8-letter words containing a, g, k
- oak gall — any of various rounded galls produced on oaks, especially the horned oak gall.
- okanagan — a river in North America that flows south from Okanagan Lake in Canada into the Columbia River in NE Washington, US Length: about 483 km (300 miles)
- okavango — a river in central Africa, flowing SE from Angola to Botswana. About 1000 miles (1610 km) long.
- okinagan — a member of a North American Indian people living in the Okanagan River valley in British Columbia and Washington
- okovango — a river in central Africa, flowing SE from Angola to Botswana. About 1000 miles (1610 km) long.
- packager — a person or business firm that packages a product or merchandise for commercial sale: a soap packager.
- packfong — a Chinese cupronickel alloy
- pinkiang — Older Spelling. former name of Harbin.
- planking — a long, flat piece of timber, thicker than a board.
- pranking — to dress or adorn in an ostentatious manner: They were all pranked out in their fanciest clothes.
- quacking — Present participle of quack.
- rag week — students' annual charity fundraiser
- ragnarok — the destruction of the gods and of all things in a final battle with the evil powers.
- rankings — the official list of the best players in a particular sport
- rankling — (of unpleasant feelings, experiences, etc.) to continue to cause keen irritation or bitter resentment within the mind; fester; be painful.
- regmaker — a drink taken to relieve the symptoms of a hangover; a pick-me-up
- ringbark — girdle (def 11).
- sea king — one of the piratical Scandinavian chiefs who ravaged the coasts of medieval Europe.
- shagbark — a hickory, Carya ovata, having shaggy, rough bark and yielding a valuable wood.
- sharking — a person who preys greedily on others, as by cheating or usury.
- si kiang — a river in S China, flowing E from Yunnan province to the South China Sea near Canton. 1250 miles (2012 km) long.
- sick bag — a bag provided on an aircraft or ship as a receptacle for vomit
- sigatoka — a disease of bananas, characterized by discolored spots on the leaves, caused by a fungus, Mycosphaerella musicola.
- sinkiang — Xinjiang
- skiagram — a picture made by outlining and shading a subject's shadow.
- slacking — not tight, taut, firm, or tense; loose: a slack rope.
- smacking — smart, brisk, or strong, as a breeze.
- snacking — a small portion of food or drink or a light meal, especially one eaten between regular meals.
- sneaking — acting in a furtive or underhand way.
- spanking — to strike (a person, usually a child) with the open hand, a slipper, etc., especially on the buttocks, as in punishment.
- speaking — the act, utterance, or discourse of a person who speaks.
- stacking — a more or less orderly pile or heap: a precariously balanced stack of books; a neat stack of papers.
- stalking — an act or course of stalking quarry, prey, or the like: We shot the mountain goat after a five-hour stalk.
- stockage — supplies
- tack rag — a cotton cloth impregnated with an oil, used to remove dust from a surface prior to painting
- tackling — equipment, apparatus, or gear, especially for fishing: fishing tackle.
- talk big — to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.
- thanking — to express gratitude, appreciation, or acknowledgment to: She thanked them for their hospitality.
- tokugawa — a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled as shoguns, 1603–1867.
- trackage — the whole quantity of track owned by a railroad.
- tracking — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- traiking — to become ill or lose one's good health.
- truckage — conveyance by a truck or trucks.
- tunguska — any of three tributaries of the Yenisei River in the central Russian Federation in Asia: the (Lower Tunguska) 2000 miles (3220 km) long; the (Upper Tunguska) or the lower course of the Angara, 1151 miles (1855 km) long; and the (Stony Tunguska) about 975 miles (1570 km) long.
- tweaking — to pinch and pull with a jerk and twist: to tweak someone's ear; to tweak someone's nose.
- untaking — the act of a person or thing that takes.
- wakening — awakening.
- wangchuk — Jigme Dorji [jig-mey dawr-jee] /ˈdʒɪg meɪ ˈdɔr dʒi/ (Show IPA), 1929–72, king of Bhutan 1952–72.
- waukegan — a city in NE Illinois, on Lake Michigan, N of Chicago.
- waulking — Present participle of waulk.