11-letter words containing k, n, u, s, e
- pumpkinseed — the seed of the pumpkin.
- punji stake — a sharp bamboo stake concealed in high grass at an angle so as to gash the feet and legs of enemy soldiers and often coated with excrement so as to cause an infected wound.
- round steak — a steak cut from directly above the hind leg of beef.
- saarbrucken — a state in W Germany, in the Saar River valley. 991 sq. mi. (2569 sq. km). Capital: Saarbrücken.
- sauk centre — a town in central Minnesota: model for town in Sinclair Lewis's novel Main Street.
- skunk river — a river in central Iowa, flowing SE to the Mississippi River. 264 miles (425 km) long.
- snake juice — any strong alcoholic drink, esp when home-made
- sneak up on — If someone sneaks up on you, they try and approach you without being seen or heard, perhaps to surprise you or do you harm.
- sound check — an on-the-spot rehearsal by a band before a gig to enable the sound engineer to set up the mixer
- sound-alike — a person or thing that resembles another in sound
- square knot — a common knot in which the ends come out alongside of the standing parts.
- squeakingly — in a squeaking manner
- stockhausen — Karlheinz [kahrl-hahynts] /ˈkɑrlˌhaɪnts/ (Show IPA), 1928–2007, German composer.
- strike fund — an amount of money reserved by a union to make payments to striking works should a strike occur
- strikebound — closed by a strike: a strikebound factory.
- subnotebook — a laptop computer smaller and lighter than a notebook, typically weighing less than 5 pounds (2.3 kg).
- suckerpunch — to strike (someone) with an unexpected blow.
- sunday week — a week (counting backward or forward) from Sunday (or Monday, Tuesday, etc.)
- sunk relief — cavo-relievo.
- supertanker — a tanker with a deadweight capacity of over 75,000 tons.
- trunksleeve — a sleeve that is puffed in shape or contains a large amount of fabric
- turkey nest — a small earth dam adjacent to, and higher than, a larger earth dam, to feed water by gravity to a cattle trough, etc
- unbeknownst — unknown; unperceived; without one's knowledge (usually followed by to).
- unshakeable — person, faith: firm
- unshockable — not able to be shocked
- unspeakable — not speakable; that may not be spoken.
- unspeakably — not speakable; that may not be spoken.
- unsprinkled — not sprinkled, esp not baptized
- wakefulness — unable to sleep; not sleeping; indisposed to sleep: Excitement made the children wakeful.
- yevtushenko — Yevgeny Alexandrovich [yiv-gye-nyee uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /yɪvˈgyɛ nyi ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), born 1933, Russian poet.