12-letter words containing a, k, u, r, e
- ladder truck — hook and ladder.
- lake lucerne — a lake in central Switzerland: fed and drained chiefly by the River Reuss. Area: 115 sq km (44 sq miles)
- lake turkana — a long narrow lake in E Africa, in the Great Rift Valley. Area: 7104 sq km (2743 sq miles)
- loudspeakers — Plural form of loudspeaker, especially a pair for a left and right channel.
- luggage rack — shelf for baggage on a train
- lukewarmness — The property of being lukewarm; ambivalence, weakness.
- lumberjacket — a short, straight, wool plaid jacket or coat, for informal wear, usually belted and having patch pockets.
- make-up girl — a woman or girl who applies cosmetics to a person, such as to a model or actor
- makeup water — Makeup water is water which is added to compensate for losses, especially losses caused by evaporation.
- marcus baker — Mount, a mountain in SE Alaska, near Anchorage: highest peak in the Chugach Mountains. 13,176 feet (4016 meters).
- market abuse — (in Britain) a statutory offence which covers insider trading and stock market manipulation
- market value — the value of a business, property, etc., in terms of what it can be sold for on the open market; current value (distinguished from book value).
- mockumentary — a movie or television show depicting fictional events but presented as a documentary.
- muckspreader — a machine for spreading manure over farmland
- multitaskers — Plural form of multitasker.
- multitracked — (music) Recorded on multiple tracks.
- nomenklatura — a select list or class of people from which appointees for top-level government positions are drawn, especially from a Communist Party.
- package tour — a planned tour in which one fee is charged for all expenses: offering package tours of the chateau country.
- pallet truck — a powered truck with a mast, sometimes telescopic, on which slides a carriage which can be raised and lowered hydraulically. The carriage has extended forks which can be passed under a palletized load for stacking or moving to a new position
- plain turkey — a bustard
- pork sausage — a sausage made with pork
- puck-carrier — the player who has the puck and moves it along.
- quacksalvers — Plural form of quacksalver.
- quarterbacks — Plural form of quarterback.
- quarterdecks — Plural form of quarterdeck.
- red larkspur — a plant, Delphinium nudicaule, of the buttercup family, native to the western coast of the U.S., having orange-red or sometimes yellow flowers.
- rockumentary — a documentary about rock music.
- rugby tackle — A rugby tackle is a way of making someone fall over by throwing your arms around their legs or hips.
- sitka spruce — a spruce, Picea sitchensis, of western North America, having long, silvery-white needles, grown as an ornamental.
- south korean — a country in E Asia: formed 1948 after the division of the former country of Korea at 38° N. 36,600 sq. mi. (94,795 sq. km). Capital: Seoul. Compare Korea.
- splatterpunk — a form of fiction featuring extremely graphic violence.
- square shake — square deal.
- stage-struck — obsessed with the desire to become an actor or actress.
- strike fault — a fault that trends parallel to the strike of the strata that it offsets.
- suckers' gap — a temporary improvement, occurring between two periods of inclement weather, which deceives people into acting in expectation of continued fine weather
- sugar shaker — a container with holes in the top, used for sprinkling sugar onto food
- swashbuckler — a swaggering swordsman, soldier, or adventurer; daredevil.
- take umbrage — If you say that a person takes umbrage, you mean that they are upset or offended by something that someone says or does to them, often without much reason.
- take up arms — Usually, arms. weapons, especially firearms.
- take-up reel — (on a projector) the reel onto which the film is wound after it has been projected.
- tenure-track — of or relating to a college- or university-teaching job that can lead to a tenured position.
- tracker fund — finance: type of savings account
- troublemaker — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
- truck camper — a type of camper designed to be mounted on a pickup truck.
- turkmenistan — a republic in central in Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, Iran, and Afghanistan. 188,417 sq. mi. (488,000 sq. km). Capital: Ashkhabad.
- un-earmarked — any identifying or distinguishing mark or characteristic: The mayor's statement had all the earmarks of dirty politics.
- unartistlike — lacking artistic sensibilities and skills
- underblanket — a blanket placed under a bottom sheet
- undertakable — able to be undertaken
- undertakings — the act of a person who undertakes any task or responsibility.