10-letter words containing u, n, k, i
- kuropatkin — Aleksei Nikolaevich [uh-lyi-ksyey nyi-kuh-lah-yi-vyich] /ʌ lyɪˈksyeɪ nyɪ kʌˈlɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1925, Russian general.
- leukopenia — a decrease in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
- leukopenic — a decrease in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
- making out — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- makunouchi — a Japanese fast food dish consisting of fish, meat, eggs, and vegetables served with rice and an umeboshi
- māori bunk — a raised sleeping platform
- michurinsk — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Ryazan.
- milk churn — a container used to transport milk from farms
- milk punch — a beverage containing milk and alcoholic liquor with sugar, flavoring, etc.
- milk round — If someone has a milk round, they work as a milkman, going from house to house delivering milk.
- minus tick — downtick (def 2).
- muckraking — to search for and expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or the like, especially in politics.
- naturelike — the material world, especially as surrounding humankind and existing independently of human activities.
- nolichucky — a river in W North Carolina and E Tennessee, flowing NW and W to the French Broad River. 150 miles (241 km) long.
- okuninushi — a son of Susanowo and, in some legends, creator of the world.
- outranking — Present participle of outrank.
- outworking — to work harder, better, or faster than.
- pick up on — to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
- pink pound — the money spent by homosexual people considered collectively
- pluckiness — having or showing pluck or courage; brave: The drowning swimmer was rescued by a plucky schoolboy.
- pumpkineer — pumpkin
- puschkinia — a small spring-flowering bulb, Puschkinia scilloides, of Asia Minor and the Caucasus, having white or pale blue flowers striped with dark blue
- quarkonium — a meson composed of a quark and an antiquark of the same flavor.
- quickening — to make more rapid; accelerate; hasten: She quickened her pace.
- quickthorn — hawthorn, esp when planted as a hedge
- quirkiness — having or full of quirks.
- rebukingly — in a severe and disapproving manner
- rickburner — an arsonist who sets fire to haystacks
- run a risk — exposure to the chance of injury or loss; a hazard or dangerous chance: It's not worth the risk.
- saint luke — a fellow worker of Paul and a physician (Colossians 4:14). Feast day: Oct 18
- shakyamuni — Sakyamuni.
- shikibuton — futon.
- skulkingly — in the manner of a skulk
- skysurfing — a sport that is similar to skydiving but uses a special lightweight board (skyboard) attached to the feet and usually equipped with a parachute.
- soundalike — a person or thing that sounds like another, especially a better known or more famous prototype: a whole spate of Elvis Presley soundalikes.
- spelunking — to explore caves, especially as a hobby.
- springbuck — springbok.
- spunkiness — plucky; spirited.
- sticky bun — honey bun (def 1).
- stock unit — the tax basis for evaluating farmers' stock. Cattle, sheep, and deer are each given differing stock-unit values, the basic measure being the ewe equivalent
- stunt kite — a kite held by two hands and having two lines
- subkingdom — a category of related phyla within a kingdom.
- sun-kissed — made warm by the sun
- the buskin — tragic drama
- thumbikins — thumbscrews
- trunk line — a major long-distance transportation line.
- tuck-point — to finish (masonry) with tuck pointing.
- tuning key — a device that may be placed over a wrest pin on a piano, etc, and turned to alter the tension and pitch of a string
- turfskiing — the sport of skiing down grass slopes on skis outfitted with rollers.
- turkestani — of or relating to the central Asian region of Turkestan or its inhabitants