8-letter words containing a, k, e, r
- hornbeak — a dialect name for a fish known as the garfish, hornfish or sea needle
- icemaker — an appliance for making ice, especially ice cubes: Some refrigerators have built-in icemakers.
- inkerman — a town in S Crimea, in S Ukraine: Russian defeat by the English and French 1854.
- jackeroo — an inexperienced person working as an apprentice on a sheep ranch.
- jerkface — (slang, vulgar, pejorative) An obnoxious or unlikeable person; a jerk.
- kabouter — (Dutch mythology) A tiny folkloric man who traditionally wears a pointy red hat, lives in harmony with nature and resides in mushrooms, similar to a gnome, leprechaun or a smurf.
- kaieteur — a waterfall in central Guyana, on a tributary of the Essequibo River. 741 feet (226 meters) high.
- kaiserin — the wife of a Kaiser
- kalendar — a calendar, especially of a church: the Anglican kalendar.
- kaleyard — a kitchen garden.
- kammerer — Paul. 1880–1926, Austrian zoologist: noted for his controversial experiments, esp with the midwife toad, apparently demonstrating the inheritance of acquired characteristics. Accused of fraud, he committed suicide
- kanarese — of or relating to Kanara, a part of the Maharashtra province in W India.
- kangeroo — Archaic form of kangaroo.
- kara sea — an arm of the Arctic Ocean between Novaya Zemlya and the N Russian Federation.
- karateka — an expert in karate.
- karearea — a New Zealand falcon, Falco novaeseelandiae
- karelian — of or relating to Karelia, its people, or their language.
- karoline — a female given name.
- karosses — Plural form of kaross.
- karrusel — a revolving escapement for minimizing positional error.
- kayakers — Plural form of kayaker.
- kefauver — Estes [es-tis] /ˈɛs tɪs/ (Show IPA), 1903–63, U.S. political leader: U.S. senator 1949–63.
- keramics — ceramics.
- keratode — the horny, fibrous substance forming the skeleton of certain sponges.
- keratoid — resembling horn; horny.
- keratoma — keratosis.
- keratose — having a skeleton formed of horny fibers, as certain sponges.
- kerkrade — a town in the SE Netherlands, in Limburg: one of the oldest coal-mining centres in Europe. Pop: 50 000 (2003 est)
- key card — a plastic card, similar to a credit card, containing data on an embedded magnetized strip that can electronically unlock a door, activate a machine, etc.
- keyboard — the row or set of keys on a piano, organ, or the like.
- keycards — Plural form of keycard.
- keyframe — A single frame in an animation sequence drawn by an artist, between which others are tweened.
- kidnaper — Alternative spelling of kidnapper.
- kitemark — (British) A certification symbol placed on products by the British Standards Institute, based on the letters BS.
- knackers — Plural form of knacker.
- knackery — rendering works.
- knappers — Plural form of knapper.
- knitwear — clothing made of knitted fabric.
- kreplach — Jewish Cookery. turnovers or pockets of noodle dough filled with any of several mixtures, as kasha or chopped chicken livers, usually boiled, and served in soup.
- kristeva — Julia, born 1941, French literary theorist, critic, and psychoanalyst, born in Bulgaria.
- krumkake — a very large, thin traditional Scandinavian cookie prepared by pouring batter into an appliance much like a waffle iron and then rolling the warm cookie around a cone form.
- lacework — lace (def 1).
- lakeport — a port city located on the shore of a lake, especially one of the Great Lakes.
- larksome — mischievous or fond of larking
- laverock — a lark, especially a skylark.
- lawmaker — a person who makes or enacts law; legislator.
- leadwork — work involving lead, such as maintenance work on lead pipes
- lukewarm — moderately warm; tepid.
- mackerel — a food fish, Scomber scombrus, of the North Atlantic, having wavy cross markings on the back.
- magicker — (fantasy) One who does magic; a sorcerer or magician.