8-letter words containing k, a, s, u
- quackish — a fraudulent or ignorant pretender to medical skill.
- rucksack — a type of knapsack carried by hikers, bicyclists, etc.
- ruckseat — a seat fixed to or forming part of a rucksack
- sack out — a large bag of strong, coarsely woven material, as for grain, potatoes, or coal.
- sandusky — a port in N Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- sea duck — any of various diving ducks, as the scaups, goldeneyes, scoters, and eiders, found principally on seas.
- seaquake — an agitation of the sea caused by a submarine eruption or earthquake.
- shack up — a rough cabin; shanty.
- shake up — an act or instance of shaking, rocking, swaying, etc.
- shake-up — a thorough change in a business, department, or the like, as by dismissals, demotions, etc.
- shakeout — an elimination or winnowing out of some competing businesses, products, etc., as a result of intense competition in a market of declining sales or rising standards of quality.
- shizuoka — a city on S Honshu, in central Japan, on Suruga Bay.
- sihanouk — Prince Norodom [nawr-uh-dom,, -duh m] /ˈnɔr əˌdɒm,, -dəm/ (Show IPA), 1922–2004, Cambodian statesman: premier 1952–60; chief of state 1960–70 and 1975–76.
- skullcap — a small, brimless close-fitting cap, often made of silk or velvet, worn on the crown of the head, as for religious functions.
- slack up — to go more slowly
- sneakeup — a cowardly, underhanded, or sneaky person
- soak out — to draw out (dirt, etc.) by or as by soaking
- souvlaki — a dish similar to shish kebab made with lamb.
- speak up — talk more loudly
- speakout — a firm or brave statement of one's beliefs
- squawked — to utter a loud, harsh cry, as a duck or other fowl when frightened.
- squawker — to utter a loud, harsh cry, as a duck or other fowl when frightened.
- squeaker — a person or thing that squeaks.
- stack up — a more or less orderly pile or heap: a precariously balanced stack of books; a neat stack of papers.
- stake up — to close up (or in) with a fence of stakes
- stakeout — the surveillance of a location by the police, as in anticipation of a crime or the arrival of a wanted person.
- stunkard — sulky
- sukiyaki — a Japanese dish made with beef, chicken, or pork and usually containing soy sauce, bean curd, and greens, often cooked over direct heat at the table.
- sunbaked — baked by exposure to the sun, as bricks.
- sunbreak — a projection from the side of a building for intercepting part of the sunlight falling upon the adjacent surface.
- tunguska — any of three tributaries of the Yenisei River in the central Russian Federation in Asia: the (Lower Tunguska) 2000 miles (3220 km) long; the (Upper Tunguska) or the lower course of the Angara, 1151 miles (1855 km) long; and the (Stony Tunguska) about 975 miles (1570 km) long.
- unalaska — an island off the coast of SW Alaska, one of the Aleutian Islands. About 75 miles (120 km) long.
- uncasked — removed from a cask; brought out of a cask
- unmasked — to strip a mask or disguise from.
- unshaken — to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
- unslaked — to allay (thirst, desire, wrath, etc.) by satisfying.
- unsoaked — not soaked
- waesucks — alas
- walkouts — Plural form of walkout.
- waukesha — a city in SE Wisconsin, W of Milwaukee.
- yokosuka — a seaport on SE Honshu, in central Japan, on Tokyo Bay: naval base.