8-letter words containing a, k, i
- chinbeak — a molding having a convex upper surface and a concave lower one, with a fillet between them; beak.
- chinkara — an Indian gazelle, Gazella gazella bennetti
- choaking — Present participle of choak.
- chokidar — (in India) a warden, custodian, or gatekeeper
- clacking — Present participle of clack.
- clamlike — any of various bivalve mollusks, especially certain edible species. Compare quahog, soft-shell clam.
- clanking — a sharp, hard, nonresonant sound, like that produced by two pieces of metal striking, one against the other: the clank of chains; the clank of an iron gate slamming shut.
- clawlike — resembling a claw or claws
- claylike — a natural earthy material that is plastic when wet, consisting essentially of hydrated silicates of aluminum: used for making bricks, pottery, etc.
- cloaking — Present participle of cloak.
- cocktail — A cocktail is an alcoholic drink which contains several ingredients.
- cookmaid — a maid who assists a cook
- crablike — resembling a crab, esp in movement
- crackies — by cracky.
- cracking — You use cracking to describe something you think is very good or exciting.
- crank in — Machinery. any of several types of arms or levers for imparting rotary or oscillatory motion to a rotating shaft, one end of the crank being fixed to the shaft and the other end receiving reciprocating motion from a hand, connecting rod, etc.
- crankier — Comparative form of cranky.
- crankily — In a cranky manner.
- cranking — Machinery. any of several types of arms or levers for imparting rotary or oscillatory motion to a rotating shaft, one end of the crank being fixed to the shaft and the other end receiving reciprocating motion from a hand, connecting rod, etc.
- crankish — mildly eccentric
- crankpin — a short cylindrical bearing surface fitted between two arms of a crank and set parallel to the main shaft of the crankshaft
- creakily — creaking or apt to creak: a creaky stairway.
- creaking — Present participle of creak.
- croakily — In a croaky manner.
- croaking — Present participle of croak.
- czarlike — Alternative spelling of tsarlike.
- dabchick — any of several small grebes of the genera Podiceps and Podilymbus, such as Podiceps ruficollis of the Old World
- daishiki — dashiki
- damaskin — (obsolete) A sword of Damascus steel.
- darkling — in the dark or night
- dashikis — Plural form of dashiki.
- dawnlike — the first appearance of daylight in the morning: Dawn broke over the valley.
- diarbekr — Diyarbakir.
- dickhead — If someone calls a man a dickhead, they are saying that they think he is very stupid.
- dickslap — (slang, rare) An objectionable person.
- diddikai — a person of partial Gypsy extraction.
- die back — If a plant dies back, its leaves die but its roots remain alive.
- diemaker — someone who makes dies
- digipack — a cardboard package for a compact disc or DVD
- divalike — (literally) like a spoiled diva.
- draglink — (engineering) A link connecting the cranks of two shafts.
- drawlink — (rail transport) drawbar.
- ducktail — DA.
- dunnakin — a lavatory
- elastick — Obsolete form of elastic.
- erratick — Obsolete form of erratic.
- eximbank — a U.S. government agency that aids in the exporting of U.S. goods and services by making or guaranteeing loans to foreign buyers of U.S. exports
- failback — failover
- fakirism — the beliefs and practices of fakirs
- faliraki — a coastal resort in SE Greece, on Rhodes. Pop: 400 (2000 est)