16-letter words containing g, u, n, k
- angostura (bark) — the bitter aromatic bark of either of two South American trees (Galipea officinalis or Cusparia trifoliata) of the rue family, used as a medicinal tonic and as a flavoring in bitters
- aung san suu kyi — born 1945, Burmese politician; cofounder (1988) and general secretary (1988–91 and from 1995) of the National League for Democracy: Nobel peace prize 1991; released (2010) from a lengthy house arrest; elected to the Burmese House of Representatives in 2012
- background check — an investigation into a person's origins and previous history
- background music — music of any kind that is played while some other activity is going on, so that people do not actively attend to it
- background noise — any type of noise that is not the sound that you are specifically listening to or monitoring
- background paper — a report or other piece of writing that is intended to provide contextual and historical information that will help people understand a particular topic or situation
- beefsteak fungus — an edible reddish bracket fungus, Fistulina hepatica, that grows esp on oak trees and oozes a bloodlike juice
- blue mockingbird — any of several gray, black, and white songbirds of the genus Mimus, especially M. polyglottos, of the U.S. and Mexico, noted for their ability to mimic the songs of other birds.
- break new ground — to do something that has not been done before
- canandaigua lake — a lake in W central New York: one of the Finger Lakes.
- champagne bucket — A champagne bucket is a container that holds ice cubes or cold water and ice. You can use it to put bottles of champagne in and keep the champagne cool.
- checking account — A checking account is a personal bank account which you can take money out of at any time using your cheque book or cash card.
- chiang ching-kuo — 1910–88, Chinese statesman; the son of Chiang Kai-shek. He was prime minister of Taiwan (1971–78); president (1978–88)
- class background — a person's background with reference to social class
- counter-checking — a check that opposes or restrains.
- counterattacking — Present participle of counterattack.
- drinking-up time — (in Britain) a short time allowed for finishing drinks before closing time in a public house
- drug trafficking — smuggling illegal drugs
- ferruginous duck — a common European duck, Aythyra nyroca, having reddish-brown plumage with white wing bars
- folk linguistics — speculation and popular views about language.
- get on your wick — If you say that someone or something gets on your wick, you mean that they annoy and irritate you.
- gray nurse shark — a sand shark, Odontaspis arenarius, abundant in S African and Australian coastal waters and estuaries.
- grey nurse shark — a common greyish Australian shark, Odontaspis arenarius
- guaranteed stock — stock for which dividends are guaranteed by a company other than the one issuing the stock.
- guy fawkes night — In Britain, Guy Fawkes Night is the evening of 5th November, when many people have parties with bonfires and fireworks. It began as a way of remembering the attempt by Guy Fawkes to blow up the Houses of Parliament in 1605. Guy Fawkes Night is often referred to as 'Bonfire Night'.
- household knight — bachelor (def 5).
- household-knight — an unmarried man.
- kangaroo closure — a form of closure in which the chair or speaker selects certain amendments for discussion and excludes others
- kentucky windage — a method of correcting for windage, gravity, etc., by aiming a weapon to one side of the target instead of by adjusting the sights.
- kingdom-of-nubia — a region in S Egypt and the Sudan, N of Khartoum, extending from the Nile to the Red Sea.
- laughing jackass — kookaburra.
- like gangbusters — a law-enforcement officer who specializes in breaking up organized crime, often by forceful or sensational means.
- linguistic stock — a parent language and all its derived dialects and languages.
- magnetic pick-up — a type of record player pick-up in which the stylus moves an iron core in a coil, causing a changing magnetic field that produces the current
- make the running — If someone is making the running in a situation, they are more active than the other people involved.
- muskegon heights — a city in W Michigan, on Lake Michigan.
- 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.
- ring-necked duck — a North American scauplike duck, Aythya collaris, having a chestnut ring around the neck.
- speak in tongues — to engage in glossolalia
- 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
- stocking stuffer — a small, usually inexpensive gift that is placed with others in a Christmas stocking.
- streaked gurnard — a type of fish, Chelidonichthys lastoviza or Trigloporus lastoviza
- the king country — an area in the centre of North Island, New Zealand: home of the King Movement, a nineteenth-century Māori separatist movement
- thinking through — to have a conscious mind, to some extent of reasoning, remembering experiences, making rational decisions, etc.
- trucking company — a company that transports goods by lorry
- unlawful killing — Unlawful killing is used to refer to crimes which involve one person killing another.
- wishful thinking — interpretation of facts, actions, words, etc., as one would like them to be rather than as they really are; imagining as actual what is not.
- world bank group — the collective name for the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Finance Corporation, and the International Development Association, whose headquarters are all in Washington
- wrought ironwork — decorative work in wrought iron
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