(Canada, US, physics, meteorology) The descending, warm, dry wind on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains that generally blows from the southwest and can rapidly increase the temperature due to the much warmer air it brings.
The chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha).
choking
choking
noun
The act of coughing when a person finds it difficult to breath.
The act of trying to kill a person by strangulation.
The process in which a person's airway becomes blocked, resulting in asphyxia in cases that are not treated promptly.
verb
present participle of choke
elkhorn
elkhorn
noun
A highly-branched coral (Acropora palmata) supposed to resemble the horns of an elk
The horn of an elk
hancock
hoboken
hocking
hocking
verb
present participle of hock
hockney
hodgkin
hoenack
hogskin
hogskin
noun
Leather tanned from a hog's skin.
hokiang
holking
holking
verb
present participle of holk
honaker
honkers
honkers
noun
plural of honker
honkeys
honkeys
noun
plural of honkey
honkies
honkies
noun
plural of honkie
plural of honky
honking
honking
adj
(informal) Having a bad smell.
Alternative spelling of honkin'
noun
A sound that honks.
verb
present participle of honk
honokaa
hooking
hooking
noun
(ice hockey, bandy, floorball) The penalized action of using one's stick to restrain an opponent.
The act of catching or fastening something on a hook.
verb
present participle of hook
hookman
hookman
noun
someone who uses a hook
hopkins
hornick
hoskins
howking
humnoke
inkhorn
inkhorn
noun
(archaic) A small portable container, often made of horn, used to carry ink.
(used attributively, derogatory, of vocabulary) Pedantic, obscurely scholarly.
kaneohe
katonah
kenosha
khahoon
khahoon
noun
(historical) A unit of volume used in India until 1920 consisting of 1280 raik totalling 1.7616 m².
kherson
kherson
Proper noun
A port city on the Dnieper in Ukraine, administrative centre of Kherson province.
Kherson province (oblast), in southern Ukraine.
khoisan
khojent
khokani
khotana
kinloch
knorhmn
knoweth
knoweth
verb
(archaic) third-person singular simple present form of know
knowhow
knowhow
noun
Alternative spelling of know-how
kochkin
kohanim
kohanim
noun
plural of kohen
koorhmn
kornher
kronach
lokshen
lokshen
noun
Flat egg noodles in Yiddish cuisine.
monkish
monkish
adj
Pertaining to, or resembling, a monk or monasticism.
Tending to self-denial; ascetic.
nakhoda
nakhoda
noun
(historical) A travelling merchant in parts of South-East Asia.
nuthook
nuthook
noun
(obsolete) A bailiff who metaphorically hooks or seizes malefactors; a policeman; a constable.
(obsolete) A thief who steals by means of a hook.
A hook on a pole to pull down boughs for gathering nuts.
ofthink
penhook
pinhook
schnook
schnook
noun
(slang) A person who is easily taken advantage of.
shaniko
shnooks
shnooks
noun
plural of shnook
unchoke
unchoke
verb
(transitive) To clear (something choked) by removing the blockage.
unhooks
unhooks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of unhook