9-letter words containing u, s, k
- huskiness — big and strong; burly.
- huskisson — William, 1770–1830, British statesman and financier.
- i ask you — If you say 'I ask you', you are emphasizing how much you disapprove of someone or something.
- in shtuck — in trouble
- innsbruck — an alpine region in W Austria and N Italy: a former Austrian crown land.
- issyk-kul — a mountain lake in NE Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan). 2250 sq. mi. (5830 sq. km).
- josef suk — Josef [yaw-zef] /ˈyɔ zɛf/ (Show IPA), 1874–1935, Czech composer and violinist.
- jujitsuka — A practitioner of any type of jujitsu/jujutsu martial arts, except judo.
- jukeboxes — Plural form of jukebox.
- junk shop — a shop selling miscellaneous secondhand goods
- junk shot — a procedure used for stemming the flow of oil from a leaking well in which debris (such as shredded tyres, golf balls, etc) is pumped into the well at high pressure
- junkerism — the spirit or policy of the Junkers.
- junkiness — the quality or state of being littered with junk
- junkyards — Plural form of junkyard.
- kaohsiung — a seaport on SW Taiwan.
- karlsruhe — a city in SW Germany: capital of the former state of Baden.
- kashubian — a West Slavic language closely related to Polish and spoken in northern Poland near the mouth of the Vistula.
- katyushas — Plural form of katyusha.
- keansburg — a town in E New Jersey.
- keelhauls — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of keelhaul.
- kerplunks — Plural form of kerplunk.
- khattusas — Hattusas.
- khus-khus — vetiver (def 2).
- khuzistan — a province in SW Iran, on the Persian Gulf. About 35,000 sq. mi. (90,650 sq. km). Capital: Ahwaz.
- kid stuff — something appropriate only for children.
- kilogauss — a unit of magnetic induction, equal to 1000 gauss. Abbreviation: kG.
- kinkajous — Plural form of kinkajou.
- kintpuash — (Kintpuash) 1837?–73, Modoc leader.
- kiss curl — lock of hair curled on forehead
- kitesurfs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of kitesurf.
- kiungshan — Qiongshan.
- klendusic — resistant to disease
- knockouts — Plural form of knockout.
- knucklers — Plural form of knuckler.
- kosciusko — Thaddeus (Tadeusz Andrzej Bonawentura Kościuszko) 1746–1817, Polish patriot: general in the American Revolutionary army.
- kostunica — Vojislav (ˈvɒjɪslæf). born 1944, Serbian politician; president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (2000–03); prime minister of Serbia and Montenegro (2004–06); prime minister of Serbia (2006–08)
- kraurosis — atrophy and shrinkage of the skin, especially of the vulva.
- kreutzers — Plural form of kreutzer.
- krumhorns — Plural form of krumhorn.
- krupskaya — Nadezhda Konstantinovna [nuh-dye-zhduh kuh n-stuhn-tyee-nuh v-nuh] /nʌˈdyɛ ʒdə kən stʌnˈtyi nəv nə/ (Show IPA), 1869–1939, Russian social worker and wife of V.I. Lenin.
- kuibyshev — a port in the Russian Federation in Europe, on the Volga.
- kuniyoshi — Yasuo [yah-soo-aw] /yɑˈsu ɔ/ (Show IPA), 1893–1953, U.S. painter, born in Japan.
- kunstlied — an art song, especially as distinguished from a folk song.
- kurashiki — a city on SW Honshu, in Japan.
- kurdistan — a mountain and plateau region in SE Turkey, NW Iran, and N Iraq: inhabited largely by Kurds. 74,000 sq. mi. (191,660 sq. km).
- kusimanse — (zoology) Several species of dwarf mongoose in genus Crossarchus.
- kuskokwim — a river in SW Alaska, flowing SW to the Bering Sea. About 724 miles (1170 km) long.
- lakehurst — a borough in E New Jersey: naval air station; dirigible hangar.
- larkspurs — Plural form of larkspur.
- lockhouse — the house of a lock-keeper