8-letter words containing a, k, o
- takeover — the act of seizing, appropriating, or arrogating authority, control, management, etc.
- takoradi — the chief port of Ghana, in the southwest on the Gulf of Guinea: modern harbour opened in 1928. Pop (with Sekondi): 335 000 (2005 est)
- talk out — to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.
- tank top — a close-fitting, low-cut top having shoulder straps and often made of lightweight, knitted fabric.
- taskwork — work assigned or imposed as a task.
- teakwood — the wood of the teak.
- 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.
- tena koe — a Māori greeting to one person
- thankyou — If you refer to something as a thankyou for what someone has done for you, you mean that it is intended as a way of thanking them.
- the oaks — a horse race for fillies held annually at Epsom since 1779: one of the classics of English flat racing
- tokonoma — (in Japanese architecture) a shallow alcove for the display of kakemonos or flower arrangements.
- tokugawa — a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled as shoguns, 1603–1867.
- tomahawk — a light ax used by the North American Indians as a weapon and tool.
- topkhana — a building where artillery, ammunition, etc., are made, repaired, and stored.
- topmaker — a wool dealer who specializes in selling wool tops to spinners
- toymaker — a person who makes toys.
- toyonaka — a city on S Honshu, in Japan, N of Osaka.
- traprock — trap3 .
- tuckahoe — Also called Indian bread. the edible, underground sclerotium of the fungus Poria cocos, found on the roots of trees in the southern United States.
- turkoman — a member of a Turkish people consisting of a group of tribes that inhabit the region near the Aral Sea and parts of Iran and Afghanistan.
- two-pack — (of a paint, filler, etc) supplied as two separate components, for example a base and a catalyst, that are mixed together immediately before use
- unsoaked — not soaked
- volkmann — (Friedrich) Robert, 1815–83, German composer.
- wakeover — A sleepover party in a public place, such as a church, at which little or no sleep actually gets done.
- walk off — an act or instance of walking or going on foot.
- walk out — an act or instance of walking or going on foot.
- walk-off — a person who escapes easily, especially by walking away from a place of detention; a walkaway: The guards rounded up the walk-offs from the prison farm.
- walk-out — an act or instance of walking or going on foot.
- walkdown — a store, living quarters, etc., located below the street level and approached by a flight of steps: It was a dimly lit walk-down optimistically called a garden apartment.
- walkouts — Plural form of walkout.
- walkover — Racing. a walking or trotting over the course by a contestant who is the only starter.
- warlocks — Plural form of warlock.
- waxworks — an exhibition of or a museum for displaying wax figures, ornaments, etc.
- wazzocks — Plural form of wazzock.
- whackjob — (colloquial, pejorative) A crazy, possibly dangerous, person.
- whakairo — the art of carving
- wolfpack — A family or other group of wild wolves.
- woodlark — a small, European songbird, Lullula arborea, noted for its song in flight.
- woolpack — a coarse fabric, usually of jute, in which raw wool is packed for transport.
- woolsack — a sack or bag of wool.
- wordmark — (marketing) A logotype; a standardized graphic representation of the name of a company or product used for purposes of easy identification. It is is often text with unique typographic treatments. Usually the company name is incorporated together with simple graphic treatments, so that the representation of the word essentially becomes a symbol of the company.
- workable — practicable or feasible: He needs a workable schedule.
- workably — In an workable fashion.
- workaday — of or befitting working days; characteristic of a workday and its occupations.
- workbags — Plural form of workbag.
- workboat — a boat used for work or trade rather than sport, public transportation, or military purposes.
- workdays — Plural form of workday.
- workfare — a governmental plan under which welfare recipients are required to accept public-service jobs or to participate in job training.
- workload — the amount of work that a machine, employee, or group of employees can be or is expected to perform.
- workmate — A person with whom one works.