12-letter words containing k, u, o
- smoky quartz — a smoky-yellow to dark brown or black variety of quartz, used as a gem.
- sneak out of — leave secretly
- soup kitchen — a place where food, usually soup, is served at little or no charge to the needy.
- south dakota — a state in the N central United States: a part of the Midwest. 77,047 sq. mi. (199,550 sq. km). Capital: Pierre. Abbreviation: SD (for use with zip code), S. Dak.
- south korean — a country in E Asia: formed 1948 after the division of the former country of Korea at 38° N. 36,600 sq. mi. (94,795 sq. km). Capital: Seoul. Compare Korea.
- south kvaløy — an island in the Arctic Ocean, off the N coast of Norway. Area: 735 sq km (284 sq miles)
- statute book — a book containing the laws enacted by the legislature of a state or nation.
- stick around — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
- stick it out — to carry on or endure something until it is ended
- stick up for — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
- stockpunisht — punished by being put in stocks
- stumpknocker — spotted sunfish.
- suck up (to) — to flatter or fawn (on) ingratiatingly
- sukarnoputri — Megawati (ˈmɛɡəˌwɒtɪ). born 1947, Indonesian politician; president of Indonesia (2001–04): daughter of Achmed Sukarno
- summer stock — the production of plays, musical comedy, etc., during the summer, especially in a suburban or resort area, often by a repertory company.
- superkingdom — in some systems of biological classification, either of the two major subdivisions, prokaryote or eukaryote, into which all living organisms can be placed
- take counsel — receive advice
- talk through — guide through: a procedure, etc.
- tanjungpriok — a port in Indonesia, on the NW coast of Java adjoining the capital, Jakarta: a major shipping and distributing centre for the whole archipelago
- technojunkie — a person addicted to or obsessed by new technology
- to pull rank — If you say that someone in authority pulls rank, you mean that they unfairly force other people to do what they want because of their higher rank or position.
- touch-tackle — touch football.
- tough cookie — If you say that someone is a tough cookie, you mean that they have a strong and determined character.
- troublemaker — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
- truck jobber — a jobber or wholesaler who makes calls carrying goods on a truck, thereby being able to take and deliver orders on the same call.
- trunk piston — a piston with a long skirt to take the side thrust, as in an automobile engine.
- tuckered out — exhausted
- turkey brown — an angler's name for a species of mayfly, Paraleptophlebia submarginata
- turkey shoot — a marksmanship contest, usually at a festive gathering, in which rifles are fired at moving targets, originally live turkeys.
- turkey-shoot — a marksmanship contest, usually at a festive gathering, in which rifles are fired at moving targets, originally live turkeys.
- turkoman rug — any of a number of handwoven rugs produced by the Turkomans and characterized by coarse warp and filling yarn, a short, even pile made with the Sehna knot, and a variety of geometric, marine, and serpentine designs.
- tussock moth — any of several moths of the family Lymantriidae, the larvae of which have characteristic tufts of hair on the body and feed on the leaves of various deciduous trees.
- underkingdom — the domain of an underking
- understocked — to provide an insufficient quantity, as of merchandise, supplies, or livestock.
- unlikelihood — the state of being unlikely; improbability.
- unlooked-for — not expected, anticipated, or foreseen: They were confronted with an unlooked-for situation.
- unprovokedly — in an unprovoked manner
- unreckonable — to count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount.
- unsailorlike — not befitting a sailor
- unstockinged — not wearing or covered by stockings
- waking hours — Your waking hours are the times when you are awake rather than asleep.
- walk through — an act or instance of walking or going on foot.
- walk-through — Theater, Television. a rehearsal in which physical action is combined with reading the lines of a play. a perfunctory performance of a script.
- walker hound — an American foxhound having a black, tan, and white, or, sometimes, a tan and white coat.
- walking tour — a tour on which you walk rather than using transport
- walkthroughs — Plural form of walkthrough.
- west suffolk — a former administrative division of Suffolk, in E England.
- whiskey sour — a cocktail made with whiskey, lemon juice, and sugar.
- wonderstruck — (of a person) experiencing a sudden feeling of awed delight or wonder.
- woodruff key — a key having the form of a nearly semicircular disk fitting into a recess in a shaft.