12-letter words containing u, n, k, o
- south korean — a country in E Asia: formed 1948 after the division of the former country of Korea at 38° N. 36,600 sq. mi. (94,795 sq. km). Capital: Seoul. Compare Korea.
- 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
- stumpknocker — spotted sunfish.
- 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
- take counsel — receive advice
- 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
- to pull rank — If you say that someone in authority pulls rank, you mean that they unfairly force other people to do what they want because of their higher rank or position.
- trunk piston — a piston with a long skirt to take the side thrust, as in an automobile engine.
- turkey brown — an angler's name for a species of mayfly, Paraleptophlebia submarginata
- turkoman rug — any of a number of handwoven rugs produced by the Turkomans and characterized by coarse warp and filling yarn, a short, even pile made with the Sehna knot, and a variety of geometric, marine, and serpentine designs.
- underkingdom — the domain of an underking
- understocked — to provide an insufficient quantity, as of merchandise, supplies, or livestock.
- unlikelihood — the state of being unlikely; improbability.
- unlooked-for — not expected, anticipated, or foreseen: They were confronted with an unlooked-for situation.
- unprovokedly — in an unprovoked manner
- unreckonable — to count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount.
- unsailorlike — not befitting a sailor
- unstockinged — not wearing or covered by stockings
- waking hours — Your waking hours are the times when you are awake rather than asleep.
- walker hound — an American foxhound having a black, tan, and white, or, sometimes, a tan and white coat.
- walking tour — a tour on which you walk rather than using transport
- wonderstruck — (of a person) experiencing a sudden feeling of awed delight or wonder.
- wounded knee — a village in SW South Dakota: site of a massacre of about 300 Oglala Sioux Indians on Dec. 29, 1890.
- you can talk — you don't have to worry about doing a particular thing yourself
- you-know-who — a person whose name one does not want to say, but who is known to the person to whom one is speaking
- yukawa meson — a hypothetical elementary particle with finite rest mass, whose exchange between nucleons would account for the strong short-range forces between nucleons: subsequently identified as the pion.
- zebulon pike — James Albert, 1913–69, U.S. Protestant Episcopal clergyman, lawyer, and author.
- zuse, konrad — Konrad Zuse