11-letter words containing a, k, u
- quark model — a scheme that explains the quantum numbers of all the baryons and mesons by assuming that baryons are composed of three quarks and mesons of a quark and an antiquark, with different combinations of quark and antiquark flavors giving different sets of quantum numbers.
- quarterback — a back in football who usually lines up immediately behind the center and directs the offense of the team.
- quarterdeck — the part of a weather deck that runs aft from the midship area or the mainmast to the stern or poop of a vessel.
- quick bread — bread, muffins, etc., made with a leavening agent, as baking powder or soda, that permits immediate baking.
- quick grass — the couch grass, Agropyron repens.
- quick march — a march in quick time.
- quick ratio — A quick ratio is a measure of liquidity that is calculated by dividing current assets minus inventories by current liabilities.
- quick-hatch — a wolverine.
- quick-march — a march in quick time.
- rheumaticky — affected with rheumatism
- rock beauty — a gold and black butterflyfish, Holocanthus tricolor, ranging from the West Indies to Brazil.
- round steak — a steak cut from directly above the hind leg of beef.
- ruda slaska — a city in S Poland, NW of Katowice.
- saarbrucken — a state in W Germany, in the Saar River valley. 991 sq. mi. (2569 sq. km). Capital: Saarbrücken.
- saltchucker — a saltwater angler
- sand-struck — (of bricks) made with a mold lined with sand to permit freeing.
- sato eisaku — 1901–75, Japanese statesman: prime minister (1964–72). During his term of office Japan became a major economic power. He shared the Nobel peace prize (1974) for opposing the proliferation of nuclear weapons
- sauk centre — a town in central Minnesota: model for town in Sinclair Lewis's novel Main Street.
- scuff marks — marks made by scuffing
- sharksucker — any of several remoras, as Echeneis naucrates, usually found attached to sharks.
- snake juice — any strong alcoholic drink, esp when home-made
- sneak up on — If someone sneaks up on you, they try and approach you without being seen or heard, perhaps to surprise you or do you harm.
- sound-alike — a person or thing that resembles another in sound
- south korea — 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.
- square knot — a common knot in which the ends come out alongside of the standing parts.
- squeakingly — in a squeaking manner
- stagestruck — obsessed with the desire to become an actor or actress.
- stake truck — a truck or trailer with a stake body, as for hauling farm animals or feed bags.
- star-struck — captivated by famous people or by fame itself.
- steak house — A steak house is a restaurant that serves mainly steaks.
- stickup man — a man who commits a stickup.
- stock guard — a barrier for keeping cattle and other animals off the tracks or right of way.
- stockhausen — Karlheinz [kahrl-hahynts] /ˈkɑrlˌhaɪnts/ (Show IPA), 1928–2007, German composer.
- subtacksman — a renter who holds the property they rent by subletting it
- sucker bait — an enticement calculated to lure a person into a scheme in which he or she may be victimized.
- sukarnapura — Jayapura
- sunday week — a week (counting backward or forward) from Sunday (or Monday, Tuesday, etc.)
- supermarket — a large retail market that sells food and other household goods and that is usually operated on a self-service basis.
- supertanker — a tanker with a deadweight capacity of over 75,000 tons.
- swashbuckle — to work, behave, or perform as a swashbuckler.
- take out of — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
- take out on — If you take something out on someone, you behave in an unpleasant way towards them because you feel angry or upset, even though this is not their fault.
- talk around — to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.
- talk out of — dissuade
- talk turkey — a large, gallinaceous bird of the family Meleagrididae, especially Meleagris gallopavo, of America, that typically has green, reddish-brown, and yellowish-brown plumage of a metallic luster and that is domesticated in most parts of the world.
- tankbusting — the practice of destroying tanks
- tena koutou — a Māori greeting to two or more people
- think aloud — If you think aloud, you express your thoughts as they occur to you, rather than thinking first and then speaking.
- to run amok — If a person or animal runs amok, they behave in a violent and uncontrolled way.
- trojan duck — a duck that is a carrier of avian flu and is therefore a threat to other birds and also to humans, but which shows no outward signs of infection