12-letter words containing u, a, k
- bulk carrier — a ship that carries unpackaged cargo, usually consisting of a single dry commodity, such as coal or grain
- bullamakanka — an imaginary very remote and backward place
- bullock cart — a cart pulled by one or two bullocks
- burj khalifa — a slender tapering skyscraper in Dubai; completed in 2009; the world's tallest man-made structure, standing at 828m (2716 ft)
- burkina faso — an inland republic in W Africa: dominated by Mossi kingdoms (10th–19th centuries); French protectorate established in 1896; became an independent republic in 1960; consists mainly of a flat savanna plateau. Official language: French; Mossi and other African languages also widely spoken. Religion: mostly animist, with a large Muslim minority. Currency: franc. Capital: Ouagadougou. Pop: 17 812 961 (2013 est). Area: 273 200 sq km (105 900 sq miles)
- bushelbasket — a rounded basket with a capacity of one bushel
- bushwhacking — to make one's way through woods by cutting at undergrowth, branches, etc.
- camper truck — a pickup truck having a camper mounted on the truck body.
- cantankerous — Someone who is cantankerous is always finding things to argue or complain about.
- cape-lookout — Cape, a sandy reef in the Outer Banks, off E North Carolina, SW of Cape Hatteras: lighthouse.
- cattle truck — a railway wagon designed for carrying livestock
- census taker — a person who gathers information for a census.
- changchiakou — Zhangjiakou
- chestnut oak — any of several North American oaks, as Quercus prinus, having serrate or dentate leaves resembling those of the chestnut.
- chuck off at — to abuse or make fun of
- chuck-a-luck — a gambling game in which players bet on the way three dice, contained in an hourglass-shaped cage, will fall when the cage is pivoted
- chukot range — mountain range in NE Siberia: highest peak, c. 7,500 ft (2,286 m)
- cluster pack — a package containing a collection of related goods, sold as a single unit
- conduct mark — (in school) a mark for behaviour
- cork cambium — a layer of meristematic cells in the cortex of the stems and roots of woody plants, the outside of which gives rise to cork cells and the inside to secondary cortical cells (phelloderm)
- country park — an area of countryside, usually not less than 10 hectares, set aside for public recreation: often funded by a Countryside Commission grant
- culebra peak — a peak in S central Colorado, in the Culebra Range of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. 14,069 feet (4288 meters).
- curtain hook — a hook used to attach a curtain to a curtain rail
- cutwork lace — point coupé (def 2).
- cutwork-lace — Also called cutwork. a process for producing lace in which predetermined threads in the ground material are cut and removed in order to provide open areas for the insertion of ornamental patterns.
- dak bungalow — (in India, formerly) a house where travellers on a dak route could be accommodated
- dandrufflike — Resembling or characteristic of dandruff.
- dark current — the residual current produced by a photoelectric device when not illuminated
- dark tourism — tourism to sites associated with tragedies, disasters, and death
- daughterlike — Resembling a daughter.
- donald knuth — (person) Donald E. Knuth, the author of the TeX document formatting system, Metafont its font-design program and the 3 volume computer science "Bible" of algorithms, "The Art of Computer Programming". Knuth suggested the name "Backus-Naur Form" and was also involved in the SOL simulation language, and developed the WEB literate programming system. See also MIX, Turingol.
- double track — two railways side by side, typically for traffic in two directions
- duke of alba — Duke of, Alva, Fernando Alvarez de Toledo.
- duvet jacket — a down-filled jacket used esp by mountaineers
- east suffolk — a former administrative division of Suffolk county, in E England.
- eskimo-aleut — (designating or of) a family of languages including Aleut and the Eskimo languages
- figure skate — a shoe skate used in figure skating, especially one having a blade shorter than that of a racing skate, usually not extending beyond the toe or heel, and with notches or sawteeth on the curved forward edge.
- figure-skate — to take part in figure skating
- flour shaker — a container, often with a perforated top, from which flour is shaken
- flux linkage — the product of the magnetic flux and the number of turns in a given coil.
- formula milk — An artificial substitute for breast milk intended for feeding infants. It can come in powdered form to be mixed with water or in instant liquid form.
- fort pulaski — Count Casimir [kaz-uh-meer] /ˈkæz əˌmɪər/ (Show IPA), 1748–79, Polish patriot; general in the American Revolutionary army.
- fourses cake — a traditional English bread made with lard, dried fruit, and spices
- frank murphy — Frank, 1890–1949, U.S. statesman and jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1940–49.
- frankfurters — Plural form of frankfurter.
- fruit basket — a basket containing a variety of fruits sent as a gift
- futtock band — a metal band around a lower mast somewhat below the top, for holding the lower ends of a futtock shroud.
- go walkabout — to wander through the bush
- grand kabuki — kabuki (def 2).
- graustarkian — of, like, or characteristic of colorful, implausible, highly melodramatic and romantic situations or circumstances