16-letter words containing k, n, u, s, e
- shakedown cruise — extortion, as by blackmail or threats of violence.
- speak in tongues — to engage in glossolalia
- speaking trumpet — a trumpet-shaped instrument used to carry the voice a great distance or held to the ear by a deaf person to aid his hearing
- stick in the mud — someone who avoids new activities, ideas, or attitudes; old fogy.
- stick-in-the-mud — someone who avoids new activities, ideas, or attitudes; old fogy.
- stocking stuffer — a small, usually inexpensive gift that is placed with others in a Christmas stocking.
- streaked gurnard — a type of fish, Chelidonichthys lastoviza or Trigloporus lastoviza
- substantive rank — a permanent rank in the armed services obtained by length of service, selection, etc
- take one's lumps — a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape: a lump of coal.
- thumbnail sketch — small preliminary drawing
- turkish crescent — crescent (def 6).
- unpublished work — a literary work that has not been reproduced for sale or publicly distributed.
- unskilled worker — a worker who does not have any special skill or training
- up to one's neck — If you say that someone is in some sort of trouble or criminal activity up to their neck, you mean that they are deeply involved in it.
- upside-down cake — a cake that is baked on a layer of fruit, then turned before serving so that the fruit is on top.
- user-defined key — a key on the keyboard of a computer that can be used to carry out any of a limited number of predefined actions as selected by the user
- wild honeysuckle — pinxter flower.
- windsor, duke of — (since 1917) a member of the present British royal family. Compare Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (def 1).