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14-letter words containing u, k, a

  • purple grackle — the eastern subspecies of the common grackle, Quiscalus quiscula, of North America, having an iridescent purple back.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • rathke's pouch — an invagination of stomodeal ectoderm developing into the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland.
  • recklinghausen — a city in NW Rhine-Westphalia, in Germany.
  • rough as sacks — uncouth
  • rude awakening — If you have a rude awakening, you are suddenly made aware of an unpleasant fact.
  • russet burbank — a brown-skinned, oblong potato having a mealy flesh with high starch content.
  • ryukyu islands — a chain of 55 islands in the W Pacific, extending almost 650 km (400 miles) from S Japan to N Taiwan: an ancient kingdom, under Chinese rule from the late 14th century, invaded by Japan in the early 17th century, under full Japanese sovereignty from 1879 to 1945, and US control from 1945 to 1972; now part of Japan again. They are subject to frequent typhoons. Chief town: Naha (on Okinawa). Pop: 1 318 220 (2000). Area: 2196 sq km (849 sq miles)
  • sakha republic — an administrative division in E Russia, in NE Siberia on the Arctic Ocean: the coldest inhabited region of the world; it has rich mineral resources. Capital: Yakutsk. Pop: 948 100 (2002). Area: 3 103 200 sq km (1 197 760 sq miles)
  • saratoga trunk — a type of large traveling trunk used mainly by women during the 19th century.
  • schumann-heink — Ernestine, 1861–1936, U.S. contralto, born in Bohemia.
  • siberian husky — one of a Siberian breed of medium-size dogs having a thick, soft coat, raised originally as sled dogs.
  • skilled labour — labour or work that demands skill and which you usually have to be trained for, or the workers that provide this labour
  • skull practice — a meeting for the purpose of discussion, exchange of ideas, solving problems, etc.
  • spark spectrum — a spectrum formed from the light produced by an electric spark, characteristic of the gas or vapor through which the spark passes.
  • square bracket — bracket (def 3).
  • squeak through — to succeed, get through, survive, etc. by a narrow margin or with difficulty
  • st. louis park — a city in E Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
  • stadium jacket — an insulated, parkalike jacket that reaches to the mid thigh or the knees and often has a drawstring around the bottom edge, worn outdoors in cold weather.
  • 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
  • straddle truck — a self-propelled vehicle, having a chassis far above the ground, for carrying loads of lumber or the like beneath the chassis and between the wheels.
  • struck measure — a measure, especially of grain, level with the top of a receptacle.
  • suicide attack — a terrorist attack which someone undertakes knowing that he or she will die in the attack
  • surface worker — a person who works on or near the ground surface
  • surgical shock — a state of shock that can occur during or after surgery
  • take a picture — capture sb or sth on camera
  • take a punt at — to have an attempt or try at (something)
  • take it out of — to sap the energy or vitality of
  • 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
  • takeout double — informatory double.
  • talk about sth — You can say talk about before mentioning a particular expression or situation, when you mean that something is a very striking or clear example of that expression or situation.
  • the kama sutra — an ancient Hindu text on erotic pleasure and other topics
  • the unknowable — the ultimate reality that underlies all phenomena but cannot be known
  • the upper back — the part of the back between the shoulders
  • to make a fuss — If you make a fuss or kick up a fuss about something, you become angry or excited about it and complain.
  • to make fun of — If you make fun of someone or something or poke fun at them, you laugh at them, tease them, or make jokes about them in a way that causes them to seem ridiculous.
  • tomato ketchup — sauce made from tomatoes
  • treasury stock — outstanding shares of stock reacquired and held by the issuing corporation.
  • tuckaway table — a table having a support folding into one plane and a tilting or drop-leaf top.
  • tunguska basin — large coal basin in central Siberia, between the Yenisei & Lena rivers: it is drained by three rivers, the Lower Tunguska, Stony Tunguska, & Upper Tunguska (usually called the Angara River), which flow west into the Yenisei
  • turkey buzzard — turkey vulture.
  • turkish angora — a long-haired breed of cat, similar to the Persian
  • umbrella skirt — a full skirt with many gores that flare gradually from the waist to the hem.
  • unacknowledged — widely recognized; generally accepted: an acknowledged authority on Chinese art.
  • unforeknowable — not foreknowable
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