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8-letter words containing a, k, o

  • darkroom — A darkroom is a room which can be sealed off from natural light and is lit only by red light. It is used for developing photographs.
  • darksome — dark or darkish
  • darktown — a part of a town or city inhabited largely by blacks.
  • datebook — a notebook in which a person keeps a personal record of daily events, appointments, etc
  • daybooks — Plural form of daybook.
  • deadlock — If a dispute or series of negotiations reaches deadlock, neither side is willing to give in at all and no agreement can be made.
  • deadwork — work necessary to expose an orebody, as the removal of overburden.
  • dekalogy — a series of ten related works
  • dockhand — a dockworker.
  • dockland — the land or area surrounding a commercial port.
  • dockyard — a waterside area containing docks, workshops, warehouses, etc., for building, outfitting, and repairing ships, for storing naval supplies, etc.
  • docmaker — (text, tool, product)   An application for the Apple Macintosh which creates stand-alone, self-running document files. It features scrollable and re-sizable windows, graphics, varied text styles and fonts, full printing capability, and links to other software and information. Companies such as Federal Express, GTE, Hewlett-Packard, Iomega, Adobe Systems, Inc., Apple Computer and Aladdin use DOCMaker to distribute disk-based documentation with their products.
  • dorkland — an offensive name for Auckland
  • downtake — a pipe or passage for conducting smoke, a current of air, or the like downward from a furnace, opening, etc.
  • drammock — an uncooked mixture of meal, usually oatmeal, and cold water.
  • dronklap — a drunkard
  • dropback — a lowering, as of prices or standards, especially to a previous level: Auto manufacturers requested a dropback in emissions standards.
  • ecofreak — a zealous or overly zealous environmentalist or preservationist.
  • facebook — A reference book or electronic directory made up of individuals\u2019 photographs and names.
  • facework — The material of the outside or front side, as of a wall or building.
  • factbook — A book of facts.
  • fake out — to deceive or outmaneuver as by a feint, bluff, or deceptive act
  • fake-out — prepare or make (something specious, deceptive, or fraudulent): to fake a report showing nonexistent profits.
  • fanakalo — a lingua franca based on English, Afrikaans, Xhosa, and Zulu, used especially in the mines of South Africa.
  • farmwork — The agricultural work done on a farm.
  • farouk i — 1920–65, last king of Egypt (1936–52). He was forced to abdicate (1952)
  • fatstock — livestock that has been fattened for market.
  • flatwork — sheets, tablecloths, etc., that are ordinarily ironed mechanically, as on a mangle, rather than by hand.
  • flokatis — Plural form of flokati.
  • flowback — return or redistribution of something that has been received or acquired.
  • fog bank — a stratum of fog as seen from a distance.
  • foldback — (in multitrack recording) a process for returning a signal to a performer instantly
  • folk art — artistic works, as paintings, sculpture, basketry, and utensils, produced typically in cultural isolation by untrained often anonymous artists or by artisans of varying degrees of skill and marked by such attributes as highly decorative design, bright bold colors, flattened perspective, strong forms in simple arrangements, and immediacy of meaning.
  • folkland — a former type of land tenure
  • folktale — a tale or legend originating and traditional among a people or folk, especially one forming part of the oral tradition of the common people.
  • folkways — The traditional behavior or way of life of a particular community or group of people.
  • foodbank — a charitable organization which distributes food aid to people in financial difficulty
  • footmark — a footprint.
  • forepeak — the extreme forward part of the interior of a hull (opposed to afterpeak).
  • forerank — the first rank
  • foretake — (transitive) To take, receive, or adopt beforehand; assume.
  • forkball — a pitch thrown with the ball inserted between the index and middle fingers, causing it to dip sharply near home plate.
  • forkhead — the head of an arrow
  • forktail — Any of various small insectivorous birds in the genus Enicurus.
  • forsaken — past participle of forsake.
  • forsaker — One who forsakes.
  • forsakes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forsake.
  • forslack — to neglect or be neglectful
  • forspeak — to bewitch
  • freakout — A frightening or disorientating experience, especially one that results from the use of a hallucinogenic drug.
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