12-letter words containing k, u, r, n
- inquiry desk — a section of an office, business etc, which deals with inquiries nor requests for information
- junior clerk — a clerk of low rank
- junk jewelry — cheap costume jewelry.
- jury-packing — the practice of contriving that the majority of those chosen for a jury will be persons likely to have partialities affecting a particular case.
- k/t boundary — Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary: the time zone comprising the end of the Cretaceous and the beginning of the Tertiary periods
- kalmar sound — a strait between SE Sweden and Öland Island. 85 miles (137 km) long; 14 miles (23 km) wide.
- karnaugh map — A Karnaugh map is a pictorial method used to minimize Boolean expressions without having to use Boolean algebra theorems.
- keratogenous — producing horn or a horny substance.
- keraunograph — an instrument for recording thunderstorms by detecting the radio waves generated
- ketone group — the characteristic group occurring in ketones that consists of the carbonyl group attached to two alkyl groups.
- khachaturian — Aram Ilich [ar-uh m il-yich;; Russian uh-rahm ee-lyeech] /ˈær əm ˈɪl yɪtʃ;; Russian ʌˈrɑm iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), 1903–78, Armenian composer.
- kindred soul — like-minded person
- king vulture — a large, black-and-white vulture, Sarcorhamphus papa, of Central and South America, having colorful wattles and wartlike protuberances on its head and neck.
- kluge around — (jargon) To avoid a bug or difficult condition by inserting a kluge. Compare workaround.
- knock around — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- kupfernickel — (archaic) cupronickel.
- lake lucerne — a lake in central Switzerland: fed and drained chiefly by the River Reuss. Area: 115 sq km (44 sq miles)
- lake turkana — a long narrow lake in E Africa, in the Great Rift Valley. Area: 7104 sq km (2743 sq miles)
- lark bunting — a finch, Calamospiza melanocorys, of the western U.S., the male of which is black with a large, white patch on each wing.
- laundry mark — a symbol on a label on an article of clothing, bed-linen, etc, which specifies how the item should be washed and cared for, for example, at which temperature it should be washed at, whether it should be ironed, dry-cleaned, etc
- leukotrienes — Plural form of leukotriene.
- lukewarmness — The property of being lukewarm; ambivalence, weakness.
- meker burner — a gas burner similar to the Bunsen burner but producing a hotter flame by virtue of having at its mouth a metal screen to allow a more intimate mixture of air and gas.
- mockumentary — a movie or television show depicting fictional events but presented as a documentary.
- mule skinner — a muleteer.
- muleskinners — Plural form of muleskinner.
- new york cut — a porterhouse steak with the fillet removed.
- nomenklatura — a select list or class of people from which appointees for top-level government positions are drawn, especially from a Communist Party.
- on your bike — away you go
- on your mark — a command given to runners in a race to prepare themselves at the starting line
- plain turkey — a bustard
- pruning hook — an implement with a hooked blade, used for pruning vines, branches, etc.
- puck control — an offensive strategy to maintain control of the puck to prevent the other team from having scoring opportunities.
- pumpernickel — a coarse, dark, slightly sour bread made of unbolted rye.
- quick-drying — (of paint, concrete, glue, etc) that dries quickly
- rock bunting — a seed-eating songbird, Emberiza cia
- rockhounding — the activity of searching for and collecting rocks
- rockumentary — a documentary about rock music.
- rooter skunk — hog-nosed skunk (def 1).
- rough-spoken — coarse or vulgar in speech.
- rubbernecker — a person who rubbernecks
- running back — an offensive back, as a halfback or fullback, whose principal role is advancing the ball by running with it on plays from scrimmage.
- running joke — a joke or humorous allusion used recurrently in a play, film, television skit, etc., for a cumulative comic effect.
- running kick — a kick made (to something or somebody) after running a short distance
- running knot — a knot made around and so as to slide along a part of the same rope, thus forming a noose (running noose) that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- skating turn — a turn made by someone on roller or ice skates
- 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.
- splatterpunk — a form of fiction featuring extremely graphic violence.
- stick around — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
- stumpknocker — spotted sunfish.