12-letter words containing n, u, t, k
- 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
- unartistlike — lacking artistic sensibilities and skills
- underblanket — a blanket placed under a bottom sheet
- 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.
- unity ticket — a how-to-vote card in a union election associating Labor and Communist candidates
- unmarketable — readily salable.
- unmistakable — not mistakable; clear; obvious.
- unmistakably — not mistakable; clear; obvious.
- unstockinged — not wearing or covered by stockings
- unthankfully — in an unthankful manner; not thankfully; ungratefully
- 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.
- you can talk — you don't have to worry about doing a particular thing yourself