10-letter words containing a, k, u, t
- kama sutra — a Hindu religious treatise written c. a.d. 400, that deals with pleasure, love, and sexuality
- kentuckian — a state in the E central United States. 40,395 sq. mi. (104,625 sq. km). Capital: Frankfort. Abbreviation: KY (for use with zip code), Ken., Ky.
- keratinous — composed of or resembling keratin; horny.
- khidmutgar — a male servant, esp one who serves at table
- khitmutgar — (in India) a waiter.
- kick about — to strike with the foot or feet: to kick the ball; to kick someone in the shins.
- kitakyushu — a seaport on N Kyushu, in S Japan: formed in 1963 by the merger of five cities (Kokura, Moji, Tobata, Wakamatsu, and Yawata)
- klagenfurt — a province in S Austria. 3681 sq. mi. (9535 sq. km). Capital: Klagenfurt.
- knackwurst — a short, thick, highly seasoned sausage.
- knockabout — Nautical. any of various fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessels having a single jib bent to a stay from the stemhead, no bowsprit being used: usually rigged as a sloop.
- kota bharu — a state in Malaysia, on the central Malay Peninsula. 5750 sq. mi. (14,893 sq. km). Capital: Kota Bharu.
- krita yuga — Satya Yuga.
- kuomintang — the dominant political party of China from 1928 to 1949, founded chiefly by Sun Yat-sen in 1912 and led from 1925 to 1975 by Chiang Kai-shek; the dominant party of the Republic of China (Taiwan) since 1949.
- kurdaitcha — (Australia) An aboriginal evil spirit; a sorcerer.
- kuropatkin — Aleksei Nikolaevich [uh-lyi-ksyey nyi-kuh-lah-yi-vyich] /ʌ lyɪˈksyeɪ nyɪ kʌˈlɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1848–1925, Russian general.
- kurt alder — Kurt [kurt;; German koo rt] /kɜrt;; German kʊərt/ (Show IPA), 1902–58, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1950.
- lackluster — lacking brilliance or radiance; dull: lackluster eyes.
- lacklustre — lacking brilliance or radiance; dull: lackluster eyes.
- lake taupo — a lake in New Zealand, on central North Island: the largest lake of New Zealand. Area: 616 sq km (238 sq miles)
- lake trout — a large, fork-tailed trout, Salvelinus namaycush, of the lakes of Canada and the northern U.S., valued as a food and game fish.
- leukoblast — an immature leukocyte.
- leukopathy — (pathology) depigmentation of the skin.
- little auk — the dovekie, Alle alle.
- lukewarmth — lukewarmness
- mail truck — a large vehicle that is used to transport letters, packages, etc, by road
- make up to — 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.
- 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.
- matsu-take — an edible fungus, Armillaria matsutake, of Japan.
- matsutakes — Plural form of matsutake.
- mountebank — A person who deceives others, especially in order to trick them out of their money; a charlatan.
- muck about — moist farmyard dung, decaying vegetable matter, etc.; manure.
- mukhabarat — (in Middle Eastern countries) a secret police force
- mule track — a track used by mules
- multipacks — Plural form of multipack.
- multitrack — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- musk plant — a perennial North American plant (Mimulus moschatus) of the figwort family, with yellow tubular flowers and, sometimes, a musky odor
- naturelike — the material world, especially as surrounding humankind and existing independently of human activities.
- nouakchott — Official name Islamic Republic of Mauritania. a republic in W Africa, largely in the Sahara Desert: formerly a French colony; a member of the French Community 1958–66; independent 1960. 418,120 sq. mi. (1,082,931 sq. km). Capital: Nouakchott.
- nutcracker — an instrument or device for cracking the shells of nuts.
- out-basket — out-box.
- outflanked — Simple past tense and past participle of outflank.
- outranking — Present participle of outrank.
- outsparkle — to sparkle more brilliantly than
- packed out — If a place is packed out, it is very full of people.
- pentaquark — a subatomic particle consisting of four quarks and one antiquark
- pohutukawa — a myrtaceous New Zealand tree, Metrosideros excelsa, with red flowers and hard red wood
- quark star — a hypothetical celestial object that is intermediate in density between a neutron star and a black hole, possibly the remnant of a massive neutron star with all particles reduced to strange quarks.
- quickhatch — a wolverine.
- quickwater — the part of a river or other stream having a strong current.
- racked out — a framework of bars, wires, or pegs on which articles are arranged or deposited: a clothes rack; a luggage rack.