9-letter words containing a, k, u, t
- tokushima — a seaport on NE Shikoku, in SW Japan.
- top quark — a type of quark with a mass of c. 176 to 199 GeV/c2, a positive charge 2⁄3 that of an electron, zero charm, and zero strangeness
- touchback — a play in which the ball is downed after having been kicked into the end zone by the opposing team or having been recovered or intercepted there, or in which it has been kicked beyond the end zone. Compare safety (def 6a).
- touchmark — touch (def 55a, c).
- tracksuit — a sweat suit, usually with a long-sleeved jacket and long pants, worn by athletes, especially runners, before and after actual competition or during workouts.
- truckable — (of a barge, tug, etc) capable or suitable for being conveyed in or on a truck
- truckload — the amount that a truck can carry.
- tuck away — to put into a small, close, or concealing place: Tuck the money into your wallet.
- turkestan — a vast region in W and central Asia, E of the Caspian Sea: includes territory in the S central part of Xinjiang province in China (Eastern Turkestan or Chinese Turkestan) a strip of N Afghanistan, and the area (Russian Turkestan) comprising the republics of Kazakhstan, Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan), Tadzhikistan (Tajikistan), Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
- turkistan — a vast region in W and central Asia, E of the Caspian Sea: includes territory in the S central part of Xinjiang province in China (Eastern Turkestan or Chinese Turkestan) a strip of N Afghanistan, and the area (Russian Turkestan) comprising the republics of Kazakhstan, Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan), Tadzhikistan (Tajikistan), Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
- turn back — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- undertake — to take upon oneself, as a task, performance, etc.; attempt: She undertook the job of answering all the mail.
- unstalked — without a stalk or stalks.
- unthanked — not thanked; not receiving or having received thanks
- untracked — that is not or cannot be tracked or traced: untracked marauders of the jungle.
- up-market — appealing or catering to high-income consumers; of high quality; not easily affordable or accessible: upmarket fashions.
- wahpekute — a member of a North American Indian people belonging to the Santee branch of the Dakota.
- wakamatsu — a seaport on N Kyushu, in S Japan: formed in 1963 by the merger of five cities (Kokura, Moji, Tobata, Wakamatsu, and Yawata)
- walkabout — Chiefly British. a walking tour. an informal public stroll taken by members of the royal family or by a political figure for the purpose of greeting and being seen by the public.
- waterbuck — any of several large African antelopes of the genus Kobus, frequenting marshes and reedy places, especially K. ellipsiprymnus, of eastern and central Africa.
- whack out — to strike with a smart, resounding blow or blows.