13-letter words containing n, u, t, k
- interleukin 3 — a lymphokine protein, secreted by T cells, that participates in the regulation of blood-cell production. Abbreviation: IL-3.
- interleukin-1 — any of several proteins released from certain cells, especially macrophages, and having various effects on the activity of other cells, as promoting inflammation or enhancing T-cell proliferation. Abbreviation: IL-1.
- interleukin-2 — Immunology. a lymphokine protein, secreted by T cells in response to antigen and interleukin 1, that stimulates the proliferation of T cells.
- interleukin-3 — a lymphokine protein, secreted by T cells, that participates in the regulation of blood-cell production. Abbreviation: IL-3.
- judgment book — the book from which all persons will be judged at the Last Judgment, containing a full record of their acts.
- kachang puteh — (in Malaysia) roasted or fried nuts or beans
- keep in touch — stay in contact
- keep on about — If you say that someone keeps on about something, you mean that they keep talking about it in a boring way.
- kennebunkport — a town in SW Maine: summer resort.
- kentucky lake — reservoir in SW Ky. & W Tenn., on the Tennessee River: 247 sq mi (640 sq km); 184 mi (296 km) long
- 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.
- king's bounty — a grant, given in the royal name, to a mother of triplets.
- knuckle joint — a joint forming a knuckle.
- knuckleduster — A metal guard worn over the knuckles in fighting to increase the effect of blows.
- kota kinabalu — a state in Malaysia, on the N tip of Borneo: formerly a British crown colony. 29,347 sq. mi. (76,008 sq. km). Capital: Kota Kinabalu.
- kwazulu-natal — a province of NE South Africa; replaced the former province of Natal in 1994: service industries. Capital: Pietermaritzburg. Pop: 10 267 300 (2011 est). Area: 92 180 sq km (35 591 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.
- lounge jacket — a man's jacket for formal use during the daytime where a suit is not required
- lubber's knot — an improperly made reef or square knot, likely to slip loose.
- mana motuhake — independence or autonomy
- monster truck — a pick-up truck with extremely large tyres, often used for racing over rough terrain
- montauk point — the SE end of Long Island, in SE New York.
- motherfucking — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
- mount markham — a mountain in Antarctica, in Victoria Land. Height: 4350 m (14 272 ft)
- mountain bike — dirt bike, off-road cycle
- mountebankery — The practices of a mountebank; quackery; boastful and vain pretenses.
- mountebanking — Present participle of mountebank.
- multi-tasking — Computers. (of a single CPU) to execute two or more jobs concurrently.
- multiskilling — the practice of training employees to do a number of different tasks
- multitracking — the process of recording separate audio tracks for later mixing into a single audio track.
- neturei karta — a small ultra-orthodox Jewish group living mainly in Jerusalem and New York who oppose the establishment of a Jewish state by temporal means
- news blackout — a situation in which a government or other authority imposes a ban on the publication of news on a particular subject
- niklaus wirth — (person) The designer of the Modula-2, Modula-3, and, in around 1970, Pascal programming languages.
- outspokenness — The quality of being outspoken; bluntness; frankness; candour.
- patch pumpkin — pumpkin
- pick-up joint — a place where people go with the intention of meeting someone to start a sexual relationship with
- pick-up point — the prearranged place where you go to collect people or things
- planet-struck — affected adversely by the supposed influence of a planet.
- plunket nurse — a child-care nurse appointed by the Plunket Society
- quantity mark — a mark that is placed above a vowel or syllable to indicate its duration or length
- question mark — Also called interrogation point, interrogation mark. a mark indicating a question: usually, as in English, the mark (?) placed after a question.
- quick-setting — setting quickly, as a cement, paint, or gelatin.
- quickstepping — Present participle of quickstep.
- rann of kutch — an extensive salt waste in W central India, and S Pakistan: consists of the Great Rann in the north and the Little Rann in the southeast; seasonal alternation between marsh and desert; some saltworks. In 1968 an international tribunal awarded about 10 per cent of the border area to Pakistan. Area: 23 000 sq km (9000 sq miles)
- ratushinskaya — Irina (ɪˈriːnə). born 1954, Russian poet and writer: imprisoned (1983–86) in a Soviet labour camp on charges of subversion. Her publications include Poems (1984), Grey is the Colour of Hope (1988), and The Odessans (1992)
- return stroke — the main discharge in a lightning stroke
- return thanks — (of Christians) to say grace before a meal
- return ticket — a ticket for the return portion of a trip.