11-letter words containing r, a, u, k, e
- konrad zuse — (person) The designer of the first programming language, Plankalkül, and the first fully functional program-controlled electromechanical digital computer in the world, the Z3. He died on 1995-12-18 in Huenfeld, Germany.
- lack-luster — lacking brilliance or radiance; dull: lackluster eyes.
- lacquerwork — lacquered wood, often with ivory inlays
- lake rudolf — the former name (until 1979) of (Lake) Turkana
- lake zürich — a lake in N Switzerland, mostly in Zürich canton. Area: 89 sq km (34 sq miles)
- leukorrheal — Relating to leukorrhea.
- loudspeaker — any of various devices, usually electronic, by which speech, music, etc., can be intensified and made audible throughout a room, hall, or the like.
- lucky break — a fortunate and unexpected turn of events
- lukewarmish — fairly or somewhat lukewarm
- lumberjacks — Plural form of lumberjack.
- lunch break — pause for midday meal
- make rounds — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
- make up for — compensate
- mantuamaker — A maker of women's clothes, especially dresses.
- marker buoy — a buoy used to distinguish or mark something
- minute mark — the symbol ′ used for minutes of arc and linear feet
- multimarket — an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.
- multitasker — Computers. (of a single CPU) to execute two or more jobs concurrently.
- nature walk — a walk on a nature trail, especially with an experienced guide.
- nurse shark — any of several sharks of the family Orectolobidae, especially Ginglymostoma cirratum, occurring in shallow waters from Rhode Island to Brazil and the Gulf of California to Ecuador.
- nut-cracker — an instrument or device for cracking the shells of nuts.
- nutcrackers — Plural form of nutcracker.
- outbreaking — The act of breaking out.
- outer banks — chain of long, narrow, sandy islands, along the coast of N.C.
- panel truck — a small truck having a fully enclosed body, used mainly to deliver light or small objects.
- park avenue — a wide street in New York City traditionally associated with luxurious residential and professional buildings, fashionable living, and high society.
- parkersburg — a city in NW West Virginia, on the Ohio River.
- pervouralsk — a city in the central RSFSR, in the Ural Mountains in Asia.
- poke around — to prod or push, especially with something narrow or pointed, as a finger, elbow, stick, etc.: to poke someone in the ribs.
- quacksalver — a quack doctor.
- quark model — a scheme that explains the quantum numbers of all the baryons and mesons by assuming that baryons are composed of three quarks and mesons of a quark and an antiquark, with different combinations of quark and antiquark flavors giving different sets of quantum numbers.
- quarterback — a back in football who usually lines up immediately behind the center and directs the offense of the team.
- quarterdeck — the part of a weather deck that runs aft from the midship area or the mainmast to the stern or poop of a vessel.
- quick bread — bread, muffins, etc., made with a leavening agent, as baking powder or soda, that permits immediate baking.
- rheumaticky — affected with rheumatism
- rock beauty — a gold and black butterflyfish, Holocanthus tricolor, ranging from the West Indies to Brazil.
- round steak — a steak cut from directly above the hind leg of beef.
- saarbrucken — a state in W Germany, in the Saar River valley. 991 sq. mi. (2569 sq. km). Capital: Saarbrücken.
- saltchucker — a saltwater angler
- sauk centre — a town in central Minnesota: model for town in Sinclair Lewis's novel Main Street.
- sharksucker — any of several remoras, as Echeneis naucrates, usually found attached to sharks.
- south korea — a country in E Asia: formed 1948 after the division of the former country of Korea at 38° N. 36,600 sq. mi. (94,795 sq. km). Capital: Seoul. Compare Korea.
- square knot — a common knot in which the ends come out alongside of the standing parts.
- stagestruck — obsessed with the desire to become an actor or actress.
- stake truck — a truck or trailer with a stake body, as for hauling farm animals or feed bags.
- sucker bait — an enticement calculated to lure a person into a scheme in which he or she may be victimized.
- supermarket — a large retail market that sells food and other household goods and that is usually operated on a self-service basis.
- supertanker — a tanker with a deadweight capacity of over 75,000 tons.
- talk turkey — a large, gallinaceous bird of the family Meleagrididae, especially Meleagris gallopavo, of America, that typically has green, reddish-brown, and yellowish-brown plumage of a metallic luster and that is domesticated in most parts of the world.
- truckmaster — an officer in charge of trade with Native Americans, esp among the early settlers