10-letter words containing a, k, u, r
- kurt alder — Kurt [kurt;; German koo rt] /kɜrt;; German kʊərt/ (Show IPA), 1902–58, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1950.
- kurunegala — a city in W central Sri Lanka.
- lackluster — lacking brilliance or radiance; dull: lackluster eyes.
- lacklustre — lacking brilliance or radiance; dull: lackluster eyes.
- lake huron — a member of an Indian tribe, the northwestern member of the Iroquoian family, living west of Lake Huron.
- lake trout — a large, fork-tailed trout, Salvelinus namaycush, of the lakes of Canada and the northern U.S., valued as a food and game fish.
- lake urmia — a shallow lake in NW Iran, at an altitude of 1300 m (4250 ft): the largest lake in Iran, varying in area from 4000–6000 sq km (1500–2300 sq miles) between autumn and spring
- laurel oak — an oak, Quercus laurifolia, of the southeastern U.S., found in moist areas and having shiny dark green leaves.
- leukoderma — vitiligo.
- leukorrhea — A whitish or yellowish discharge of mucus from the vagina.
- lukewarmly — In a lukewarm manner, tepidly, without extremeness.
- lukewarmth — lukewarmness
- lumberjack — a person who works at lumbering; logger.
- lunchbreak — A period of rest from work for the purpose of eating lunch.
- mail truck — a large vehicle that is used to transport letters, packages, etc, by road
- māori bunk — a raised sleeping platform
- microquake — Microearthquake.
- milk sugar — lactose.
- muckrakers — to search for and expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or the like, especially in politics.
- muckraking — to search for and expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or the like, especially in politics.
- muckspread — to muckrake
- mukhabarat — (in Middle Eastern countries) a secret police force
- mule track — a track used by mules
- multitrack — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- naturelike — the material world, especially as surrounding humankind and existing independently of human activities.
- nutcracker — an instrument or device for cracking the shells of nuts.
- outranking — Present participle of outrank.
- outsparkle — to sparkle more brilliantly than
- peak hours — prime time, busiest period
- pentaquark — a subatomic particle consisting of four quarks and one antiquark
- pickup arm — tone arm.
- quackgrass — A species of grass, Elymus repens.
- quakeproof — designed or built to withstand the destructive forces of an earthquake.
- quaker gun — a dummy gun, as on a ship or fort: so called in allusion to the Quakers' opposition to war.
- quark star — a hypothetical celestial object that is intermediate in density between a neutron star and a black hole, possibly the remnant of a massive neutron star with all particles reduced to strange quarks.
- quarkonium — a meson composed of a quark and an antiquark of the same flavor.
- quick draw — a game or competition in which the winner is the quickest person to draw a handgun from a holster and sometimes to fire it and hit a target.
- quickwater — the part of a river or other stream having a strong current.
- racked out — a framework of bars, wires, or pegs on which articles are arranged or deposited: a clothes rack; a luggage rack.
- rajpramukh — (in India) the title given to a governor or raja of a state between 1948 and 1956
- royal duke — a duke who is also a royal prince, being a member of the royal family
- rump steak — Rump or rump steak is meat cut from the rear end of a cow.
- run a risk — exposure to the chance of injury or loss; a hazard or dangerous chance: It's not worth the risk.
- sandsucker — the flatfish Platessa limandoides
- saucerlike — resembling a saucer
- sauerkraut — cabbage cut fine, salted, and allowed to ferment until sour.
- scuff mark — Scuff marks are marks made on a smooth surface when something is rubbed against it.
- soundtrack — the narrow band on one or both sides of a motion-picture film on which sound is recorded.
- spark plug — a device designed to fit in each cylinder of a gasoline-powered internal-combustion engine and to produce the electric spark for igniting the mixture of gasoline and air.
- spur track — a short branch track leading from the main track, and connected with it at one end only.