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14-letter words containing k, u, s

  • quickie strike — a labor strike that has not been called or sanctioned by the officials of the union.
  • quicksilvering — the mercury on the back of a mirror
  • quicksilverish — resembling quicksilver
  • quiescent tank — a tank, usually for sewage sludge, in which the sludge is allowed to remain for a time so that sedimentation can occur
  • rathke's pouch — an invagination of stomodeal ectoderm developing into the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland.
  • recklinghausen — a city in NW Rhine-Westphalia, in Germany.
  • rough as sacks — uncouth
  • russet burbank — a brown-skinned, oblong potato having a mealy flesh with high starch content.
  • ryukyu islands — a chain of 55 islands in the W Pacific, extending almost 650 km (400 miles) from S Japan to N Taiwan: an ancient kingdom, under Chinese rule from the late 14th century, invaded by Japan in the early 17th century, under full Japanese sovereignty from 1879 to 1945, and US control from 1945 to 1972; now part of Japan again. They are subject to frequent typhoons. Chief town: Naha (on Okinawa). Pop: 1 318 220 (2000). Area: 2196 sq km (849 sq miles)
  • sakha republic — an administrative division in E Russia, in NE Siberia on the Arctic Ocean: the coldest inhabited region of the world; it has rich mineral resources. Capital: Yakutsk. Pop: 948 100 (2002). Area: 3 103 200 sq km (1 197 760 sq miles)
  • saratoga trunk — a type of large traveling trunk used mainly by women during the 19th century.
  • schumann-heink — Ernestine, 1861–1936, U.S. contralto, born in Bohemia.
  • security check — the process of checking that a person is not armed, or carrying something dangerous
  • serum sickness — a generalized allergic reaction to a foreign serum or drug, characterized by fever, skin rash, enlarged lymph nodes, and painful joints.
  • siberian husky — one of a Siberian breed of medium-size dogs having a thick, soft coat, raised originally as sled dogs.
  • ski instructor — sb who teaches skiing
  • skilled labour — labour or work that demands skill and which you usually have to be trained for, or the workers that provide this labour
  • skull practice — a meeting for the purpose of discussion, exchange of ideas, solving problems, etc.
  • smokeless fuel — fuel which burns without producing smoke
  • smoker's cough — a chronic cough caused by smoking.
  • sock suspender — garter (def 1).
  • sounding-block — a small block of wood for rapping with a gavel.
  • spark spectrum — a spectrum formed from the light produced by an electric spark, characteristic of the gas or vapor through which the spark passes.
  • speckled trout — brook trout (def 1).
  • square bracket — bracket (def 3).
  • squeak through — to succeed, get through, survive, etc. by a narrow margin or with difficulty
  • st. louis park — a city in E Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
  • stadium jacket — an insulated, parkalike jacket that reaches to the mid thigh or the knees and often has a drawstring around the bottom edge, worn outdoors in cold weather.
  • stock solution — a concentrated chemical solution, diluted before using.
  • stock turnover — the rate at which stock is sold and replenished
  • stony tunguska — one of three rivers in Russia, in central Siberia, that is a tributary of the Yenisei and is 1550 km (960 miles) long
  • straddle truck — a self-propelled vehicle, having a chassis far above the ground, for carrying loads of lumber or the like beneath the chassis and between the wheels.
  • streuselkuchen — coffeecake topped with streusel.
  • strike through — cross out
  • struck measure — a measure, especially of grain, level with the top of a receptacle.
  • sucking diesel — doing very well; successful
  • suicide attack — a terrorist attack which someone undertakes knowing that he or she will die in the attack
  • summer kitchen — an extra kitchen, usually detached from a house, for use in warm weather.
  • sunburst clock — a clock with the pattern or design of a sun
  • surface worker — a person who works on or near the ground surface
  • surfer's knobs — a tumorlike nodule below a surfer's knee or on the upper area of the foot, caused by pressure on the skin and tissue exerted by the surfboard.
  • surgeon's knot — a knot resembling a reef knot, used by surgeons for tying ligatures and the like.
  • surgical shock — a state of shock that can occur during or after surgery
  • take soundings — to try to find out people's opinions on a subject
  • talk about sth — You can say talk about before mentioning a particular expression or situation, when you mean that something is a very striking or clear example of that expression or situation.
  • test-tube skin — skin that has been grown in the laboratory from a patch of a person's skin, used for autografting, especially in the treatment of extensive burns.
  • the kama sutra — an ancient Hindu text on erotic pleasure and other topics
  • the silk route — an ancient trade route that linked Asia and the countries of the Mediterranean and was followed by Marco Polo when he travelled to Cathay
  • to make a fuss — If you make a fuss or kick up a fuss about something, you become angry or excited about it and complain.
  • treasury stock — outstanding shares of stock reacquired and held by the issuing corporation.
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