8-letter words containing a, k, i, p
- pashalik — the territory governed by a pasha.
- peacenik — an activist or demonstrator who opposes war and military intervention; pacifist.
- peaklike — resembling a peak
- pin mark — the circular indentation on the upper part of a type body, made by the pin that ejects the type from the caster.
- pink tea — a formal tea or reception.
- pinkiang — Older Spelling. former name of Harbin.
- planking — a long, flat piece of timber, thicker than a board.
- polanski — Roman. born 1933, Polish film director with a taste for the macabre, as in Repulsion (1965) and Rosemary's Baby (1968): later films include Tess (1980), Death and the Maiden (1995), and The Pianist (2002)
- prakriti — (in Sankhya philosophy) primal matter or substance from which the physical and mental universe evolves under the influence of purusha.
- pranking — to dress or adorn in an ostentatious manner: They were all pranked out in their fanciest clothes.
- prankish — of the nature of a prank: a prankish plan.
- pyinkado — a leguminous tree, Xylia xylocarpa (or dolabriformis), native to India and Myanmar
- sea pink — thrift (def 3).
- sick pay — wages or other compensation received from an employer during an illness.
- six-pack — six bottles or cans of a beverage, as beer or a soft drink, packaged and sold especially as a unit.
- ski pass — a ticket or pass authorizing the holder to ski in a certain place, resort, etc
- skip car — an open car for charging a blast furnace.
- skipjack — any of various fishes that leap above the surface of the water, as a tuna, Euthynnus pelamis, or the bonito.
- skiplane — an airplane equipped with skis to enable it to land on and take off from snow.
- snakepit — a pit filled with snakes
- spanking — to strike (a person, usually a child) with the open hand, a slipper, etc., especially on the buttocks, as in punishment.
- sparkily — in a sparky manner
- sparlike — resembling a spar
- speaking — the act, utterance, or discourse of a person who speaks.
- tankship — a ship for carrying bulk cargoes of liquids; tanker.
- wasplike — any of numerous social or solitary hymenopterous insects of the Vespidae, Sphecidae, and allied families, generally having a long, slender body and narrow waist and, in the female, a stinger.
- whipjack — a beggar imitating a distressed sailor