12-letter words containing t, u, r, k
- figure-skate — to take part in figure skating
- flutter kick — a swimming kick in which the legs make rapid alternate up-and-down movements while the knees remain rigid, as in the crawl.
- fort pulaski — Count Casimir [kaz-uh-meer] /ˈkæz əˌmɪər/ (Show IPA), 1748–79, Polish patriot; general in the American Revolutionary army.
- frankfurters — Plural form of frankfurter.
- fruit basket — a basket containing a variety of fruits sent as a gift
- fruit-picker — a person or a tool that picks fruit from trees
- future shock — physical and psychological disturbance caused by a person's inability to cope with very rapid social and technological change.
- graustarkian — of, like, or characteristic of colorful, implausible, highly melodramatic and romantic situations or circumstances
- greater kudu — a spiral-horned antelope, Tragelaphus strepsiceros, which inhabits the bush of Africa
- greek yogurt — a thick, creamy, protein-rich yogurt made by removing most of the liquid whey, as by centrifuge or straining.
- ground track — the path on the earth's surface below an aircraft, missile, rocket, or spacecraft.
- groundstroke — A stroke played after the ball has bounced, as opposed to a volley.
- guest worker — a foreign worker permitted to work in a country, especially in Western Europe, on a temporary basis.
- hucksterings — Plural form of huckstering.
- k/t boundary — Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary: the time zone comprising the end of the Cretaceous and the beginning of the Tertiary periods
- katharevousa — The purist form of modern Greek used in traditional literary writing, as opposed to the form that is spoken and used in everyday writing (called demotic).
- keratogenous — producing horn or a horny substance.
- ketoaciduria — (pathology) The presence of (excess) ketoacids in the urine.
- ketone group — the characteristic group occurring in ketones that consists of the carbonyl group attached to two alkyl groups.
- khachaturian — Aram Ilich [ar-uh m il-yich;; Russian uh-rahm ee-lyeech] /ˈær əm ˈɪl yɪtʃ;; Russian ʌˈrɑm iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), 1903–78, Armenian composer.
- king vulture — a large, black-and-white vulture, Sarcorhamphus papa, of Central and South America, having colorful wattles and wartlike protuberances on its head and neck.
- kletterschuh — a lightweight climbing boot with a canvas or suede upper and Vibram (originally felt or cord) sole
- kourotrophos — (archaeology) a class of Mycenaean terracotta figurines depicting women carrying children.
- kurchatovium — (chemistry) A rejected name for rutherfordium.
- ladder truck — hook and ladder.
- lake turkana — a long narrow lake in E Africa, in the Great Rift Valley. Area: 7104 sq km (2743 sq miles)
- lark bunting — a finch, Calamospiza melanocorys, of the western U.S., the male of which is black with a large, white patch on each wing.
- leukotrienes — Plural form of leukotriene.
- light-struck — (of a film or the like) damaged by accidental exposure to light.
- look out for — to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- look through — the opacity and texture of paper when inspected by transmitted light.
- look-through — the opacity and texture of paper when inspected by transmitted light.
- lumberjacket — a short, straight, wool plaid jacket or coat, for informal wear, usually belted and having patch pockets.
- makeup water — Makeup water is water which is added to compensate for losses, especially losses caused by evaporation.
- mark out for — to select for or note as selected for
- market abuse — (in Britain) a statutory offence which covers insider trading and stock market manipulation
- market value — the value of a business, property, etc., in terms of what it can be sold for on the open market; current value (distinguished from book value).
- mesokurtosis — (statistics) The property of having zero normalised kurtosis.
- milk product — Milk products are foods made from milk, for example butter, cheese, and yoghurt.
- mockumentary — a movie or television show depicting fictional events but presented as a documentary.
- motherfucker — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
- multitaskers — Plural form of multitasker.
- multitracked — (music) Recorded on multiple tracks.
- new york cut — a porterhouse steak with the fillet removed.
- nomenklatura — a select list or class of people from which appointees for top-level government positions are drawn, especially from a Communist Party.
- outside work — work done off the premises of a business
- package tour — a planned tour in which one fee is charged for all expenses: offering package tours of the chateau country.
- pallet truck — a powered truck with a mast, sometimes telescopic, on which slides a carriage which can be raised and lowered hydraulically. The carriage has extended forks which can be passed under a palletized load for stacking or moving to a new position
- picture book — a book consisting mainly or entirely of pictures, especially one for children who have not yet learned to read.
- picture desk — the department at a magazine or newspaper publisher, that deals with photographs for the paper or magazine