12-letter words containing k, u, r, n
- sucker punch — to strike (someone) with an unexpected blow.
- sucker-punch — to strike (someone) with an unexpected blow.
- sukarnoputri — Megawati (ˈmɛɡəˌwɒtɪ). born 1947, Indonesian politician; president of Indonesia (2001–04): daughter of Achmed Sukarno
- superkingdom — in some systems of biological classification, either of the two major subdivisions, prokaryote or eukaryote, into which all living organisms can be placed
- 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
- tenure-track — of or relating to a college- or university-teaching job that can lead to a tenured position.
- thunderstick — bull-roarer.
- 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.
- tracker fund — finance: type of savings account
- truck racing — a motor sport in which powerful trucks, without their containers, are raced around a circuit
- truk islands — a group of islands in the W Pacific, in the E Caroline Islands: administratively part of the US Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands from 1947; became self-governing in 1979 as part of the Federated States of Micronesia; consists of 11 chief islands; a major Japanese naval base during World War II. Pop: 53 381 (2006). Area: 130 sq km (50 sq miles)
- trunk engine — an engine having a trunk piston or pistons.
- trunk piston — a piston with a long skirt to take the side thrust, as in an automobile engine.
- turkey brown — an angler's name for a species of mayfly, Paraleptophlebia submarginata
- turkmenistan — a republic in central in Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, Iran, and Afghanistan. 188,417 sq. mi. (488,000 sq. km). Capital: Ashkhabad.
- 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.
- turn a trick — a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
- turtlenecked — having a turtleneck
- un-earmarked — any identifying or distinguishing mark or characteristic: The mayor's statement had all the earmarks of dirty politics.
- unartistlike — lacking artistic sensibilities and skills
- under-keeper — a person who guards or watches, as at a prison or gate.
- underblanket — a blanket placed under a bottom sheet
- underkingdom — the domain of an underking
- underskilled — having skill; trained or experienced in work that requires skill.
- underskinker — a subordinate bartender
- understocked — to provide an insufficient quantity, as of merchandise, supplies, or livestock.
- undertakable — able to be undertaken
- undertakings — the act of a person who undertakes any task or responsibility.
- unlooked-for — not expected, anticipated, or foreseen: They were confronted with an unlooked-for situation.
- unmarketable — readily salable.
- unprovokedly — in an unprovoked manner
- unreckonable — to count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount.
- unremarkable — notably or conspicuously unusual; extraordinary: a remarkable change.
- unremarkably — notably or conspicuously unusual; extraordinary: a remarkable change.
- unsailorlike — not befitting a sailor
- unshrinkable — not able to contract or become smaller in size
- waking hours — Your waking hours are the times when you are awake rather than asleep.
- 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
- walnut creek — a town in W California.
- wonderstruck — (of a person) experiencing a sudden feeling of awed delight or wonder.
- wunderkinder — Plural form of wunderkind.
- zuse, konrad — Konrad Zuse