15-letter words containing k, t, h
- the donkey work — difficult, boring, or routine work
- the earthshaker — Poseidon (or Neptune) in his capacity as the bringer of earthquakes
- 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 right track — the correct line of investigation, inquiry, etc
- the tall blacks — the international basketball team of New Zealand
- the upper karoo — one of the two divisions of the Karoo
- the upper ranks — the higher divisions of the armed forces
- the working man — working class people collectively
- the wrong track — the incorrect line of investigation, inquiry, etc
- the-sketch-book — a collection of essays and stories (1819–20) by Washington Irving.
- thermal blanket — a specially warm blanket
- thickness piece — a narrow flat or board used in scenic construction to give the illusion of depth or solidity to a door, wall, window, or the like.
- think better of — to have a conscious mind, to some extent of reasoning, remembering experiences, making rational decisions, etc.
- think little of — small in size; not big; not large; tiny: a little desk in the corner of the room.
- think you're it — If you say that someone thinks they're it, you mean that they think they are better or more important than they really are.
- 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.
- thunderstricken — Archaic. to strike with a thunderbolt.
- tidal benchmark — a benchmark used as a reference for tidal observations.
- to pack a punch — If something packs a punch, it has a very powerful effect.
- to tie the knot — If you say that two people tie the knot, you mean that they get married.
- tongue in cheek — Anatomy. the usually movable organ in the floor of the mouth in humans and most vertebrates, functioning in eating, in tasting, and, in humans, in speaking.
- tongue-in-cheek — Anatomy. the usually movable organ in the floor of the mouth in humans and most vertebrates, functioning in eating, in tasting, and, in humans, in speaking.
- track athletics — sporting activities, such as relay running or sprinting, which take place on a running track
- trickle charger — a small mains-operated battery charger, esp one that delivers less than 5 amperes and is used by car owners
- turkish cypriot — denoting ethnically Turkish inhabitants of Cyprus
- turkish delight — a candy made of fruit juice and gelatin, cubed and dusted with sugar.
- turkish tobacco — a strongly aromatic tobacco, grown chiefly in Turkey and Greece, used in cigarettes.
- twist the knife — to make a bad situation worse in a deliberately malicious way
- unchristianlike — not like a Christian; not in accordance with Christian teaching and values
- under the knife — an instrument for cutting, consisting essentially of a thin, sharp-edged, metal blade fitted with a handle.
- walking catfish — an Asian catfish, Clarias batrachus, that can survive out of water and move overland from one body of water to another: introduced into Florida.
- walnut husk fly — any of several fruit flies, as Rhagoletis completa, the larvae of which feed on and discolor walnut husks.
- 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.
- western hemlock — a tall, narrow hemlock, Tsuga heterophylla, of western North America: the state tree of Washington.
- what's cooking? — what's happening?
- white bear lake — a city in E Minnesota: summer resort.
- white snakeroot — a North American plant, Eupatorium urticaefolium, the roots or rhizomes of which have been used as a remedy for snakebite
- winchester disk — a hard disk that is permanently mounted in its unit.