12-letter words containing k, a, u, i
- lark bunting — a finch, Calamospiza melanocorys, of the western U.S., the male of which is black with a large, white patch on each wing.
- liliuokalani — Lydia Kamekeha [kah-me-ke-hah] /ˌkɑ mɛˈkɛ hɑ/ (Show IPA), 1838–1917, last queen of the Hawaiian Islands 1891–93.
- make-up girl — a woman or girl who applies cosmetics to a person, such as to a model or actor
- minute steak — a thin slice of beefsteak that is prepared by sautéeing quickly on each side.
- mount katmai — a volcano in SW Alaska, in the Aleutian Range: erupted in 1912 forming the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, a region with numerous fumaroles; established as Katmai National Monument, 10 917 sq km (4215 sq miles), in 1918. Height: 2100 m (7000 ft). Depth of crater: 1130 m (3700 ft). Width of crater: about 4 km (2.5 miles)
- mountainlike — Resembling a mountain or some aspect of one.
- multitaskers — Plural form of multitasker.
- multitasking — Computers. (of a single CPU) to execute two or more jobs concurrently.
- multitracked — (music) Recorded on multiple tracks.
- nip and tuck — to squeeze or compress tightly between two surfaces or points; pinch; bite.
- packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
- plain turkey — a bustard
- puck-carrier — the player who has the puck and moves it along.
- pumpkin head — a slow or dim-witted person; dunce.
- quackishness — The state or condition of being quackish.
- quacksalving — resembling or characteristic of a quacksalver
- quick assets — assets readily convertible into cash; liquid current assets
- quick-acting — (of a drug, chemical, etc) taking effect quickly
- quillai bark — soapbark (def 2).
- running back — an offensive back, as a halfback or fullback, whose principal role is advancing the ball by running with it on plays from scrimmage.
- sauk village — a town in NE Illinois.
- sitka spruce — a spruce, Picea sitchensis, of western North America, having long, silvery-white needles, grown as an ornamental.
- skating turn — a turn made by someone on roller or ice skates
- stick around — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
- strike fault — a fault that trends parallel to the strike of the strata that it offsets.
- sukarnoputri — Megawati (ˈmɛɡəˌwɒtɪ). born 1947, Indonesian politician; president of Indonesia (2001–04): daughter of Achmed Sukarno
- survival kit — Military. a package containing medical supplies, rations, and other vital equipment for use by a person forced to land in or parachute into the ocean, jungle, or other isolated or hostile territory.
- sutta pitaka — a collection of scriptures, originally recorded from oral traditions in the 1st century b.c., divided into one of three parts (Pitaka) sermons () the rules of the Buddhist order () and several treatises on philosophy and psychology ()
- take up with — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
- tanjungpriok — a port in Indonesia, on the NW coast of Java adjoining the capital, Jakarta: a major shipping and distributing centre for the whole archipelago
- truck racing — a motor sport in which powerful trucks, without their containers, are raced around a circuit
- truk islands — a group of islands in the W Pacific, in the E Caroline Islands: administratively part of the US Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands from 1947; became self-governing in 1979 as part of the Federated States of Micronesia; consists of 11 chief islands; a major Japanese naval base during World War II. Pop: 53 381 (2006). Area: 130 sq km (50 sq miles)
- turkish bath — a bath in which the bather, after copious perspiration in a steam room, showers and has a rubdown.
- turkmenistan — a republic in central in Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, Iran, and Afghanistan. 188,417 sq. mi. (488,000 sq. km). Capital: Ashkhabad.
- turn a trick — a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
- umnak island — a mountainous island in SW Alaska, in the Fox Islands of the E central Aleutian Islands.
- unartistlike — lacking artistic sensibilities and skills
- undertakings — the act of a person who undertakes any task or responsibility.
- unmistakable — not mistakable; clear; obvious.
- unmistakably — not mistakable; clear; obvious.
- unsailorlike — not befitting a sailor
- unshrinkable — not able to contract or become smaller in size
- waking hours — Your waking hours are the times when you are awake rather than asleep.
- walking tour — a tour on which you walk rather than using transport
- yuan shi kai — 1859–1916, Chinese general and statesman: first president (1912–16) of the Chinese republic