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13-letter words containing k, i

  • frederiksberg — a city in E Denmark: a part of Copenhagen.
  • frederiksburg — borough on Zealand island, Denmark: suburb of Copenhagen: pop. 88,000
  • game of skill — a game in which the outcome is determined by skill rather than by chance, as chess.
  • gastrokinetic — (pharmacology, of a drug) Serving to increase motility of the gastrointestinal tract.
  • gelsenkirchen — a city in W Germany, in the Ruhr valley.
  • gemutlichkeit — warm cordiality; comfortable friendliness; congeniality.
  • generic thunk — (programming)   A software mechanism that allows a 16-bit Windows application to load and call a Win32 DLL under Windows NT and Windows 95. See also flat thunk, universal thunk.
  • gentlemanlike — a man of good family, breeding, or social position.
  • germinal disk — blastodisk.
  • ghiordes knot — a hand-tied knot, used in rug weaving, in which the parallel ends of looped yarn alternate with two threads of warp, producing an uneven pile effect.
  • giant-killing — In sport, when a weaker team or competitor beats a much stronger, well-known team or competitor, their success is sometimes called a giant-killing.
  • give and take — the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
  • give-and-take — the practice of dealing by compromise or mutual concession; cooperation.
  • glockenspiels — Plural form of glockenspiel.
  • go fly a kite — to move through the air using wings.
  • grade cricket — competitive cricket, in which cricket club teams are arranged in grades
  • gravity clock — a clock driven by its own weight as it descends a rack, cord, incline, etc.
  • great khingan — a mountain range in NE China: highest peak, 5000 feet (1525 meters).
  • greek cypriot — a Cypriot of Greek descent
  • greek revival — a style of architecture, furnishings, and decoration prevalent in the U.S. and in parts of Europe in the first half of the 19th century, characterized by a more or less close imitation of ancient Greek designs and ornamented motifs.
  • greensickness — chlorosis (def 2).
  • hacking cough — a harsh, dry and spasmodic cough
  • handkerchiefs — Plural form of handkerchief.
  • hard-drinking — If you describe someone as a hard-drinking person, you mean that they frequently drink large quantities of alcohol.
  • hardwick hall — an Elizabethan mansion near Chesterfield in Derbyshire: built 1591–97 for Elizabeth, Countess of Shrewsbury (Bess of Hardwick)
  • 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.
  • heartbreaking — causing intense anguish or sorrow.
  • 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
  • holiday-maker — vacationer.
  • holidaymakers — Plural form of holidaymaker.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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?
  • huckleberries — Plural form of huckleberry.
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