11-letter words containing t, o, k, h
- kantorovich — Leonid Vitalyevich [ley-uh-nid vi-tal-yuh-vich;; Russian lyi-uh-nyeet vyi-tah-lyuh-vyich] /ˈleɪ ə nɪd vɪˈtæl yə vɪtʃ;; Russian lyɪ ʌˈnyit vyɪˈtɑ lyə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1912–86, Soviet mathematician and economist: Nobel Prize in Economics 1975.
- karate chop — a sharp blow used in karate, usually delivered by a slanting stroke with the side of the hand.
- karate-chop — a sharp blow used in karate, usually delivered by a slanting stroke with the side of the hand.
- katabothron — an underground channel created by water erosion
- kente cloth — a fabric made esp. in Ghana, woven in strips of brightly patterned bands interspersed with bands of black
- keratophyre — a fine-grained soda trachyte
- kettle hole — a deep, kettle-shaped depression in glacial drift.
- kid brother — younger male sibling
- kinetochore — Biology. the place on either side of the centromere to which the spindle fibers are attached during cell division.
- kinetograph — a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope.
- kitten moth — any of three prominent moths, notably the poplar kitten (Furcula bifida), that have larvae like those of the related puss moth
- knighthoods — Plural form of knighthood.
- knot stitch — a stitch that produces a knot on the fabric surface, made by twining the thread about the needle.
- konigshutte — German name of Chorzów.
- kosher salt — a coarse-grained salt with no additives, used especially to draw out the blood from meat to make it kosher.
- kotahitanga — unity or solidarity
- lackey moth — a bombycid moth, Malacosoma neustria, whose brightly striped larvae live at first in a communal web often on fruit trees, of which they may become a pest
- leatherwork — work or decoration done in leather.
- like a shot — a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
- lock stitch — a sewing-machine stitch in which two threads are locked together at small intervals.
- luckenbooth — a booth or shop capable of being locked up
- metchnikoff — Élie [French ey-lee] /French eɪˈli/ (Show IPA), (Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov) 1845–1916, Russian zoologist and bacteriologist in France: Nobel Prize in medicine 1908.
- netherstock — a stocking
- nitro-chalk — a chemical fertilizer containing calcium carbonate and ammonium nitrate
- nonthinking — an act of not thinking or choosing not to think, an absence of thought
- north korea — a country in E Asia: formed 1948 after the division of the former country of Korea at 38° N. 50,000 sq. mi. (129,500 sq. km). Capital: Pyongyang. Compare Korea.
- oak leather — a thick sheet of mycelium occurring in decayed oak wood.
- oath-taking — the action of making an oath
- oathbreaker — Someone who breaks an oath.
- of that ilk — of the place of the same name: used to indicate that the person named is proprietor or laird of the place named
- on the hook — a curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something.
- on the make — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- on the rack — If you say that someone is on the rack, you mean that they are suffering either physically or mentally.
- on the take — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
- opisthokont — (biology) Any of very many eukaryotes whose flagellate cells propel themselves with a single posterior flagellum.
- ostrichlike — a large, two-toed, swift-footed flightless bird, Struthio camelus, indigenous to Africa and Arabia, domesticated for its plumage: the largest of living birds.
- other ranks — (in the armed forces) all those who do not hold a commissioned rank
- phantomlike — an apparition or specter.
- phitsanulok — a city in central Thailand.
- pocketphone — a mobile phone
- pooh sticks — a children's game: each player throws a stick into a stream from one side of a bridge and the winner is the person whose stick emerges first on the other side
- porkpie hat — a hat with a round flat crown and a brim that can be turned up or down
- psyche knot — a woman's hairdo in which a knot or coil of hair projects from the back of the head.
- reckon with — to count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount.
- rock thrush — any of several Old World thrushes of the genus Monticola, usually having bluish plumage, especially M. saxatilis, of Europe.
- rocket ship — a rocket-propelled aircraft or spacecraft.
- rockhampton — a city in E Queensland, in E Australia.
- safety hook — a hook that can be transformed into an eye by locking a hinged piece in place.
- schecklaton — a gilded leather used for embroidering jacks
- shake on it — to shake hands in agreement, reconciliation, etc