13-letter words containing k, a, n, u
- question mark — Also called interrogation point, interrogation mark. a mark indicating a question: usually, as in English, the mark (?) placed after a question.
- raking course — a concealed course of bricks laid diagonally to the wall surface in a raking bond.
- rann of kutch — an extensive salt waste in W central India, and S Pakistan: consists of the Great Rann in the north and the Little Rann in the southeast; seasonal alternation between marsh and desert; some saltworks. In 1968 an international tribunal awarded about 10 per cent of the border area to Pakistan. Area: 23 000 sq km (9000 sq miles)
- ratushinskaya — Irina (ɪˈriːnə). born 1954, Russian poet and writer: imprisoned (1983–86) in a Soviet labour camp on charges of subversion. Her publications include Poems (1984), Grey is the Colour of Hope (1988), and The Odessans (1992)
- return thanks — (of Christians) to say grace before a meal
- round kumquat — an evergreen, citrus shrub or small tree, Fortunella japonica, of Japan, having blunt, broad leaves and globe-shaped, edible fruit.
- run on a bank — A run on a bank is a situation in which borrowers are worried that the bank will fail and they all try to withdraw money at the same time.
- running track — a piece of ground, usually oval-shaped, that is used for races involving athletes
- san luis peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,014 feet (4271 meters).
- sea buckthorn — a thorny Eurasian shrub, Hippophaë rhamnoides, growing on sea coasts and having silvery leaves and orange fruits: family Elaeagnaceae
- shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
- shulhan arukh — an authoritative code of Jewish law and custom compiled by the Talmudic scholar Joseph Caro (1488–1575), the original edition published in Vienna in 1565 emphasizing the practices of Sephardic Jews.
- skunk cabbage — a low, fetid, broad-leaved North American plant, Symplocarpus foetidus, of the arum family, having a brownish-purple and green mottled spathe surrounding a stout spadix, growing in moist ground.
- soupfin shark — a requiem shark, Galeorhinus zyopterus, inhabiting the Pacific Ocean, valued for its fins, which are used by the Chinese in the preparation of a soup, and for its liver, which is rich in vitamin A.
- south dakotan — a state in the N central United States: a part of the Midwest. 77,047 sq. mi. (199,550 sq. km). Capital: Pierre. Abbreviation: SD (for use with zip code), S. Dak.
- sparking plug — spark plug (def 1).
- speaking tube — a tube for conveying the voice over a somewhat limited distance, as from one part of a building or ship to another.
- squeaky clean — If you say that someone is squeaky clean, you mean that they live a very moral life and have never done anything wrong.
- squeaky-clean — scrupulously clean.
- steamer trunk — a rectangular traveling trunk low enough to slide under a bunk on a ship.
- strange quark — a quark having electric charge −1/3 times the elementary charge and strangeness −1; it is more massive than the up and down quarks.
- sunken garden — a formal garden set below the main level of the ground surrounding it.
- sunlight peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,059 feet (4285 meters).
- swashbuckling — characteristic of or behaving in the manner of a swashbuckler.
- tanjungkarang — a city in Indonesia, in S Sumatra on the Sunda Strait; merged with Telukbetung to form the city of Bandar Lampung
- thousand oaks — a town in S California.
- to run a risk — If you run the risk of doing or experiencing something undesirable, you do something knowing that the undesirable thing might happen as a result.
- troublemaking — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
- tseng kuo-fan — 1811–72, Chinese general and statesman.
- undated stock — stock that has no definitive repayment commitment
- under-packing — the act or work of a person or thing that packs.
- unimak island — an island in SW Alaska, in the E part of the Aleutian Islands: largest and easternmost of the Aleutian Islands. About 70 miles (110 km) long and 20 miles (32 km) wide.
- unscholarlike — not befitting a scholar; ungentlemanly
- unworkability — the quality or state of being unworkable
- unworkmanlike — not appropriate to or befitting a good workman
- winnepesaukee — Lake, a lake in central New Hampshire: summer resort. 25 miles (40 km) long.
- winnipesaukee — Lake, a lake in central New Hampshire: summer resort. 25 miles (40 km) long.
- with any luck — You can add with luck or with any luck to a statement to indicate that you hope that a particular thing will happen.
- yang shangkun — 1907–98, Chinese Communist leader: president 1988–99.
- yekaterinburg — Ekaterinburg.
- you know what — a thing or person that the speaker cannot or does not want to specify
- yuan shih-kai — 1859–1916, president of China 1912–16.
- zhao kuangyin — Chao K'uang-yin.