8-letter words containing k, u, n, s
- shuriken — a martial-arts weapon usually in the shape of a star or cross with sharp protruding edges, thrown with a spin towards the target
- sihanouk — Prince Norodom [nawr-uh-dom,, -duh m] /ˈnɔr əˌdɒm,, -dəm/ (Show IPA), 1922–2004, Cambodian statesman: premier 1952–60; chief of state 1960–70 and 1975–76.
- skinsuit — a skintight one-piece garment worn by cyclists and athletes to reduce friction
- skulking — to lie or keep in hiding, as for some evil reason: The thief skulked in the shadows.
- skurfing — skateboarding.
- sneakeup — a cowardly, underhanded, or sneaky person
- sputniks — (sometimes initial capital letter) any of a series of Soviet earth-orbiting satellites: Sputnik I was the world's first space satellite.
- stink up — to cause to stink
- stuck on — simple past tense and past participle of stick2 .
- stukkend — broken; wrecked
- stunkard — sulky
- suckener — a tenant of a sucken
- suckling — Sir John, 1609–42, English poet.
- sun deck — a raised, open area, as a roof, terrace, or ship's deck, that is exposed to the sun.
- sun disk — the disk of the sun.
- sun king — ("the Great"; "the Sun King") 1638–1715, king of France 1643–1715 (son of Louis XIII).
- sunbaked — baked by exposure to the sun, as bricks.
- sunblock — a substance that provides a high degree of protection against sunburn, often preventing most tanning as well as burning, as by obstructing the penetration of ultraviolet rays.
- sunbreak — a projection from the side of a building for intercepting part of the sunlight falling upon the adjacent surface.
- sunchoke — Jerusalem artichoke (def 2).
- tunguska — any of three tributaries of the Yenisei River in the central Russian Federation in Asia: the (Lower Tunguska) 2000 miles (3220 km) long; the (Upper Tunguska) or the lower course of the Angara, 1151 miles (1855 km) long; and the (Stony Tunguska) about 975 miles (1570 km) long.
- turnskin — (in folklore) a creature that can change its skin, esp a werewolf
- unalaska — an island off the coast of SW Alaska, one of the Aleutian Islands. About 75 miles (120 km) long.
- uncasked — removed from a cask; brought out of a cask
- undersky — lower sky
- unkissed — not kissed
- unkosher — Judaism. fit or allowed to be eaten or used, according to the dietary or ceremonial laws: kosher meat; kosher dishes; a kosher tallith. adhering to the laws governing such fitness: a kosher restaurant.
- unmasked — to strip a mask or disguise from.
- unshaken — to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
- unshrunk — not shrunk
- unsicker — unsafe; untrustworthy.
- unslaked — to allay (thirst, desire, wrath, etc.) by satisfying.
- unsmoked — (of meat, fish, etc) not hung over burning wood to preserve or flavour it
- unsoaked — not soaked
- unsocket — to remove from a socket
- unspoken — implied or understood without being spoken or uttered.
- unsticky — having the property of adhering, as glue; adhesive.
- unstruck — not struck
- unsucked — not sucked; not having been sucked
- younkers — Plural form of younker.