Words Starting H & Ending KS

• seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination

• take arbitrarily or by force

• seize control of

• noisy and mischievous merrymaking

• diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail

• an advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations

• a square board with a handle underneath; used by masons to hold or carry mortar

• sell or offer for sale from place to place

• hunt with hawks

• clear mucus or food from one's throat

• a diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation

• To play such a shot.

• To lift (a heavy object) carelessly; hoist.

• To throw something out.

• To spit.

• a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture

• awkwardly simple and provincial

• one who works hard at boring tasks

• a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends

• a mediocre and disdained writer

• a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil

• a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money

• an old or over-worked horse

• a horse kept for hire

• a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.

• cut with a hacking tool

• be able to manage or manage successfully

• cut away

• kick on the arms

• kick on the shins

• fix a computer program piecemeal until it works

• significantly cut up a manuscript

• cough spasmodically

• any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (`hock' is British usage)

• tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle

• leave as a guarantee in return for money

• disable by cutting the hock