14-letter words containing a, k, u, r, e
- kaieteur-falls — a river in central Guyana: (Kaieteur Falls) one of highest waterfalls in the world at 741 feet (226 meters). 100 miles (161 km) long.
- kaiserslautern — a city in S Rhineland-Palatinate, in SW Germany.
- karitane nurse — a nurse trained in the care of young babies and their mothers according to the principles of the Plunket Society
- kastrop-rauxel — Castrop-Rauxel.
- kekulé formula — the structural formula of benzene represented as a hexagonal ring with alternate single and double bonds between the carbon atoms.
- khirbet qumran — an archaeological site in W Jordan, near the NW coast of the Dead Sea: Dead Sea Scrolls found here 1947.
- kidney failure — loss of renal function
- krolewska huta — former name of Chorzów.
- lake nicaragua — a lake in SW Nicaragua, separated from the Pacific by an isthmus 19 km (12 miles) wide: the largest lake in Central America. Area: 8264 sq km (3191 sq miles)
- laundry basket — container for clothes and linen
- laundry worker — sb who washes clothes for a living
- lower tunguska — one of three rivers in Russia, in central Siberia, that is a tributary of the Yenisei and is 2690 km (1670 miles) long
- luggage locker — a large locker at a transport terminal or airport where luggage can be left temporarily
- make a fortune — win, earn a vast amount of money
- make-up artist — sb: applies performers' cosmetics
- mockumentaries — Plural form of mockumentary.
- multi-part key — compound key
- neural network — artificial neural network
- neuromarketing — the process of researching the brain patterns of consumers to reveal their responses to particular advertisements and products before developing new advertising campaigns and branding techniques
- numeric keypad — a separate section on some computer keyboards, grouping together numeric keys and those for mathematical or other special functions in an arrangement like that of a calculator.
- nursery stakes — a race for two-year-old horses
- out of the ark — very old; out of date
- park chung hee — 1917–79, South Korean politician: president 1963–79 (assassinated).
- polar outbreak — a vigorous thrust of cold, polar air across temperate regions.
- pre-earthquake — a series of vibrations induced in the earth's crust by the abrupt rupture and rebound of rocks in which elastic strain has been slowly accumulating.
- purbeck marble — a fossil-rich limestone that takes a high polish: used for building, etc
- purple grackle — the eastern subspecies of the common grackle, Quiscalus quiscula, of North America, having an iridescent purple back.
- quaker meeting — a meeting of Quakers, at which all members, except those moved to speak, remain silent.
- quarterbacking — a back in football who usually lines up immediately behind the center and directs the offense of the team.
- rathke's pouch — an invagination of stomodeal ectoderm developing into the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland.
- recklinghausen — a city in NW Rhine-Westphalia, in Germany.
- rude awakening — If you have a rude awakening, you are suddenly made aware of an unpleasant fact.
- russet burbank — a brown-skinned, oblong potato having a mealy flesh with high starch content.
- sakha republic — an administrative division in E Russia, in NE Siberia on the Arctic Ocean: the coldest inhabited region of the world; it has rich mineral resources. Capital: Yakutsk. Pop: 948 100 (2002). Area: 3 103 200 sq km (1 197 760 sq miles)
- siberian husky — one of a Siberian breed of medium-size dogs having a thick, soft coat, raised originally as sled dogs.
- skilled labour — labour or work that demands skill and which you usually have to be trained for, or the workers that provide this labour
- skull practice — a meeting for the purpose of discussion, exchange of ideas, solving problems, etc.
- spark spectrum — a spectrum formed from the light produced by an electric spark, characteristic of the gas or vapor through which the spark passes.
- square bracket — bracket (def 3).
- squeak through — to succeed, get through, survive, etc. by a narrow margin or with difficulty
- straddle truck — a self-propelled vehicle, having a chassis far above the ground, for carrying loads of lumber or the like beneath the chassis and between the wheels.
- struck measure — a measure, especially of grain, level with the top of a receptacle.
- surface worker — a person who works on or near the ground surface
- take a picture — capture sb or sth on camera
- the kama sutra — an ancient Hindu text on erotic pleasure and other topics
- the upper back — the part of the back between the shoulders
- treasury stock — outstanding shares of stock reacquired and held by the issuing corporation.
- turkey buzzard — turkey vulture.
- umbrella skirt — a full skirt with many gores that flare gradually from the waist to the hem.
- unforeknowable — not foreknowable