11-letter words containing k, n, u, c
- duck typing — (programming) A term coined by Dave Thomas for a kind of dynamic typing typical of some programming languages, such as Smalltalk, Ruby or Visual FoxPro, where a variable's run-time value determines the operations that can be performed on it. The term comes from the "duck test": if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it must be a duck. Duck typing considers the methods to which a value responds and the attributes it posesses rather than its relationship to a type hierarchy. This encourages greater polymorphism because types are enforced as late as possible.
- dundee cake — a fairly rich fruit cake decorated with almonds
- fuck around — to have sexual intercourse with.
- funfkirchen — German name of Pécs.
- funnel cake — a crisp, deep-fried cake, made by pouring batter through a funnel into fat or oil, usually in a spiral shape, and dusted with powdered sugar.
- furnacelike — Resembling or characteristic of a furnace.
- glucokinase — an enzyme, found in all living systems, that serves to catalyze the phosphorylation of gluconic acid.
- golden buck — a dish consisting of Welsh rabbit topped with a poached egg.
- hack around — to cut, notch, slice, chop, or sever (something) with or as with heavy, irregular blows (often followed by up or down): to hack meat; to hack down trees.
- hacking run — (jargon) (Analogy with "bombing run" or "speed run") A hack session extended long outside normal working times, especially one longer than 12 hours. May cause you to "change phase the hard way".
- honeysucker — a bird that feeds on the nectar of flowers.
- honeysuckle — any upright or climbing shrub of the genus Diervilla, especially D. lonicera, cultivated for its fragrant white, yellow, or red tubular flowers.
- huckstering — Present participle of huckster.
- humperdinck — Engelbert [eng-uh l-bert;; English eng-guh l-burt] /ˈɛŋ əlˌbɛrt;; English ˈɛŋ gəlˌbɜrt/ (Show IPA), 1854–1921, German composer.
- hunchbacked — humpbacked.
- isokeraunic — isoceraunic.
- jack around — to spend time in useless activity
- jackpudding — An amusing person who acts foolishly in order to entertain people.
- jungle cock — the male of the jungle fowl.
- k'ung ch'iu — (K'ung Ch'iu) 551? b.c.–478? b.c, Chinese philosopher and teacher.
- kanchipuram — a city in SE India, in Tamil Nadu: a sacred Hindu town known as "the Benares of the South"; textile industries. Pop: 152 984 (2001)
- kennel club — an association of dog breeders, usually concerned only with certain breeds of dogs.
- keratoconus — a degenerative condition characterized by conical protrusion of the cornea and irregular astigmatism.
- kernicterus — (medicine) Damage to the brain centres of infants caused by increased levels of unconjugated-indirect bilirubin which is free (not bound to albumin).
- kick around — to strike with the foot or feet: to kick the ball; to kick someone in the shins.
- knackwursts — Plural form of knackwurst.
- knock about — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- knock rummy — a variety of rummy for two to six players, in which a player can end a game by laying down a hand with any number of points in cards not included in sets.
- knockabouts — Plural form of knockabout.
- knocked out — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- knockwursts — Plural form of knockwurst.
- knuckleball — a slow pitch that moves erratically toward home plate, usually delivered by holding the ball between the thumb and the knuckles of the first joints of the first two or three fingers.
- knucklebone — (in humans) any of the bones forming a knuckle of a finger.
- knucklehead — a stupid, bumbling, inept person.
- krasny luch — a city in SE Ukraine, E of Donetsk.
- leukonychia — Alt form leuconychia.
- luckenbooth — a booth or shop capable of being locked up
- luckengowan — a daisy or other flower having petals drawn together similar to a bud
- lunch break — pause for midday meal
- lunch-hooks — Usually, lunchhooks. hands.
- mecklenburg — a former state in NE Germany, formed in 1934 from two states (Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz)
- muck around — moist farmyard dung, decaying vegetable matter, etc.; manure.
- muck-raking — If you accuse someone of muck-raking, you are criticizing them for finding and spreading unpleasant or embarrassing information about someone, especially a public figure.
- naked lunch — a novel (1959–66) by William S. Burroughs.
- necker cube — a line drawing showing the 12 edges of a transparent cube, so that it can be seen alternately facing in two different directions: an example of an ambiguous figure
- nut-cracker — an instrument or device for cracking the shells of nuts.
- nutcrackers — Plural form of nutcracker.
- nutty slack — coal
- packing nut — a nut that serves to condense packing and so to tighten its seal.
- panel truck — a small truck having a fully enclosed body, used mainly to deliver light or small objects.