9-letter words containing a, u, c, k
- pull back — the act of pulling back, especially a retreat or a strategic withdrawal of troops; pullout.
- push back — force to retreat
- queencake — a small light cake containing currants
- quickbeam — a rowan tree
- quickdraw — (climbing) A set of two carabiners connected by a strap.
- quicksand — a bed of soft or loose sand saturated with water and having considerable depth, yielding under weight and therefore tending to suck down any object resting on its surface.
- quillback — a carpsucker, Carpiodes cyprinus, inhabiting waters in the central and eastern U.S., having one ray of the dorsal fin greatly elongated.
- roughback — any of several large American flatfishes having rough skin, especially Hippoglossoides platessoides, a species of plaice.
- rudbeckia — any composite plant of the genus Rudbeckia, having alternate leaves and showy flower heads.
- sack suit — a man's suit that has a loose-fitting jacket.
- saltchuck — the ocean.
- sapsucker — any of several American woodpeckers of the genus Sphyrapicus that drill holes in maple, apple, hemlock, etc., drinking the sap and eating the insects that gather there.
- scrub oak — any of several oaks, as Quercus ilicifolia and Q. prinoides, characterized by a scrubby manner of growth, usually found in dry, rocky soil.
- skull cap — A skull cap is a small close-fitting cap.
- skull-cap — a small, brimless close-fitting cap, often made of silk or velvet, worn on the crown of the head, as for religious functions.
- soul cake — a round, sweet bun or small, oval cake, traditionally made to celebrate All Souls' Day.
- suck face — to draw into the mouth by producing a partial vacuum by action of the lips and tongue: to suck lemonade through a straw.
- thumbtack — a tack with a large, flat head, designed to be thrust into a board or other fairly soft object or surface by the pressure of the thumb.
- touchback — a play in which the ball is downed after having been kicked into the end zone by the opposing team or having been recovered or intercepted there, or in which it has been kicked beyond the end zone. Compare safety (def 6a).
- touchmark — touch (def 55a, c).
- tracksuit — a sweat suit, usually with a long-sleeved jacket and long pants, worn by athletes, especially runners, before and after actual competition or during workouts.
- truckable — (of a barge, tug, etc) capable or suitable for being conveyed in or on a truck
- truckload — the amount that a truck can carry.
- tuck away — to put into a small, close, or concealing place: Tuck the money into your wallet.
- turn back — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- uncracked — broken: a container full of cracked ice.
- unpacking — removal of items from suitcase, etc.
- unshackle — to free from shackles; unfetter.
- untracked — that is not or cannot be tracked or traced: untracked marauders of the jungle.
- waterbuck — any of several large African antelopes of the genus Kobus, frequenting marshes and reedy places, especially K. ellipsiprymnus, of eastern and central Africa.
- whack out — to strike with a smart, resounding blow or blows.
- zuckerman — Solly (ˈsɒlɪ), Baron. 1904–93, British zoologist, born in South Africa; chief scientific adviser (1964–71) to the British Government. His books include The Social Life of Monkeys (1932) and the autobiography From Apes to Warlords (1978)