8-letter words containing a, k, e, r
- star key — a push button on a telephone or other electronic device that is marked with an asterisk, often in the lower left-hand area.
- starkers — naked
- starkest — sheer, utter, downright, or complete: stark madness.
- starlike — of the shape of or like a star.
- stenmark — Ingemar ("Silent Swede") born 1956, Swedish Alpine skier.
- streaker — a long, narrow mark, smear, band of color, or the like: streaks of mud.
- sunbreak — a projection from the side of a building for intercepting part of the sunlight falling upon the adjacent surface.
- take for — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
- takeover — the act of seizing, appropriating, or arrogating authority, control, management, etc.
- taker-in — licker-in.
- teamwork — cooperative or coordinated effort on the part of a group of persons acting together as a team or in the interests of a common cause.
- telemark — a turn in which a skier places one ski far forward of the other and gradually angles the tip of the forward ski inward in the direction to be turned.
- teriyaki — a dish of grilled slices of beef, chicken, or fish that have been marinated in soy sauce seasoned with sake, ginger, and sugar.
- the mark — the middle of the stomach at or above the line made by the boxer's trunks
- the park — a soccer pitch
- the rack — an instrument of torture that stretched the body of the victim
- tidemark — the point that something or someone has reached, receded below, or risen above: He has reached the tidemark of his prosperity.
- topmaker — a wool dealer who specializes in selling wool tops to spinners
- toymaker — a person who makes toys.
- trackage — the whole quantity of track owned by a railroad.
- trackbed — the foundation on which railway tracks are laid
- trackies — loose-fitting trousers with elasticated cuffs, designed to be worn as part of a tracksuit
- transkei — a self-governing Bantu territory of South Africa on the Indian Ocean: granted independence in 1976 by South Africa, but not recognized by any other country as an independent state. 16,910 sq. mi. (43,798 sq. km). Capital: Umtata.
- traybake — a flat, usually chewy cake which is baked in a tray, cut into small squares, and served as a biscuit
- truckage — conveyance by a truck or trucks.
- unmarked — not marked.
- unracked — not stretched
- unranked — a number of persons forming a separate class in a social hierarchy or in any graded body.
- upmarket — appealing or catering to high-income consumers; of high quality; not easily affordable or accessible: upmarket fashions.
- valkyrie — any of the beautiful maidens attendant upon Odin who bring the souls of slain warriors chosen by Odin or Tyr to Valhalla and there wait upon them.
- verkramp — bigoted or illiberal
- vraicker — a person who gathers vraic
- wakeover — A sleepover party in a public place, such as a church, at which little or no sleep actually gets done.
- wakerife — wakeful.
- walkover — Racing. a walking or trotting over the course by a contestant who is the only starter.
- walkyrie — Valkyrie.
- warmaker — someone who wages war
- waterski — Each of a pair of skis enabling the wearer to skim the surface of the water when towed by a motorboat.
- weakener — A person who, or thing that weakens.
- whitaker — a male given name.
- wigmaker — a person who makes or sells wigs.
- workable — practicable or feasible: He needs a workable schedule.
- workfare — a governmental plan under which welfare recipients are required to accept public-service jobs or to participate in job training.
- workmate — A person with whom one works.
- worksafe — (of an internet link, etc) suitable for viewing in the workplace because of an absence of pornographic content
- workwear — Clothes designed to be worn while working, especially in a physically demanding job.
- wreakers — Plural form of wreaker.
- wreakful — (obsolete) Vengeful; angry, furious.
- wreaking — to inflict or execute (punishment, vengeance, etc.): They wreaked havoc on the enemy.
- wreckage — act of wrecking; state of being wrecked.