9-letter words containing k, u, o
- kurrajong — an Australian bottle tree, Brachychiton populneus, having showy yellowish-white, bell-shaped flowers, grown as an ornamental.
- kuskokwim — a river in SW Alaska, flowing SW to the Bering Sea. About 724 miles (1170 km) long.
- leukemoid — resembling leukaemia
- leukocyte — white blood cell.
- leukothea — a sea goddess, the deified Ino, who gave Odysseus a veil as a float after a storm had destroyed his raft.
- leukotomy — prefrontal lobotomy.
- locked up — Synonym for hung, wedged.
- lockhouse — the house of a lock-keeper
- look upon — regard, consider: as
- lord muck — an ordinary man behaving or being treated as if he were aristocratic
- luck into — the force that seems to operate for good or ill in a person's life, as in shaping circumstances, events, or opportunities: With my luck I'll probably get pneumonia.
- lunchhook — Usually, lunchhooks. hands.
- lung book — book lung.
- manchukuo — a former country (1932–45) in E Asia, under Japanese control: included Manchuria and parts of Inner Mongolia; now a part of China.
- mockernut — a North American hickory, Carya tomentosa, bearing a sweet, edible nut.
- molluskan — (rare) alternative spelling of molluscan.
- monkey up — To hack together hardware for a particular task, especially a one-shot job. Connotes an extremely crufty and consciously temporary solution. Compare hack up, kluge up.
- moonquake — a seismic vibration of the moon's surface.
- mouselike — any of numerous small Old World rodents of the family Muridae, especially of the genus Mus, introduced widely in other parts of the world.
- moussakas — Plural form of moussaka.
- mouthlike — Resembling a mouth or some aspect of one.
- muckworms — Plural form of muckworm.
- musk rose — a rose, Rosa moschata, of the Mediterranean region, having white, musk-scented flowers.
- musketoon — (now historical) A firearm, similar to a musket but with a shorter barrel and a large bore. (from 17th c.).
- muskmelon — a round or oblong melon, occurring in many varieties, having a juicy, often aromatic, sweet, yellow, white, or green, edible flesh.
- muskogean — a family of American Indian languages of the southeastern U.S., including Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and several less well-known languages.
- neckmould — (architecture) A small convex moulding surrounding a column at the junction of the shaft and capital.
- nickelous — containing bivalent nickel.
- no wukkas — an expression used to express agreement or to convey that something is proceeding or has proceeded satisfactorily; no problem
- nukualofa — a Polynesian kingdom consisting of three groups of islands in the S Pacific, NE of New Zealand: a former British protectorate. About 270 sq. mi. (700 sq. km). Capital: Nukualofa.
- osnabruck — a city in Lower Saxony, in NW Germany.
- ouspensky — Peter Demianovich [pee-ter di-myah-nuh-vich;; Russian pyawtr dyi-myah-nuh-vyich] /ˈpi tər dɪˈmyɑ nə vɪtʃ;; Russian ˈpyɔtr dyɪˈmyɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1878–1947, Russian philosopher and author.
- outbacker — a person who lives in the Australian outback
- outbreaks — Plural form of outbreak.
- outdrinks — Plural form of outdrink.
- outflanks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outflank.
- outjockey — to outmaneuver: We outjockeyed the competition and got our bid in first.
- outlooked — Simple past tense and past participle of outlook.
- outranked — Simple past tense and past participle of outrank.
- outreckon — to surpass in reckoning
- outskates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outskate.
- outskirts — Often, outskirts. the outlying district or region, as of a city, metropolitan area, or the like: to live on the outskirts of town; a sparsely populated outskirt.
- outspeaks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outspeak.
- outspoken — uttered or expressed with frankness or without reserve: outspoken criticism.
- outstrike — (transitive) To strike faster than.
- outstroke — a stroke in an outward direction.
- outstruck — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
- outworked — Simple past tense and past participle of outwork.
- overquick — too quick: Let's not be overquick to criticize.
- peak-hour — during the busiest hours; used esp of traffic and demand for gas, electricity etc