11-letter words containing r, u, c, k
- motor truck — truck1 (def 1).
- muck around — moist farmyard dung, decaying vegetable matter, etc.; manure.
- muck-raking — If you accuse someone of muck-raking, you are criticizing them for finding and spreading unpleasant or embarrassing information about someone, especially a public figure.
- multi-track — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- musk orchid — a small Eurasian orchid, Herminium monorchis, with dense spikes of musk-scented greenish-yellow flowers
- necker cube — a line drawing showing the 12 edges of a transparent cube, so that it can be seen alternately facing in two different directions: an example of an ambiguous figure
- nut-cracker — an instrument or device for cracking the shells of nuts.
- nutcrackers — Plural form of nutcracker.
- panel truck — a small truck having a fully enclosed body, used mainly to deliver light or small objects.
- platykurtic — (of a frequency distribution) less concentrated about the mean than the corresponding normal distribution.
- punch-drunk — (especially of a boxer) having cerebral concussion caused by repeated blows to the head and consequently exhibiting unsteadiness of gait, hand tremors, slow muscular movement, hesitant speech, and dulled mentality.
- punk rocker — a type of rock-'n'-roll, reaching its peak in the late 1970s and characterized by loud, insistent music and abusive or violent protest lyrics, and whose performers and followers are distinguished by extremes of dress and socially defiant behavior.
- quack grass — a couch grass, Agropyron repens, a pernicious weed in cultivated fields.
- quacksalver — a quack doctor.
- 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.
- quick grass — the couch grass, Agropyron repens.
- quick march — a march in quick time.
- quick ratio — A quick ratio is a measure of liquidity that is calculated by dividing current assets minus inventories by current liabilities.
- quick trick — a card, or group of cards, that will probably win the first or second trick in a suit, regardless of who plays it or at what declaration.
- quick-march — a march in quick time.
- quicksilver — the metallic element mercury.
- rheumaticky — affected with rheumatism
- rock beauty — a gold and black butterflyfish, Holocanthus tricolor, ranging from the West Indies to Brazil.
- rock gunnel — any small eellike blenny of the family Pholididae (Pholidae), especially Pholis gunnellus (rock gunnel) common in shallow waters of the North Atlantic.
- rock thrush — any of several Old World thrushes of the genus Monticola, usually having bluish plumage, especially M. saxatilis, of Europe.
- rocket fuel — an explosive charge that powers a rocket
- rocky mount — a city in NE North Carolina.
- rubber duck — duck-shaped bath toy
- rudderstock — the vertical member at the forward edge of a rudder, hinged at the sternpost and attached to the helm or steering gear.
- rust bucket — an old, run-down freighter, especially one whose hull is covered with rust.
- saarbrucken — a state in W Germany, in the Saar River valley. 991 sq. mi. (2569 sq. km). Capital: Saarbrücken.
- saltchucker — a saltwater angler
- sand-struck — (of bricks) made with a mold lined with sand to permit freeing.
- sauk centre — a town in central Minnesota: model for town in Sinclair Lewis's novel Main Street.
- scuff marks — marks made by scuffing
- sharksucker — any of several remoras, as Echeneis naucrates, usually found attached to sharks.
- sicknursing — the nursing of the sick
- skin colour — the colour of a person's skin, ie Black, White, etc
- sound truck — a truck carrying a loudspeaker from which speeches, music, etc., are broadcast, as for advertising, campaigning, or the like.
- source book — an original writing, as a document, record, or diary, that supplies an authoritative basis for future writing, study, evaluation, etc.
- 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.
- star-struck — captivated by famous people or by fame itself.
- stock guard — a barrier for keeping cattle and other animals off the tracks or right of way.
- stock-route — a public trail having right of way across private properties and over which cattle and sheep may be herded to grazing grounds or to market.
- struck jury — a jury obtained by special agreement between the opposing attorneys, each taking turns in eliminating a member of the impaneled group until 12 members remain.
- stumpsucker — windsucker; cribber.
- sucker bait — an enticement calculated to lure a person into a scheme in which he or she may be victimized.