(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
hocking
hocking
verb
present participle of hock
hodgkin
hogskin
hogskin
noun
Leather tanned from a hog's skin.
hokiang
holking
holking
verb
present participle of holk
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
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
hopkins
hornick
hoskins
howking
inkhorn
inkhorn
noun
(archaic) A small portable container, often made of horn, used to carry ink.
(used attributively, derogatory, of vocabulary) Pedantic, obscurely scholarly.
khoisan
khokani
kinloch
kochkin
kohanim
kohanim
noun
plural of kohen
monkish
monkish
adj
Pertaining to, or resembling, a monk or monasticism.