13-letter words containing s, h, i, k, o
- phosphokinase — an increase in the amount of creatine phosphokinase that is released into the bloodstream when a muscle becomes injured
- pick holes in — an opening through something; gap; aperture: a hole in the roof; a hole in my sock.
- piked dogfish — the spiny dogfish.
- pocket chisel — any woodworking chisel having a blade of medium length.
- psychokinesis — the purported ability to move or deform inanimate objects, as metal spoons, through mental processes.
- rocking horse — a toy horse, as of wood, mounted on rockers or springs, on which children may ride; hobbyhorse.
- rocking shear — a shear having a curved blade that cuts with a rocking motion.
- scotch whisky — whiskey distilled in Scotland, especially from malted barley in a pot still.
- shock tactics — shock tactics are a way of trying to influence people's attitudes to a particular matter by shocking them
- shocking pink — a vivid or intensely bright pink.
- shoot-to-kill — of or relating to shooting by soldiers or police that is intended to kill rather than disable
- sickle-hocked — noting or pertaining to a condition of horses in which the hock, due to strained tendons and ligaments, is flexed so that the foot is abnormally bowed far under the body.
- silkworm moth — any of several moths of the families Bombycidae and Saturniidae, the larvae of which are silkworms.
- soupfin shark — a requiem shark, Galeorhinus zyopterus, inhabiting the Pacific Ocean, valued for its fins, which are used by the Chinese in the preparation of a soup, and for its liver, which is rich in vitamin A.
- spokesmanship — the office or skilful use of the office of spokesman
- sticker shock — unpleasant surprise on learning of an unexpectedly high price for an item.
- the big smoke — a large city, esp London
- think less of — to have a lower opinion of
- thrombokinase — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
- tracking shot — dolly shot.
- turkish pound — the Turkish lira.
- turkish towel — a thick cotton towel with a long nap usually composed of uncut loops.
- unscholarlike — not befitting a scholar; ungentlemanly
- walking horse — Tennessee walking horse.
- whiskerandoed — having extravagant whiskers
- with knobs on — in an extreme or more emphatic way
- world-shaking — of sufficient size or importance to affect the entire world: the world-shaking effects of an international clash.
- yorkshire fog — a common tufted grass, Holcus lanatus, having downy leaves and flower heads that are white or pink and branched, with spikelets carrying the flowers