15-letter words containing k, o, t, a, h
- phenylketonuria — an inherited disease due to faulty metabolism of phenylalanine, characterized by phenylketones in the urine and usually first noted by signs of mental retardation in infancy.
- put the make on — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- raw-pack method — cold pack (def 2).
- rocket launcher — a tube attached to a weapon for the launching of rockets.
- rocket research — research into rocket engines for spacecraft
- saint-john-lake — Henry, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, Bolingbroke, 1st Viscount.
- see the back of — to be rid of
- shelikof strait — a strait between the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island, in S Alaska. 130 miles (209 km) long and 30 miles (48 km) wide.
- shock probation — the release on probation of a criminal after brief imprisonment
- shock resistant — not affected by impact
- shock treatment — electroconvulsive therapy
- shock-resistant — strong or resilient enough to sustain minor impacts without damage to the internal mechanism: a shock-resistant watch.
- shopping basket — a metal or plastic container with one or two handles, used to carry shopping in a shop
- shrimp cocktail — prawns and lettuce in Mary Rose sauce
- south milwaukee — a city in SE Wisconsin.
- south salt lake — a town in N Utah.
- speaking of sth — You can say speaking of something that has just been mentioned as a way of introducing a new topic which has some connection with that thing.
- stock character — a character in literature, theater, or film of a type quickly recognized and accepted by the reader or viewer and requiring no development by the writer.
- swamp white oak — an oak, Quercus bicolor, of eastern North America, yielding a hard, heavy wood used in shipbuilding, for making furniture, etc.
- take a shine to — to give forth or glow with light; shed or cast light.
- take one's hour — to do something in a leisurely manner
- thank you ma'am — a bump or depression in a road that jars a person riding over it.
- thank-you-ma'am — a bump or depression in a road that jars a person riding over it.
- thanks offering — an offering made as an expression of thanks to God
- thankworthiness — the state or quality of being thankworthy or deserving thanks
- the kos channel — a strait separating Kos from SW Turkey
- the lower karoo — one of the two divisions of the Karoo
- the lower ranks — people who have a low rank in a military organization
- the upper karoo — one of the two divisions of the Karoo
- the working man — working class people collectively
- the wrong track — the incorrect line of investigation, inquiry, etc
- thomas a becket — Saint Thomas à, 1118?–70, archbishop of Canterbury: murdered because of his opposition to Henry II's policies toward the church.
- thomas à kempis — Thomas à, 1379?–1471, German ecclesiastic and author.
- thorndike's law — the principle that all learnt behaviour is regulated by rewards and punishments, proposed by Edward Lee Thorndike (1874–1949), US psychologist
- three of a kind — a set of three cards of the same denomination.
- to pack a punch — If something packs a punch, it has a very powerful effect.
- turkish tobacco — a strongly aromatic tobacco, grown chiefly in Turkey and Greece, used in cigarettes.
- watch the clock — If you are watching the clock, you keep looking to see what time it is, usually because you are bored by something and want it to end as soon as possible.
- what's cooking? — what's happening?
- white snakeroot — a North American plant, Eupatorium urticaefolium, the roots or rhizomes of which have been used as a remedy for snakebite