7-letter words containing a, k, u
- fukuoka — a city on N Kyushu, in SW Japan.
- funckia — any plant of the genus Hosta, resembling lilies
- futhark — the runic alphabet.
- gnu awk — gawk
- gomulka — Wladyslaw [vlah-di-slahf] /vlɑˈdɪ slɑf/ (Show IPA), 1905–82, Polish political leader: First Secretary of the Polish Communist Party 1956–70.
- hack up — (jargon) To hack, but generally implies that the result is a quick hack. Contrast this with hack on. To "hack up on" implies a quick-and-dirty modification to an existing system. Contrast hacked up; compare kluge up, monkey up, cruft together.
- hackbut — harquebus.
- hakluyt — Richard, 1552?–1616, English geographer and editor of explorers' narratives.
- hauberk — a long defensive shirt, usually of mail, extending to the knees; byrnie.
- hawbuck — a country bumpkin
- heckuva — (colloquial) Heck of a; extreme.
- hokusai — Katsushika [kah-tsoo-shee-kah] /ˈkɑ tsʊˈʃi kɑ/ (Show IPA), 1760–1849, Japanese painter and illustrator.
- ipiutak — of, relating to, or characteristic of an Eskimo culture of Alaska lasting from a.d. 100 to 600.
- jack up — an increase or rise: a recent jack-up in prices.
- jack-up — any of various portable devices for raising or lifting heavy objects short heights, using various mechanical, pneumatic, or hydraulic methods.
- judokas — Plural form of judoka.
- junkman — a dealer in resalable used metal, paper, rags, and other junk.
- kahului — a town on N Maui, in central Hawaii.
- kahunas — Plural form of kahuna.
- kalmuck — a member of any of a group of Buddhistic Mongol tribes of a region extending from western China to the valley of the lower Volga River.
- kamerun — German name of Cameroons.
- kao tsu — (Kao TsuorGao Zu) a.d. 565–635, Chinese emperor 618–27: founder of the Tang dynasty.
- karakul — one of an Asian breed of sheep having curly fleece that is black in the young and brown or gray in the adult: raised especially for lambskins used in the fur industry. Compare broadtail, Persian lamb.
- kashrut — the body of dietary laws prescribed for Jews: an observer of kashruth.
- kasugai — a city in central Honshu, Japan, a suburb of Nagoya.
- katsura — An ornamental eastern Asian tree that has leaves that resemble those of the Judas tree and light, fine-grained timber.
- kaufman — George S(imon) 1889–1961, U.S. dramatist.
- kaupapa — A principle or policy.
- kauries — kauri.
- kautsky — Karl Johann [kahrl yoh-hahn] /ˈkɑrl ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), 1854–1938, German socialist writer and editor.
- kechuan — Quechuan.
- kerouac — Jack (Jean-Louis Lefris de Kérouac) 1922–69, U.S. novelist.
- kerugma — the preaching of the gospel of Christ, especially in the manner of the early church.
- ketubah — the formal contract in a Jewish religious marriage that includes specific financial protection for the wife in the event that the husband dies or divorces her.
- keturah — the second wife of Abraham. Gen. 25:1.
- khujand — a city in NW Tajikistan, on the Syr Darya River.
- khutbah — a sermon preached by an imam in a mosque at the time of the Friday noon prayer.
- kiangsu — Jiangsu.
- kiepura — Jan (Wiktor) [yahn vik-tawr] /yɑn ˈvɪk tɔr/ (Show IPA), 1904?–66, Polish tenor.
- kilauea — a crater on Mauna Loa volcano, on SE Hawaii island, in Hawaii. 2 miles (3.2 km) wide; 4040 feet (1231 meters) high.
- klabund — (Alfred Henschke) 1890?–1928, German poet, novelist, and playwright.
- kuantan — a state in Malaysia, on the SE Malay Peninsula. 13,820 sq. mi. (35,794 sq. km). Capital: Kuantan.
- kumayri — a city in NW Armenia.
- kumayry — city in NW Armenia: pop. 120,000
- kumbaya — The title of the etymological folk song, used with varying degrees of sincerity or sarcasm to refer to the song's evocations of spiritual unity and interpersonal harmony.
- kumquat — a small, round or oblong citrus fruit having a sweet rind and acid pulp, used chiefly for preserves.
- kundera — Milan, born 1929, Czech-born novelist resident in France.
- kurbash — a whip with leather thongs, formerly used in Turkey, Egypt, etc.
- kurgans — Plural form of kurgan.
- kurland — a former duchy on the Baltic: later, a province of Russia and, in 1918, incorporated into Latvia.