11-letter words containing k, s, h, e
- sweep check — a maneuver for depriving an opponent of the puck by seizing it in the crook of one's stick and pulling it away with a movement in a long arc, the stick being held level or nearly level with the ice. Compare check1 (def 37).
- take a shit — to defecate
- technospeak — any abstruse technical jargon
- tenterhooks — one of the hooks or bent nails that hold cloth stretched on a tenter.
- textbookish — suggesting a textbook, especially in literary style or composition.
- thanksgiver — a person who gives thanks.
- the dakotas — North Dakota and South Dakota
- the five ks — items traditionally worn or carried by Sikhs, each possessing a symbolic importance
- the shakers — an American millenarian sect, founded in 1747 as an offshoot of the Quakers, given to ecstatic shaking, advocating celibacy for its members, and practising common ownership of property
- the tussock — country where tussock grass grows
- the-knights — a comedy (424 b.c.) by Aristophanes.
- thelytokous — pertaining to or produced by thelytoky.
- theodorakis — Mikis (ˈmikis). born 1925, Greek composer, who wrote the music for the films Zorba the Greek (1965) and Serpico (1973): imprisoned (1967–70) for his opposition to the Greek military government
- thread silk — silk yarn produced by a silk throwster.
- thumbsucker — a person who habitually sucks a thumb.
- tiger shark — a large shark, Galeocerdo cuvieri, inhabiting warm seas, noted for its voracious habits.
- track shoes — light running shoes fitted with steel spikes for better grip
- turk's-head — a turbanlike knot of small cords, made around a rope, spar, etc.
- unshakeable — person, faith: firm
- unshockable — not able to be shocked
- vaisheshika — a school of thought asserting the existence of a universe formed by a god out of atoms of earth, air, fire, and water, as well as out of space, time, ether, mind, and soul, all conceived as substances coexisting eternally with the god.
- watchmakers — Plural form of watchmaker.
- welsh black — a breed of black cattle originally from N Wales that are bred for both meat and milk
- whale shark — a tropical shark, Rhincodon typus, ranging in size from 30 to 60 feet (9 to 18 meters), having small teeth and a sievelike structure over its gills for catching plankton.
- whalesucker — a large, blue remora, Remora australis, that attaches itself to whales and dolphins.
- whiskerando — a man with extravagant whiskers
- whiskerless — Without whiskers.
- whiskeyfied — (of a person, voice, etc) affected by excessive whisky drinking
- whiskeyjack — (US) Alternative form of whisky jack (gray jay, Canada jay).
- white shark — great white shark.
- white stick — a walking stick used by a blind person for feeling the way: painted white as a sign to others that the person is blind
- white stock — a stock of veal bones, vegetables, herbs, and seasonings: used as the basis for sauces and soups.
- white stork — a large Eurasian stork, Ciconia ciconia, having white plumage with black in the wings and a red bill.
- wind-shaken — affected by windshake.
- wonkishness — The state or condition of being wonkish.
- workbenches — Plural form of workbench.
- workshopper — a person who has a workshop, especially in a home, for working with tools, usually as a hobby.
- wreckfishes — Plural form of wreckfish.
- yevtushenko — Yevgeny Alexandrovich [yiv-gye-nyee uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /yɪvˈgyɛ nyi ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), born 1933, Russian poet.
- yiddishkeit — Jewish tradition, culture, character, or heritage.
- youskevitch — Igor [ee-gawr] /ˈi gɔr/ (Show IPA), 1912–94, U.S. ballet dancer, born in Russia.
- youthquakes — Plural form of youthquake.