9-letter words containing k, u, n
- stenokous — able to live or survive only within a limited range of environments
- stink bug — any of numerous broad, flat bugs of the family Pentatomidae, that emit a disagreeable odor.
- stink out — to emit a strong offensive smell.
- suka wena — an expression of dismissal or rejection; go away
- sulkiness — marked by or given to sulking; sullen.
- sun block — 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.
- sun-baked — Sun-baked land or earth has been made hard and dry by the sun shining on it.
- sungkiang — Older Spelling. Songjiang.
- sunk cost — A sunk cost is an expense that you have already paid for or committed to and which you cannot change.
- sunseeker — a person who travels to a warm and sunny climate, especially during cold months.
- sunstroke — a sudden and sometimes fatal affection due to exposure to the sun's rays or to excessive heat, marked by prostration with or without fever, convulsion, and coma.
- sunstruck — affected with sunstroke.
- superbank — a bank that owns other banks; an overarching banking organization
- taikonaut — an astronaut from the People's Republic of China
- tank suit — a simple one-piece bathing suit for women, having a scoop neck and shoulder straps and usually no lining or inner construction; maillot.
- tendulkar — Sachin (ˈsæʃɪn) (Ramesh). born 1973, Indian cricketer: he played in 200 test matches (1989–2013) and was the first batsman to score 15,000 runs in tests (2011) and first to score 100 international centuries (2012)
- thank you — expressing one's gratitude or thanks: a thank-you note.
- thank-you — expressing one's gratitude or thanks: a thank-you note.
- the yukon — a territory of NW Canada, on the Beaufort Sea, between the Northwest Territories and Alaska: arctic and mountainous, reaching 5959 m (19 550 ft) at Mount Logan, Canada's highest peak; mineral resources. Capital: Whitehorse. Pop: 33 897 (2011). Area: 536 327 sq km (207 076 sq miles)
- think out — to have a conscious mind, to some extent of reasoning, remembering experiences, making rational decisions, etc.
- truckline — a transportation line utilizing trucks.
- trunkfish — any plectognath fish of the family Ostraciontidae, of warm seas, having a boxlike body encased in bony, polygonal plates.
- trunkless — the main stem of a tree, as distinct from the branches and roots.
- trunkwork — a clandestine action, esp by means of a trunk
- tuck into — to put into a small, close, or concealing place: Tuck the money into your wallet.
- turducken — a deboned turkey that is stuffed with a deboned duck that is stuffed with a deboned chicken.
- turkestan — a vast region in W and central Asia, E of the Caspian Sea: includes territory in the S central part of Xinjiang province in China (Eastern Turkestan or Chinese Turkestan) a strip of N Afghanistan, and the area (Russian Turkestan) comprising the republics of Kazakhstan, Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan), Tadzhikistan (Tajikistan), Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
- turkistan — a vast region in W and central Asia, E of the Caspian Sea: includes territory in the S central part of Xinjiang province in China (Eastern Turkestan or Chinese Turkestan) a strip of N Afghanistan, and the area (Russian Turkestan) comprising the republics of Kazakhstan, Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan), Tadzhikistan (Tajikistan), Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
- turn back — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- twink out — to delete (written text) with white correction fluid
- ukrainian — of or relating to Ukraine, its people, or their language.
- ulyanovsk — a city in the W Russian Federation, on the Volga River: birthplace of Lenin.
- unbeknown — unknown; unperceived; without one's knowledge (usually followed by to).
- unbespeak — to annul or cancel a request
- unbespoke — not prearranged
- unblocked — to obstruct (someone or something) by placing obstacles in the way (sometimes followed by up): to block one's exit; to block up a passage.
- unbookish — not studious or bookish
- unbricked — a block of clay hardened by drying in the sun or burning in a kiln, and used for building, paving, etc.: traditionally, in the U.S., a rectangle 2.25 × 3.75 × 8 inches (5.7 × 9.5 × 20.3 cm), red, brown, or yellow in color.
- unchecked — having a pattern of squares; checkered (def 3): a checked shirt.
- uncracked — broken: a container full of cracked ice.
- underbake — to bake insufficiently
- undercook — to cook for less than the recommended time
- underdeck — the lower deck of a vessel
- underkeep — to suppress
- underkill — insufficient capacity to defeat or destroy an enemy, especially using nuclear force.
- underking — a ruler subordinate to a king
- undertake — to take upon oneself, as a task, performance, etc.; attempt: She undertook the job of answering all the mail.
- undertook — simple past tense of undertake.
- underwork — to do less work on than is necessary or required: to underwork an idea.
- unfranked — (of a letter, mail, etc) not franked