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13-letter words containing u, k, i

  • lake-superior — Lake, a lake in the N central United States and S Canada: the northernmost of the Great Lakes; the largest body of fresh water in the world. 350 miles (564 km) long; 31,820 sq. mi. (82,415 sq. km); greatest depth, 1290 feet (393 meters); 602 feet (183 meters) above sea level.
  • lake-urumiyeh — Lake. Urmia, Lake.
  • lasik surgery — laser surgery to correct short sight
  • laughingstock — an object of ridicule; the butt of a joke or the like: His ineptness as a public official made him the laughingstock of the whole town.
  • leptokurtosis — the state of being leptokurtic.
  • leptokurtotic — (statistics) Leptokurtic.
  • leukaemogenic — relating to the development of leukaemia, or causing leukaemia
  • leukapheresis — a medical procedure that separates certain leukocytes from the blood, used to collect leukocytes for donation or to remove excessive leukocytes from a patient's blood
  • lick the dust — to be servile; grovel: cf. Mic. 7:17
  • linkage group — a group of genes in a chromosome that tends to be inherited as a unit.
  • mandarin duck — a crested Asian duck, Aix galericulata, having variegated purple, green, chestnut, and white plumage.
  • manrikigusari — a Japanese chain weapon with weighted ends, intended to strike or ensnare the enemy
  • milk mushroom — any of the common latex-containing mushrooms of the genus Lactarius.
  • milk products — dairy produce, items made with milk
  • milk saucepan — a type of small saucepan often used for heating milk
  • montauk point — the SE end of Long Island, in SE New York.
  • mosquito hawk — nighthawk (def 1).
  • motherfucking — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
  • mountain bike — dirt bike, off-road cycle
  • mountebanking — Present participle of mountebank.
  • multi-skilled — having skill; trained or experienced in work that requires skill.
  • multi-tasking — Computers. (of a single CPU) to execute two or more jobs concurrently.
  • multiskilling — the practice of training employees to do a number of different tasks
  • multitracking — the process of recording separate audio tracks for later mixing into a single audio track.
  • neturei karta — a small ultra-orthodox Jewish group living mainly in Jerusalem and New York who oppose the establishment of a Jewish state by temporal means
  • new brunswick — a province in SE Canada, E of Maine. 27,985 sq. mi. (72,480 sq. km). Capital: Fredericton.
  • nickeliferous — containing or yielding nickel.
  • nike hercules — a 40 feet (12 meters) U.S. surface-to-air missile effective at medium to high altitudes and having a range of more than 87 miles (140 km).
  • niklaus wirth — (person)   The designer of the Modula-2, Modula-3, and, in around 1970, Pascal programming languages.
  • nizam al-mulk — title of Abu Ali Hasan Ibn Ali. ?1018–92, Persian statesman; vizier of Persia (1063–92) for the Seljuk sultans: assassinated
  • norwalk virus — a norovirus.
  • out of kilter — If one thing is out of kilter with another, the first thing does not agree with or fit in with the second.
  • outlaw strike — wildcat strike.
  • packing house — A packing house is a company that processes and packs food, especially meat, to be sold.
  • panleukopenia — distemper1 (def 1c).
  • paradise duck — a large duck, Casarca variegata, of New Zealand, having a brightly coloured plumage
  • patch pumpkin — pumpkin
  • peruvian bark — cinchona (def 2).
  • pick up steam — If a belief, a plan, or a project picks up steam, it starts to develop and become more important.
  • pick-up joint — a place where people go with the intention of meeting someone to start a sexual relationship with
  • pick-up point — the prearranged place where you go to collect people or things
  • pick-up stick — one of a group of sticks used in the game of jackstraws.
  • pickup camper — camper (def 3).
  • platykurtosis — the state of being platykurtic.
  • pruning knife — a knife used for pruning
  • pumpkinheaded — a slow or dim-witted person; dunce.
  • purkinje cell — a large, densely branching neuron in the cerebellar cortex of the brain.
  • quaker-ladies — bluet (def 1).
  • quaking aspen — any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
  • quaking grass — any of several grasses of the genus Briza, having spikelets with slender, drooping stalks.
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