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13-letter words containing k, n

  • greenskeepers — Plural form of greenskeeper.
  • grossglockner — a mountain in S Austria: highest peak in the Hohe Tauern range. 12,457 feet (3799 meters).
  • ground attack — an attack using ground forces, as opposed to air or naval forces
  • ground stroke — a stroke made by hitting the ball after it has bounced from the ground. Compare volley (def 4b).
  • ground tackle — equipment, as anchors, chains, or windlasses, for mooring a vessel away from a pier or other fixed moorings.
  • groundbreaker — a person who is an originator, innovator, or pioneer in a particular activity.
  • groundkeepers — Plural form of groundkeeper.
  • groundskeeper — a person who is responsible for the care and maintenance of a particular tract of land, as an estate, a park, or a cemetery.
  • groundstrokes — Plural form of groundstroke.
  • groundworkers — Plural form of groundworker.
  • hacking cough — a harsh, dry and spasmodic cough
  • hackney coach — hackney (def 1).
  • handkerchiefs — Plural form of handkerchief.
  • handsome lake — 1735-1815; Seneca prophet, social reformer, & founder of a North American Indian religion named after him
  • hard-drinking — If you describe someone as a hard-drinking person, you mean that they frequently drink large quantities of alcohol.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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-sticking — to strike (an opponent) at shoulder level or above with a hockey stick.
  • highland park — a city in NE Illinois, on Lake Michigan.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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)
  • hydraulicking — a type of mining that uses water to move rock
  • hydrocracking — the cracking of petroleum or the like in the presence of hydrogen.
  • hydrofracking — a process in which fractures in rocks below the earth's surface are opened and widened by injecting chemicals and liquids at high pressure: used especially to extract natural gas or oil.
  • hydrokinetics — the branch of hydrodynamics that deals with the laws governing liquids or gases in motion.
  • hydroxyketone — a ketone containing a hydroxyl group.
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