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13-letter words containing n, u, s, k

  • aum shinrikyo — a syncretistic Japanese cult combining elements of Buddhism, Hinduism, and Christianity, founded by Shoko Asahara in 1986; responsible for a number of murders and in particular a nerve-gas attack on the Tokyo underground in 1995
  • backgrounders — Plural form of backgrounder.
  • bank discount — interest on a loan deducted from the principal amount when the loan is made and based on the loan's face value
  • bank of issue — a bank, as a Federal Reserve Bank, empowered by a government to issue currency.
  • banking hours — the hours during which a bank is open for business
  • banking house — a more formal term for a bank
  • black russian — a drink made from one part coffee liqueur and two parts vodka, served over ice.
  • buck sergeant — a newly promoted sergeant
  • bulk settling — Bulk settling is a process in which two liquids, or a solid and a liquid, of different densities are allowed to separate by gravity.
  • bunker buster — a laser-guided bomb designed to penetrate deep underground, as into rock or concrete, before detonating.
  • bunko steerer — a swindler, especially a person who lures another to a gambling game to be cheated.
  • bush sickness — an animal disease caused by a cobalt deficiency in old bush country
  • business park — an area specially designated and landscaped to accommodate business offices, warehouses, light industry, etc
  • caudine forks — a narrow pass in the Apennines, in S Italy, between Capua and Benevento: scene of the defeat of the Romans by the Samnites (321 bc)
  • chicken louse — a louse, Menopon pallidum (or gallinae); a parasite of poultry: order Mallophaga (bird lice)
  • citrus canker — a disease of citrus trees caused by the bacterium Xanthomonas citri, characterized by spongy eruptions on leaves and fruit.
  • counterchecks — Plural form of countercheck.
  • counterstrike — a retaliatory strike
  • counterstroke — a counterattack
  • cucking stool — stool in which suspected witches were tested
  • duck shooting — duck hunting with a gun
  • ducking stool — a former instrument of punishment consisting of a chair in which an offender was tied to be plunged into water.
  • floutingstock — a laughing-stock; the object of mockery or flouting
  • gnu smalltalk — (language)   A GNU version of Smalltalk, by Steven Byrne <[email protected]>. Version 1.1.1,
  • ground stroke — a stroke made by hitting the ball after it has bounced from the ground. Compare volley (def 4b).
  • groundkeepers — Plural form of groundkeeper.
  • groundskeeper — a person who is responsible for the care and maintenance of a particular tract of land, as an estate, a park, or a cemetery.
  • groundstrokes — Plural form of groundstroke.
  • groundworkers — Plural form of groundworker.
  • housebreaking — to train (a pet) to excrete outdoors or in a specific place.
  • housing stock — the total number of houses, flats, etc, in an area
  • hub-and-spoke — of or designating a system of air transportation by which local flights carry passengers to one major regional airport where they can board long-distance or other local flights for their final destinations.
  • hunger strike — refusal to eat as a protest
  • hunger-strike — to go on a hunger strike.
  • hunter's pink — a brilliant red often used for the jackets of hunters.
  • hunting pinks — the traditional attire worn by people in Britain while fox hunting, the distinguishing feature of which is a scarlet jacket
  • husking (bee) — cornhusking (sense 2)
  • insulin shock — a state of collapse caused by a decrease in blood sugar resulting from the administration of excessive insulin.
  • john sucklingSir John, 1609–42, English poet.
  • kenwood house — a 17th-century mansion on Hampstead Heath in London: remodelled and decorated by Robert Adam: contains the Iveagh bequest, a noted art collection
  • kenyapithecus — a genus of fossil hominoids of middle Miocene age found in Kenya and having large molars, small incisors, and powerful chewing muscles.
  • key signature — (in notation) the group of sharps or flats placed after the clef to indicate the tonality of the music following.
  • kim young sam — born 1927, president of South Korea 1993–98.
  • king's bounty — a grant, given in the royal name, to a mother of triplets.
  • knuckleduster — A metal guard worn over the knuckles in fighting to increase the effect of blows.
  • kuril islands — a chain of 56 volcanic islands off the NE coast of Asia, extending for 1200 km (750 miles) from the S tip of the Kamchatka Peninsula to NE Hokkaido. Area: 14 990 sq km (6020 sq miles)
  • lake sturgeon — a sturgeon, Acipenser fulvescens, of the Great Lakes and Mississippi and St. Lawrence rivers.
  • laughingstock — an object of ridicule; the butt of a joke or the like: His ineptness as a public official made him the laughingstock of the whole town.
  • lubber's knot — an improperly made reef or square knot, likely to slip loose.
  • manrikigusari — a Japanese chain weapon with weighted ends, intended to strike or ensnare the enemy

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