11-letter words containing k, n, u
- outdrinking — Present participle of outdrink.
- outer banks — chain of long, narrow, sandy islands, along the coast of N.C.
- outflanking — Present participle of outflank.
- outspokenly — In an outspoken manner.
- 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.
- park avenue — a wide street in New York City traditionally associated with luxurious residential and professional buildings, fashionable living, and high society.
- peking duck — a Chinese dish consisting of roast duck with a crispy skin; the meat is served with strips of vegetables, steamed pancakes, and hoisin sauce
- phitsanulok — a city in central Thailand.
- poke around — to prod or push, especially with something narrow or pointed, as a finger, elbow, stick, etc.: to poke someone in the ribs.
- poke fun at — to prod or push, especially with something narrow or pointed, as a finger, elbow, stick, etc.: to poke someone in the ribs.
- puckishness — the state of being puckish
- pumpkinhead — a slow or dim-witted person; dunce.
- pumpkinseed — the seed of the pumpkin.
- puncak jaya — a mountain in Irian Jaya, Indonesia, on W New Guinea: highest island point in the world. 16,503 feet (5030 meters).
- punch-drunk — (especially of a boxer) having cerebral concussion caused by repeated blows to the head and consequently exhibiting unsteadiness of gait, hand tremors, slow muscular movement, hesitant speech, and dulled mentality.
- 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.
- punk rocker — a type of rock-'n'-roll, reaching its peak in the late 1970s and characterized by loud, insistent music and abusive or violent protest lyrics, and whose performers and followers are distinguished by extremes of dress and socially defiant behavior.
- putty knife — a tool for puttying, having a broad flexible blade.
- quaking bog — a bog formed of peat or woven rushes and shrubs that forms over water or soft mud and shakes when walked upon.
- quick money — money that you make easily or quickly
- rock gunnel — any small eellike blenny of the family Pholididae (Pholidae), especially Pholis gunnellus (rock gunnel) common in shallow waters of the North Atlantic.
- rocky mount — a city in NE North Carolina.
- 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.
- sand-struck — (of bricks) made with a mold lined with sand to permit freeing.
- sauk centre — a town in central Minnesota: model for town in Sinclair Lewis's novel Main Street.
- sicknursing — the nursing of the sick
- ski jumping — a competitive event, included in the Nordic combined, in which a skier jumps from a ski jump, often traveling 230 to 300 feet (70 to 90 meters) in the air, with scores being based on both the skier's form and the distance of the jump.
- ski touring — cross-country skiing.
- ski-jumping — the sport or activity of (skiers) jumping from a high ramp overhanging a slope
- skin colour — the colour of a person's skin, ie Black, White, etc
- skunk river — a river in central Iowa, flowing SE to the Mississippi River. 264 miles (425 km) long.
- skunk works — (usually lowercase). Also, skunk works, skunkworks [skuhngk-wurks] /ˈskʌŋkˌwɜrks/ (Show IPA). Slang. an often secret experimental laboratory or facility for producing innovative products, as in the computer or aerospace field.
- smoking gun — indisputable proof or evidence of a crime.
- 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.
- snuff stick — a twig, stick, or brush used to apply snuff on the teeth or gums.
- sound block — a small block of wood for rapping with a gavel.
- sound check — an on-the-spot rehearsal by a band before a gig to enable the sound engineer to set up the mixer
- sound truck — a truck carrying a loudspeaker from which speeches, music, etc., are broadcast, as for advertising, campaigning, or the like.
- sound-alike — a person or thing that resembles another in sound
- spondulicks — money; cash.
- square knot — a common knot in which the ends come out alongside of the standing parts.
- squeakingly — in a squeaking manner
- stickup man — a man who commits a stickup.
- 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).