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13-letter words containing k, t, h

  • shock therapy — (not in technical use) any of various therapies, as insulin shock therapy or electroconvulsive therapy, that induce convulsions or unconsciousness, used for symptomatic relief in certain mental disorders.
  • shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
  • shoot-to-kill — of or relating to shooting by soldiers or police that is intended to kill rather than disable
  • shoulder knot — a knot of ribbon or lace worn on the shoulder, as by men of fashion in the 17th and 18th centuries, by servants in livery, or by women or children.
  • silkworm moth — any of several moths of the families Bombycidae and Saturniidae, the larvae of which are silkworms.
  • sketchability — the suitability for being sketched
  • smooth-spoken — speaking or spoken easily and softly.
  • smooth-talker — a person who gets another person to do their bidding by using a slick, gently persuasive, practised, or competent manner
  • socket wrench — a box wrench with a socket that is an extension of the shank.
  • south dakotan — a state in the N central United States: a part of the Midwest. 77,047 sq. mi. (199,550 sq. km). Capital: Pierre. Abbreviation: SD (for use with zip code), S. Dak.
  • spaghettilike — resembling spaghetti
  • sprocket hole — any of a series of regular perforations along the edge of photographic film for engaging the drive sprockets in a motion-picture camera or projector.
  • squash racket — a light long-handled racket used in the game of squash
  • sticker shock — unpleasant surprise on learning of an unexpectedly high price for an item.
  • street hockey — road hockey.
  • stretch marks — Stretch marks are lines or marks on someone's skin caused by the skin stretching after the person's weight has changed rapidly. Women who have had children often have stretch marks.
  • sunlight peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,059 feet (4285 meters).
  • take a chance — act on a possibility
  • take sth hard — If you take something hard, you are very upset or depressed by it.
  • take the bait — If you take the bait, you react to something that someone has said or done exactly as they intended you to do. The expression rise to the bait is also used, mainly in British English.
  • take the cake — a sweet, baked, breadlike food, made with or without shortening, and usually containing flour, sugar, baking powder or soda, eggs, and liquid flavoring.
  • take the fall — to be blamed, punished, or imprisoned
  • take the piss — mock
  • take the road — to begin a journey or tour
  • take the veil — to become a nun
  • take to heart — Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
  • take-home pay — the amount of salary remaining after deductions, as of taxes, have been made.
  • talk the talk — to speak convincingly on a particular subject, showing apparent mastery of its jargon and themes; often used in combination with the expression walk the walk
  • talking chief — a noble who serves as public spokesperson for the chief in some Polynesian tribes.
  • thank heavens — used as an exclamation of gratitude and relief
  • thankworthily — in a thankworthy way or manner
  • the backfield — the quarterback and running backs in a team
  • the big smoke — a large city, esp London
  • the naked eye — If you say that something cannot be seen by the naked eye, you mean that it cannot be seen without the help of equipment such as a telescope or microscope.
  • the new black — If you say that a particular colour is the new black, you mean that it has become fashionable.
  • the night sky — the sky as it appears at night time
  • the west bank — a semi-autonomous Palestinian region in the Middle East on the W bank of the River Jordan, comprising the hills of Judaea and Samaria and part of Jerusalem: formerly part of Palestine (the entity created by the League of Nations in 1922 and operating until 1948): became part of Jordan after the ceasefire of 1949: occupied by Israel since the 1967 Arab-Israeli War. In 1993 a peace treaty between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization provided for the West Bank to become a self-governing Palestinian area; a new Palestinian National Authority assumed control of parts of the territory in 1994–95, but subsequent talks broke down and Israel reoccupied much of this in 2001–02 and continues to maintain most existing Israeli settlements. Pop: 2 676 740 (2013 est). Area: 5879 sq km (2270 sq miles)
  • the whole kit — everything or everybody
  • the-swan-lake — a ballet (1876) by Tchaikovsky.
  • thermal shock — a fluctuation in temperature causing stress in a material. It often results in fracture, esp in brittle materials such as ceramics
  • thick-skinned — having a thick skin.
  • thick-skulled — stupid; dull.
  • think less of — to have a lower opinion of
  • think more of — to have a higher opinion of
  • think much of — to have a high opinion of
  • think through — to have a conscious mind, to some extent of reasoning, remembering experiences, making rational decisions, etc.
  • thinkableness — the state or quality of being conceivable or thinkable
  • thinking time — time to think
  • this day week — a week (counting backward or forward) from today (or yesterday, etc.)
  • thomas becket — Saint Thomas à, 1118?–70, archbishop of Canterbury: murdered because of his opposition to Henry II's policies toward the church.
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