8-letter words containing u, n, k, i
- krumping — a type of dancing in which participants, often wearing face paint, dance with one another in a fast and aggressive style mimicking a fight but without any physical contact
- kuan yin — a female Chinese Bodhisattva of compassion, regarded as the protector of women and children and patron of sailors
- kustanai — a city in N Kazakhstan, on the Tobol river.
- like fun — something that provides mirth or amusement: A picnic would be fun.
- milk run — a routine trip or undertaking, especially one presenting little danger or difficulty: The flight from New York to Chicago was a milk run for the experienced pilot and crew.
- mindfuck — the deliberate infliction of psychological damage
- mininuke — a low-powered nuclear device.
- minshuku — a guesthouse
- mousekin — a little mouse
- mulliken — Robert Sanderson [san-der-suh n] /ˈsæn dər sən/ (Show IPA), 1896–1986, U.S. chemist and physicist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1966.
- munchkin — a small person, especially one who is dwarfish or elfin in appearance.
- mutchkin — Scot. a unit of liquid measure equal to a little less than a U.S. liquid pint.
- nagurski — Bronislaw [bron-uh-slof] /ˈbrɒn əˌslɒf/ (Show IPA), ("Bronko") 1908–1990, U.S. football player, born in Canada.
- nicklaus — Jack (William) born 1940, U.S. golfer.
- nutpicks — Plural form of nutpick.
- outdrink — To drink more than someone else.
- outthink — to excel in thinking; think faster, more accurately, or more perceptively than: outthinking most of her contemporaries in the field of human relations.
- panufnik — Sir Andrzej (ændreɪ). 1914–91, British composer and conductor, born in Poland. His works include nine symphonies, the cantata Winter Solstice (1972), Polish folk-song settings, and ballet music
- pin tuck — a narrow ornamental fold used esp on shirt fronts and dress bodices
- pudovkin — Vsevolod Ilarionovich [fsye-vuh-luh t ee-luh-ryi-aw-nuh-vyich] /ˈfsyɛ və lət i lə ryɪˈɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1893–1953, Russian motion-picture director.
- pumpking — pumpkin
- purelink — An incremental linker from Pure Software.
- quacking — Present participle of quack.
- quickens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quicken.
- quiktran — Fortran-like, interactive with debugging facilities. Sammet 1969, p.226.
- quirking — Present participle of quirk.
- returnik — a person returning or intending to return to his or her own country, esp the former Soviet Union
- runelike — resembling a rune or runes
- sculking — to lie or keep in hiding, as for some evil reason: The thief skulked in the shadows.
- shucking — a husk or pod, as the outer covering of corn, hickory nuts, chestnuts, etc.
- shunpike — a side road taken instead of a turnpike or expressway to avoid tolls or to travel at a leisurely pace.
- shuriken — a martial-arts weapon usually in the shape of a star or cross with sharp protruding edges, thrown with a spin towards the target
- sihanouk — Prince Norodom [nawr-uh-dom,, -duh m] /ˈnɔr əˌdɒm,, -dəm/ (Show IPA), 1922–2004, Cambodian statesman: premier 1952–60; chief of state 1960–70 and 1975–76.
- skinsuit — a skintight one-piece garment worn by cyclists and athletes to reduce friction
- skulking — to lie or keep in hiding, as for some evil reason: The thief skulked in the shadows.
- skurfing — skateboarding.
- sputniks — (sometimes initial capital letter) any of a series of Soviet earth-orbiting satellites: Sputnik I was the world's first space satellite.
- stink up — to cause to stink
- suckling — Sir John, 1609–42, English poet.
- sun disk — the disk of the sun.
- sun king — ("the Great"; "the Sun King") 1638–1715, king of France 1643–1715 (son of Louis XIII).
- think up — to have a conscious mind, to some extent of reasoning, remembering experiences, making rational decisions, etc.
- thumbkin — thumbscrew (def 2).
- trucking — a shuffling jitterbug step.
- trunking — the cables that take a common route through an exchange building linking ranks of selectors
- tunicked — wearing a tunic
- turnpike — a high-speed highway, especially one maintained by tolls.
- turnskin — (in folklore) a creature that can change its skin, esp a werewolf
- unkinder — lacking in kindness or mercy; severe.
- unkindly — not kindly; unkind; ill-natured.