12-letter words containing u, n, k, i
- kindred soul — like-minded person
- king penguin — a large penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus, found on islands bordering the Antarctic Circle.
- king vulture — a large, black-and-white vulture, Sarcorhamphus papa, of Central and South America, having colorful wattles and wartlike protuberances on its head and neck.
- king's scout — (in Great Britain) a boy scout who has achieved the highest level of scouting: similar to the U.S. eagle scout.
- kitchen unit — a piece of a fitted kitchen, such as a cupboard or sink unit
- kneeling bus — a bus that can lower its body or entrance door to facilitate boarding by the elderly or people with disabilities.
- kupfernickel — (archaic) cupronickel.
- lark bunting — a finch, Calamospiza melanocorys, of the western U.S., the male of which is black with a large, white patch on each wing.
- leukotrienes — Plural form of leukotriene.
- liliuokalani — Lydia Kamekeha [kah-me-ke-hah] /ˌkɑ mɛˈkɛ hɑ/ (Show IPA), 1838–1917, last queen of the Hawaiian Islands 1891–93.
- milk pudding — a hot or cold pudding made by boiling or baking milk with a grain, esp rice
- minute steak — a thin slice of beefsteak that is prepared by sautéeing quickly on each side.
- mogul skiing — a skiing event in which skiers descend a slope which is covered in mounds of snow, making two jumps during the descent
- mount katmai — a volcano in SW Alaska, in the Aleutian Range: erupted in 1912 forming the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, a region with numerous fumaroles; established as Katmai National Monument, 10 917 sq km (4215 sq miles), in 1918. Height: 2100 m (7000 ft). Depth of crater: 1130 m (3700 ft). Width of crater: about 4 km (2.5 miles)
- mountainlike — Resembling a mountain or some aspect of one.
- mule skinner — a muleteer.
- muleskinners — Plural form of muleskinner.
- mullein pink — rose campion.
- multitasking — Computers. (of a single CPU) to execute two or more jobs concurrently.
- nip and tuck — to squeeze or compress tightly between two surfaces or points; pinch; bite.
- on your bike — away you go
- packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
- plain turkey — a bustard
- pruning hook — an implement with a hooked blade, used for pruning vines, branches, etc.
- pumpernickel — a coarse, dark, slightly sour bread made of unbolted rye.
- pumpkin head — a slow or dim-witted person; dunce.
- quackishness — The state or condition of being quackish.
- quacksalving — resembling or characteristic of a quacksalver
- quick-acting — (of a drug, chemical, etc) taking effect quickly
- quick-drying — (of paint, concrete, glue, etc) that dries quickly
- rock bunting — a seed-eating songbird, Emberiza cia
- rockhounding — the activity of searching for and collecting rocks
- running back — an offensive back, as a halfback or fullback, whose principal role is advancing the ball by running with it on plays from scrimmage.
- running joke — a joke or humorous allusion used recurrently in a play, film, television skit, etc., for a cumulative comic effect.
- running kick — a kick made (to something or somebody) after running a short distance
- running knot — a knot made around and so as to slide along a part of the same rope, thus forming a noose (running noose) that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- sinking fund — a fund to extinguish an indebtedness, usually a bond issue.
- sitting duck — a helpless or easy target or victim: a sitting duck for shady financial schemes.
- skating turn — a turn made by someone on roller or ice skates
- soup kitchen — a place where food, usually soup, is served at little or no charge to the needy.
- stick around — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
- stockpunisht — punished by being put in stocks
- suckling pig — piglet not yet weaned
- sukarnoputri — Megawati (ˈmɛɡəˌwɒtɪ). born 1947, Indonesian politician; president of Indonesia (2001–04): daughter of Achmed Sukarno
- superkingdom — in some systems of biological classification, either of the two major subdivisions, prokaryote or eukaryote, into which all living organisms can be placed
- tanjungpriok — a port in Indonesia, on the NW coast of Java adjoining the capital, Jakarta: a major shipping and distributing centre for the whole archipelago
- technojunkie — a person addicted to or obsessed by new technology
- thunderstick — bull-roarer.
- truck racing — a motor sport in which powerful trucks, without their containers, are raced around a circuit
- truk islands — a group of islands in the W Pacific, in the E Caroline Islands: administratively part of the US Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands from 1947; became self-governing in 1979 as part of the Federated States of Micronesia; consists of 11 chief islands; a major Japanese naval base during World War II. Pop: 53 381 (2006). Area: 130 sq km (50 sq miles)