13-letter words containing k, t, h
- crock of shit — a quantity or source of lies or nonsense
- crotch rocket — a high-speed, high-performance motorcycle characterized by an aerodynamic body shape which requires or encourages the driver to lean forward
- culture shock — Culture shock is a feeling of anxiety, loneliness, and confusion that people sometimes experience when they first arrive in another country.
- dasht-e-kavir — large salt-desert plateau in NC Iran: c. 18,000 sq mi (46,620 sq km)
- dasht-i-kavir — a salt waste on the central plateau of Iran: a treacherous marsh beneath a salt crust
- deutsche mark — the former basic monetary unit of Germany, superseded in 2002 by the euro
- dimethylketol — acetoin.
- drink to that — People say 'I'll drink to that' to show that they agree with and approve of something that someone has just said.
- duck shooting — duck hunting with a gun
- eight o'clock — 8 a.m.
- feature shock — (jargon) (From Alvin Toffler's "Future Shock") A user's confusion when confronted with a package that has too many features and poor introductory material.
- field kitchen — the place at which the food for a unit of soldiers in the field is prepared
- fighting cock — a gamecock.
- frank whittle — Sir Frank, 1907–96, English engineer and inventor.
- frankenthaler — Helen, 1928–2011, U.S. painter.
- 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.
- get the works — to be the victim of extreme measures
- 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.
- great khingan — a mountain range in NE China: highest peak, 5000 feet (1525 meters).
- growth market — a rapidly expanding market
- gulf of kutch — an inlet of the Arabian Sea in India. Length: about 159 kilometres (99 miles)
- hack together — (jargon) To throw something together so it will work. Unlike "kluge together" or "cruft together", this does not necessarily have negative connotations.
- hawkeye state — Iowa (used as a nickname).
- heartbreakers — Plural form of heartbreaker.
- heartbreaking — causing intense anguish or sorrow.
- heartbrokenly — In a heartbroken manner.
- heartsickness — The condition of being heartsick.
- heartstricken — Shocked; dismayed.
- high-sticking — to strike (an opponent) at shoulder level or above with a hockey stick.
- hit the books — to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
- hit the skids — get into difficulties
- honest broker — a neutral person or organization that mediates disputes; an impartial mediator.
- horror-struck — stricken with horror; horrified; aghast.
- 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.
- housing stock — the total number of houses, flats, etc, in an area
- how's tricks? — how are you?
- humboldt peak — a mountain in S Colorado, in the Sangre de Cristo range. 14,064 feet (4290 meters).
- 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
- hydrokinetics — the branch of hydrodynamics that deals with the laws governing liquids or gases in motion.
- hydroxyketone — a ketone containing a hydroxyl group.
- i don't think — a phrase added to an ironical statement
- in the making — the act of a person or thing that makes: The making of a violin requires great skill.