16-letter words containing a, k, u, r, e
- near the knuckle — risqué
- nubuck (leather) — tanned leather similar to suede, but with the nap on the grain side
- nutcracker suite — a ballet and concert suite (1892) arranged by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky from his orchestral work for a ballet, The Nutcracker.
- oak leaf cluster — a U.S. military decoration in the form of a small bronze twig bearing four oak leaves and three acorns, worn on the ribbon of another decoration for valor, wounds, or distinguished service to signify a second award of the same medal.
- ocellated turkey — a wild turkey, Agriocharis ocellata, of Yucatán, Belize, and Guatemala, typically having green, blue, reddish-brown, and yellowish-brown plumage of a metallic luster and eyelike spots on the tail.
- parkerhouse roll — a yeast roll shaped by folding over a flat, round piece of buttered dough
- pleasure-seeking — always looking for pleasure
- pressure flaking — a method of manufacturing a flint tool by pressing flakes from a stone core with a pointed implement, usually of wood tipped with antler or copper.
- razor-billed auk — a black and white auk, Alca torda, of the American and European coasts of the northern North Atlantic, having a compressed black bill encircled by a white band.
- river carpsucker — a carpsucker, Carpiodes carpio, found in silty rivers of the central U.S. south to Mexico.
- round lake beach — a town in NE Illinois.
- run the blockade — to go past or through a blockade
- security blanket — a blanket or other familiar item carried especially by a young child to provide reassurance and a feeling of psychological security.
- shakedown cruise — extortion, as by blackmail or threats of violence.
- speaking trumpet — a trumpet-shaped instrument used to carry the voice a great distance or held to the ear by a deaf person to aid his hearing
- square kilometer — a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one kilometer on each side. 2 , sq. km. Abbreviation: km.
- streaked gurnard — a type of fish, Chelidonichthys lastoviza or Trigloporus lastoviza
- substantive rank — a permanent rank in the armed services obtained by length of service, selection, etc
- take by surprise — to strike or occur to with a sudden feeling of wonder or astonishment, as through unexpectedness: Her beauty surprised me.
- take the trouble — If you take the trouble to do something, you do something which requires a small amount of additional effort.
- unfranked income — any income from an investment that does not qualify as franked investment income
- up with the lark — up early in the morning
- voluntary worker — a person who serves or acts in a specified function of their own accord and without compulsion or promise of remuneration