15-letter words containing s, h, i, k
- king's champion — a hereditary official at British coronations, representing the king (King's Champion) or the queen (Queen's Champion) who is being crowned, and having originally the function of challenging to mortal combat any person disputing the right of the new sovereign to rule.
- king's shilling — (until 1879) a shilling given a recruit in the British army to bind his enlistment contract.
- kingsford-smith — Sir Charles (Edward). 1897–1935, Australian aviator and pioneer (with Charles Ulm) of trans-Pacific and trans-Tasman flights
- kirchhoff's law — the law that the algebraic sum of the currents flowing toward any point in an electric network is zero.
- kitchen utensil — a utensil intended for use in a kitchen, such as a chopping board, saucepan, or knife
- knife-sharpener — a kitchen implement that is used to sharpen knives
- lake saint john — a lake in Canada, in S Quebec: drained by the Saguenay River. Area: 971 sq km (375 sq miles)
- lake washington — a lake in W Washington, forming the E boundary of the city of Seattle: linked by canal with Puget Sound. Length: about 32 km (20 miles). Width: 6 km (4 miles)
- lake-saint-john — Henry, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, Bolingbroke, 1st Viscount.
- least killifish — a fish, Heterandria formosa, of coastal swamps from South Carolina to Florida, that feeds on mosquito larvae.
- leukodystrophic — Of or pertaining to leukodystrophy.
- lick into shape — to pass the tongue over the surface of, as to moisten, taste, or eat (often followed by up, off, from, etc.): to lick a postage stamp; to lick an ice-cream cone.
- make a horlicks — to make a mistake or a mess
- membership pack — a collection of documents, information leaflets, cards, etc, that is given to members, especially new ones
- night-sky light — the faint glow of the night sky, caused by such phenomena as airglow and zodiacal light.
- north kingstown — a town in S central Rhode Island.
- north yorkshire — a county in NE England. 3208 sq. mi. (8309 sq. km).
- novokuibyshevsk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, SW of Kuibyshev.
- oil of the sick — holy oil used in the sacrament of extreme unction.
- packet-switched — packet switching
- phenakistoscope — an early form of a zoetrope in which figures are depicted in different poses around the edge of a disc. When the disc is spun, and the figures observed through the apertures around the edge of the disc, they appear to be moving
- pick and choose — to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
- pick-and-shovel — marked by drudgery; laborious: the pick-and-shovel work necessary to get a political campaign underway.
- pink-shirt book — (publication) "The Peter Norton Programmer's Guide to the IBM PC". The original cover featured a picture of Peter Norton with a silly smirk on his face, wearing a pink shirt. Perhaps in recognition of this usage, the current edition has a different picture of Norton wearing a pink shirt. See also book titles.
- pitch blackness — extreme darkness; lack of light
- poikilothermism — the state or quality of being cold-blooded, as fishes and reptiles.
- raw milk cheese — cheese or a cheese made with unpasteurized milk
- sahitya akademi — a body set up by the Government of India for cultivating literature in Indian languages and in English
- saint-john-lake — Henry, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, Bolingbroke, 1st Viscount.
- saskatchewanian — a native or inhabitant of Saskatchewan
- schrecklichkeit — frightfulness; horror.
- sharm al-sheikh — a village and military post in E Egypt, on the Sinai Peninsula, guarding the Gulf of Suez.
- sharm el-sheikh — a city in Egypt on the southern point of the Sinai Peninsula on the Red Sea; a major holiday resort. Pop: 73 000 (2015 est)
- shelikof strait — a strait between the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island, in S Alaska. 130 miles (209 km) long and 30 miles (48 km) wide.
- shock probation — the release on probation of a criminal after brief imprisonment
- shock resistant — not affected by impact
- shock-resistant — strong or resilient enough to sustain minor impacts without damage to the internal mechanism: a shock-resistant watch.
- shopping basket — a metal or plastic container with one or two handles, used to carry shopping in a shop
- shrimp cocktail — prawns and lettuce in Mary Rose sauce
- shrink-wrapping — a flexible plastic wrapping designed to shrink about its contours to protect and seal something
- sink a borehole — To sink a borehole means to drill a deep hole in the ground.
- sinkiang uighur — an autonomous region in NW China, bordering Tibet, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kirghizia, Tadzhikistan, Pakistan, and India: formerly a province. 635,830 sq. mi. (1,646,800 sq. km). Capital: Ürümqi.
- skylight filter — a very slightly pink filter that absorbs ultraviolet light and reduces haze and excessive blueness
- south kingstown — a town in S central Rhode Island.
- south milwaukee — a city in SE Wisconsin.
- south yorkshire — a metropolitan county in N England. 603 sq. mi. (1561 sq. km).
- spanish paprika — a cultivated pepper, Capsicum annuum, grown originally in Spain.
- speaking as sth — You can say 'speaking as a parent' or 'speaking as a teacher', for example, to indicate that the opinion you are giving is based on your experience as a parent or as a teacher.
- speaking of sth — You can say speaking of something that has just been mentioned as a way of introducing a new topic which has some connection with that thing.
- stephen hawking — Stephen William, born 1942, English mathematician and theoretical physicist.