14-letter words containing n, u, t, k
- khirbet qumran — an archaeological site in W Jordan, near the NW coast of the Dead Sea: Dead Sea Scrolls found here 1947.
- kings mountain — a ridge in N South Carolina: American victory over the British 1780.
- knockout drops — a drug secretly put into someone's drink to cause stupefaction
- known quantity — Mathematics. a quantity whose value is given: in algebra, frequently represented by a letter from the first part of the alphabet, as a, b, or c.
- knuckle-duster — brass knuckles.
- knuckledusters — Plural form of knuckleduster.
- kuznetsk basin — an industrial region in the S Russian Federation in Asia: coal fields.
- lake neuchâtel — a lake in W Switzerland: the largest lake wholly in Switzerland. Area: 216 sq km (83 sq miles)
- laughing stock — object of others' amusement
- laughingstocks — Plural form of laughingstock.
- laundry basket — container for clothes and linen
- leukocytopenia — a decrease in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
- lower tunguska — one of three rivers in Russia, in central Siberia, that is a tributary of the Yenisei and is 2690 km (1670 miles) long
- mackinaw trout — lake trout.
- make a fortune — win, earn a vast amount of money
- mockumentaries — Plural form of mockumentary.
- mother-fucking — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
- mount mckinley — a mountain in S central Alaska: highest peak in North America, 20,310 feet (6190 meters).
- mounting-block — a block of stone formerly used to aid a person when mounting a horse
- multi-skilling — Multi-skilling is the practice of training employees to do a number of different tasks.
- nagami kumquat — oval kumquat.
- network number — network address
- neural network — artificial neural network
- neuromarketing — the process of researching the brain patterns of consumers to reveal their responses to particular advertisements and products before developing new advertising campaigns and branding techniques
- nursery stakes — a race for two-year-old horses
- on the lookout — keeping watch
- platinum black — a black powder consisting of very finely divided metallic platinum, used as a catalyst, especially in organic synthesis.
- potluck dinner — a meal consisting of whatever food happens to be available without special preparation
- quaker meeting — a meeting of Quakers, at which all members, except those moved to speak, remain silent.
- quarterbacking — a back in football who usually lines up immediately behind the center and directs the offense of the team.
- quick thinking — problem-solving in an emergency
- quiescent tank — a tank, usually for sewage sludge, in which the sludge is allowed to remain for a time so that sedimentation can occur
- quotation mark — one of the marks used to indicate the beginning and end of a quotation, in English usually shown as “ at the beginning and ” at the end, or, for a quotation within a quotation, of single marks of this kind, as “He said, ‘I will go.’ ” Frequently, especially in Great Britain, single marks are used instead of double, the latter being then used for a quotation within a quotation.
- reckon without — If you say that you had reckoned without something, you mean that you had not expected it and so were not prepared for it.
- russet burbank — a brown-skinned, oblong potato having a mealy flesh with high starch content.
- saratoga trunk — a type of large traveling trunk used mainly by women during the 19th century.
- ski instructor — sb who teaches skiing
- 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
- streuselkuchen — coffeecake topped with streusel.
- 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
- surgeon's knot — a knot resembling a reef knot, used by surgeons for tying ligatures and the like.
- take a punt at — to have an attempt or try at (something)
- take it out on — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
- take soundings — to try to find out people's opinions on a subject
- take the count — to be unable to continue after a count of ten
- 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 unknowable — the ultimate reality that underlies all phenomena but cannot be known