8-letter words containing a, k, i
- bearskin — A bearskin is a tall fur hat that is worn by some British soldiers on ceremonial occasions.
- beatniks — (sometimes initial capital letter) a member of the Beat Generation.
- bierkase — a semisoft, strong white cow's-milk cheese that originated in Germany, and is eaten especially with beer.
- big talk — bragging or boasting talk
- bismarck — a city in North Dakota, on the Missouri River: the state capital. Pop: 56 344 (2003 est)
- bit mask — (programming) A pattern of binary values which is combined with some value using bitwise AND with the result that bits in the value in positions where the mask is zero are also set to zero. For example, if, in C, we want to test if bits 0 or 2 of x are set, we can write int mask = 5; /* binary 101 */ if (x & mask) ... A bit mask might also be used to set certain bits using bitwise OR, or to invert them using bitwise exclusive OR.
- blackfin — a type of tuna, Thunnus atlanticus
- blackice — (software, security) A commercial firewall and intrusion detection system.
- blacking — any preparation, esp one containing lampblack, for giving a black finish to shoes, metals, etc
- blackish — Something that is blackish is very dark in colour.
- bleakish — quite pale
- blinkard — an idiot or stupid person
- boatlike — resembling a boat
- brackish — Brackish water is slightly salty and unpleasant.
- branking — to hold up and toss the head, as a horse when spurning the bit or prancing.
- break in — If someone, usually a thief, breaks in, they get into a building by force.
- break-in — an illegal entry into a home, car, office, etc.
- breaking — (in Old English, Old Norse, etc) the change of a vowel into a diphthong
- brickbat — Brickbats are very critical or insulting remarks which are made in public about someone or something.
- brinkman — a person who practises brinkmanship
- britpack — a group of young and successful British actors, directors, artists, etc
- bucktail — a fishing lure adorned with deer hair
- bukharin — Nikolai Ivanovich (nikaˈlaj iˈvanəvitʃ). 1888–1938, Soviet Bolshevik leader: executed in one of Stalin's purges
- bukovina — a region of E central Europe, part of the NE Carpathians: the north was seized by the Soviet Union (1940) and later became part of Ukraine; the south remained Romanian
- buzkashi — a game played in Afghanistan, in which opposing teams of horsemen strive for possession of the headless carcass of a goat
- byrlakin — a mild oath
- cackling — Present participle of cackle.
- cagelike — resembling a cage
- cake mix — Cake mix is a powder that you mix with eggs and water or milk to make a cake. You bake the mixture in the oven.
- cake tin — A cake tin is a metal container that you bake a cake in.
- cakiness — the state of being cakey
- calflike — resembling a calf
- calfskin — Calfskin shoes and clothing are made from the skin of a calf.
- cambrick — Obsolete form of cambric.
- cannikin — a small can, esp one used as a drinking vessel
- canstick — a candlestick
- capeskin — a soft leather obtained from the skins of a type of lamb or sheep having hairlike wool
- car sick — If someone feels car sick, they feel sick as a result of traveling in a car.
- cat-lick — a quick wash
- catstick — a broomstick or other stick used as a bat, especially in playing tipcat.
- caulking — to fill or close seams or crevices of (a tank, window, etc.) in order to make watertight, airtight, etc.
- cavelike — similar to or resembling a cave
- chadwick — Sir Edwin. 1800–90, British social reformer, known for his Report on the Sanitary Condition of the Labouring Population of Great Britain (1842)
- chalking — a soft, white, powdery limestone consisting chiefly of fossil shells of foraminifers.
- chalkpit — a quarry for chalk
- chanking — to eat noisily or greedily.
- charikar — a city in E Afghanistan, in the Hindu Kush range.
- charking — charcoal (def 1).
- chekiang — Zhejiang
- chickpea — Chickpeas are hard round seeds that look like pale-brown peas. They can be cooked and eaten.