17-letter words containing k, u, a, l
- squaw huckleberry — deerberry.
- strike-slip fault — a geological fault on which the movement is along the strike of the fault
- take upon oneself — to take the responsibility for; accept as a charge
- the black country — the formerly heavily industrialized region of central England, northwest of Birmingham
- trouble came back — (jargon) (TCB) An IBM term for an intermittent or difficult-to-reproduce problem that has failed to respond to neglect or shotgun debugging. Compare heisenbug.
- trucial sheikdoms — an independent federation in E Arabia, formed in 1971, now comprising seven emirates on the S coast (formerly, Pirate Coast or Trucial Coast) of the Persian Gulf, formerly under British protection: Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al-Qaiwain, Ras al-Khaimah (joined 1972), and Fujairah. About 32,300 sq. mi. (83,657 sq. km). Capital: Abu Dhabi. Abbreviation: U.A.E.
- unofficial strike — a strike that is not approved by the strikers' trade union
- yuzhno-sakhalinsk — a city in the SE Russian Federation in Asia, on S Sakhalin Island.