväˈn^ōvich) 1793-1856; Russ. mathematician
- lock stitch — a sewing-machine stitch in which two threads are locked together at small intervals.
- lukewarmish — fairly or somewhat lukewarm
- luskishness — the state or condition of being luskish