15-letter words containing k, r, u
- crispus attucks — Crispus [kris-puh s] /ˈkrɪs pəs/ (Show IPA), 1723?–70, American patriot, probably a fugitive slave, killed in the Boston Massacre.
- crude tank yard — A crude tank yard is a place where tanks of crude oil are stored.
- crystal pick-up — a record-player pick-up in which the current is generated by the deformation of a piezoelectric crystal caused by the movements of the stylus
- culture-shocked — a state of bewilderment and distress experienced by an individual who is suddenly exposed to a new, strange, or foreign social and cultural environment.
- currency market — a market in which banks and traders purchase and sell foreign currencies
- dark-eyed junco — a common North American junco, Junco hyemalis, having a pink bill, gray and brown body plumage, white belly and outer tail feathers, and differing from other species of junco in having a dark brown rather than yellow iris.
- debenture stock — stock that pays a fixed rate of interest at fixed intervals
- discount broker — an agent who discounts commercial paper.
- discount market — a trading market in which notes, bills, and other negotiable instruments are discounted.
- draft-mule work — drudgery
- drinking trough — a narrow open container in which water for animals is put
- drug trafficker — someone that trades in illegal drugs
- drunken driving — the crime of driving while classified as under the influence of alcohol because the quantity of alcohol in your blood exceeds legally permitted levels
- durchkomponiert — having a different tune for each section rather than having repeated melodies
- eureka stockade — a violent incident in Ballarat, Australia, in 1854 between gold miners and the military, as a result of which the miners won their democratic rights in the state parliament
- false buckthorn — a spiny shrub or small tree, Bumelia lanuginosa, of the sapodilla family, native to the southern U.S., having gummy, milky sap and white, bell-shaped flowers and yielding a hard, light-brown wood.
- fischer-dieskau — Dietrich [dee-trik;; German dee-trikh] /ˈdi trɪk;; German ˈdi trɪx/ (Show IPA), 1925–2012, German baritone.
- fork-lift truck — Also called forklift truck, fork truck. a small vehicle with two power-operated prongs at the front that can be slid under heavy loads and then raised for moving and stacking materials in warehouses, shipping depots, etc.
- franklin square — a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- franklin's gull — a black-headed North American gull, Larus pipixcan, feeding chiefly on insects.
- freak of nature — a person or animal that is born or grows with abnormal physical features.
- full-cream milk — whole unskimmed milk
- gaudier-brzeska — Henri (ɑ̃ri), original name Henri Gaudier. 1891–1915, French vorticist sculptor
- gesamtkunstwerk — total art work; an artistic creation, as the music dramas of Richard Wagner, that synthesizes the elements of music, drama, spectacle, dance, etc.
- ground-breaking — the act or ceremony of breaking ground for a new construction project.
- groundbreakings — Plural form of groundbreaking.
- groutlock brick — a brick chamfered on its inner angles to allow space for vertical and horizontal reinforcing rods sealed in grout.
- hard-luck story — a story of misfortune designed to elicit sympathy
- harlequin snake — the E American coral snake (Micrurus fulvius)
- humpback bridge — arched bridge
- huntington park — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- hydraulic brake — a brake operated by fluid pressures in cylinders and connecting tubular lines.
- industrial park — an industrial complex, typically in a suburban or rural area and set in parklike surroundings with such facilities as parking lots, restaurants, and recreation areas.
- junggrammatiker — a group of linguists of the late 19th century who held that phonetic laws are universally valid and allow of no exceptions; neo-grammarians.
- kaibab squirrel — a nearly extinct tree squirrel, Sciurus kaibabensis, found only in a small area north of the Grand Canyon.
- kalmyk republic — a constituent republic of S Russia, on the Caspian Sea: became subject to Russia in 1646. Capital: Elista. Pop: 292 400 (2002). Area: 76 100 sq km (29 382 sq miles)
- kamensk-uralski — a city in the W Russian Federation in Asia, near the Ural Mountains.
- keyboard plaque — (jargon) The disgusting buildup of dirt and crud found on computer keyboards. "Are there any other terminals I can use? This one has a bad case of keyboard plaque."
- keyhole surgery — operation done by laparoscopy
- kissing gourami — a whitish labyrinth fish, Helostoma temmincki, found in southeastern Asia, noted for the habit of pressing its fleshy, protrusible lips against those of another: often kept in aquariums.
- knebworth house — a Tudor mansion in Knebworth in Hertfordshire: home of Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton; decorated (1843) in the Gothic style
- knuckle-dusters — brass knuckles.
- kreutzer sonata — a sonata for violin and piano (1803, Op. 47) by Ludwig van Beethoven.
- lake-of-lucerne — a canton in central Switzerland. 576 sq. mi. (1490 sq. km).
- leakage current — A leakage current is an electric current in an unwanted conductive path under normal operating conditions.
- leakage-current — an act of leaking; leak.
- leukodystrophic — Of or pertaining to leukodystrophy.
- liquorice stick — a long, stick-shaped, liquorice-flavoured sweet, often dipped in sherbet, etc
- loudspeaker van — a motor vehicle carrying a public address system
- make the rounds — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.