12-letter words containing s, h, e, i, k
- kinaesthesis — kinesthesia.
- kinaesthetic — Alternative form of kinesthetic.
- kindred-ship — a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk; kin.
- kinesipathic — of or relating to kinesipathy
- kinesophobia — Fear of movement.
- kinesthetics — The ability to feel movements of the limbs and body. Referred by some people as the sixth sense.
- king's bench — a court, originally the principal court for criminal cases, gradually acquiring a civil jurisdiction concurrent with that of the Court of Common Pleas, and also possessing appellate jurisdiction over the Court of Common Pleas: now a division of the High Court of Justice.
- kirschwasser — a fragrant, colorless, unaged brandy distilled from a fermented mash of cherries, produced especially in Germany, Switzerland, and Alsace, France.
- kitchen salt — coarse salt that is used in cooking but not at the table
- kitchen sink — basin in kitchen
- kitchen soap — heavy-duty soap intended for use in the kitchen
- kitchen-sink — marked by an indiscriminate and omnivorous use of elements: a kitchen-sink approach to moviemaking.
- kitchenettes — Plural form of kitchenette.
- kitchenwares — Plural form of kitchenware.
- knife switch — a form of air switch in which a moving element, usually a hinged blade, is placed between two contact clips.
- knightliness — Knightly behaviour; chivalry.
- mackintoshes — Plural form of mackintosh.
- make history — do sth of great significance
- malt whiskey — Malt whiskey or malt is whiskey that is made from malt.
- milk thistle — flowering plant
- milking shed — a building in which a herd of cows is milked
- monkeyshines — Usually, monkeyshines. a frivolous or mischievous prank; monkey business.
- mushroomlike — Having the form or characteristics of a mushroom.
- musk thistle — a composite plant, Carduus nutans, having heads of nodding, rose-purple flowers, introduced into the U.S. from Eurasia.
- neckerchiefs — Plural form of neckerchief.
- on the skids — a plank, bar, log, or the like, especially one of a pair, on which something heavy may be slid or rolled along.
- on the skite — on a drinking spree
- on the stick — alert, efficient, etc.
- packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
- parish clerk — an official designated to carry out various duties, either for a church parish or a parish council
- peppershrike — either of two large vireos of the genus Cyclarhis, ranging from Mexico to Chile, and having heavy shrikelike bills.
- photokinesis — movement occurring upon exposure to light.
- phrasemaking — the making up or coining of memorable phrases or slogans
- poughkeepsie — a city in SE New York, on the Hudson.
- prankishness — the quality or condition of being prankish
- quackishness — The state or condition of being quackish.
- sanity check — (programming) 1. Checking code (or anything else, e.g. a Usenet posting) for completely stupid mistakes. Implies that the check is to make sure the author was sane when it was written; e.g. if a piece of scientific software relied on a particular formula and was giving unexpected results, one might first look at the nesting of parentheses or the coding of the formula, as a "sanity check", before looking at the more complex I/O or data structure manipulation routines, much less the algorithm itself. Compare reality check. 2. A run-time test, either validating input or ensuring that the program hasn't screwed up internally (producing an inconsistent value or state).
- schappe silk — a yarn or fabric of or similar to spun silk.
- scrimshanker — a shirker
- selkirkshire — Alexander (originally Alexander Selcraig) 1676–1721, Scottish sailor marooned on a Pacific island: supposed prototype of Robinson Crusoe.
- septic shock — condition caused by blood poisoning
- share-milker — (in New Zealand) a person who lives on a dairy farm milking the owner's herd for an agreed share of the profits and, usually, building his own herd simultaneously
- sheath knife — a knife carried in a sheath.
- shift worker — a person who does shiftwork
- shirt jacket — a shirtlike jacket.
- shopbreaking — the act of breaking into a shop
- sign a check — When you sign a check , you write your name on it in a special space in order to validate it.
- skeuomorphic — an ornament or design on an object copied from a form of the object when made from another material or by other techniques, as an imitation metal rivet mark found on handles of prehistoric pottery.
- skirt chaser — a womanizer.
- skirt length — the length of someone's skirt