9-letter words containing a, k, t, h
- knightage — a group of knights or knights collectively
- kritarchy — Rule by judges.
- kshatriya — a member of the Hindu royal and warrior class above the Vaisyas and below the Brahmans.
- kurchatov — Igor Vasilievich [ee-guh r-vuh-syee-lyi-vyich] /ˈi gər vʌˈsyi lyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1903–60, Soviet nuclear physicist.
- lakehurst — a borough in E New Jersey: naval air station; dirigible hangar.
- latchkeys — Plural form of latchkey.
- leukothea — a sea goddess, the deified Ino, who gave Odysseus a veil as a float after a storm had destroyed his raft.
- like that — in that way
- mahlstick — a stick with a padded tip used to support an artist's working hand.
- make with — 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.
- makeshift — a temporary expedient or substitute: We used boxes as a makeshift while the kitchen chairs were being painted.
- matchbook — a small cardboard folder into which several rows of paper matches are stapled or glued.
- matchlock — an old form of gunlock in which the priming was ignited by a slow match.
- matchmake — To do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage.
- matchmark — a mark made on mating components of an engine, machine, etc, to ensure that the components are assembled in the correct relative positions
- mathworks — The MathWorks, Inc.
- meat hook — Usually, meat hooks. Slang. a hand or fist: Get your meat hooks away from that cake! It's for dessert.
- meathooks — Usually, meat hooks. Slang. a hand or fist: Get your meat hooks away from that cake! It's for dessert.
- mythmaker — a creator of myths.
- neat hack — 1. A clever technique. 2. A brilliant practical joke, where neatness is correlated with cleverness, harmlessness, and surprise value. Example: the Caltech Rose Bowl card display switch. See also hack.
- nighthawk — any of several longwinged, American goatsuckers of the genus Chordeiles, related to the whippoorwill, especially C. minor, having variegated black, white, and buff plumage.
- northlake — a city in NE Illinois: suburb of Chicago.
- notchback — a style of back for an automobile in which there is a sharp vertical drop-off from the roof line to the trunk.
- pack shot — (in television advertising) a close-up of the product being advertised, usually so that the viewer can register its logo and packaging
- packcloth — a cloth used for packing
- packsheet — a cloth used for packing goods
- pankhurst — Christabel Harriette, 1880–1958, English suffragist leader (daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst).
- parokheth — a richly embroidered curtain that hangs in front of the Holy Ark in a synagogue.
- patchwork — something made up of an incongruous variety of pieces or parts; hodgepodge: a patchwork of verse forms.
- phenakite — a very hard, glassy, rhombohedral mineral, Be2SiO4, of various colors, sometimes used as a gem; beryllium silicate
- phil katz — (person) The founder of PKWARE, Inc..
- photomask — an opaque image on a transparent plate that is used to filter light so the image can be transferred, used in photolithography applications
- pickthank — a person who seeks favor by flattery or gossip; sycophant.
- rankshift — (in systemic linguistics) to use a unit as a constituent of another unit of the same or lower rank on the rank scale, as in using the phrase next door within the phrase the boy next door or the clause that you met yesterday within the phrase the girl that you met yesterday.
- rockshaft — an oscillating shaft.
- sackcloth — sacking.
- saltchuck — the ocean.
- schematik — A NeXT front-end to MIT Scheme for the NeXT by Chris Kane and Max Hailperin <[email protected]>. Schematik provides syntax-knowledgeable text editing, graphics windows and a user-interface to an underlying MIT Scheme process. It comes with MIT Scheme 7.1.3 ready to install on the NeXT and requires NEXTSTEP. Version: 1.1.5.2.
- shake out — If you shake out a cloth or a piece of clothing, you hold it by one of its edges and move it up and down one or more times, in order to open it out, make it flat, or remove dust.
- shark net — a net for catching sharks
- shortcake — a cake made with a relatively large amount of butter or other shortening.
- shotmaker — a sports player delivering good shots
- sketchpad — sketchbook (def 1).
- southwark — a borough of Greater London, England, S of the Thames.
- stakhanov — a city in E Ukraine, W of Lugnask.
- tacmahack — tacamahac.
- take hold — become established
- talk shop — a retail store, especially a small one.
- talk show — a radio or television show in which a host interviews or chats with guests, especially celebrity guests.
- talkathon — an unusually long speech or discussion, especially on a matter of public interest, as a Congressional filibuster or a televised question-and-answer session with a political candidate.