8-letter words containing a, k, o
- keloidal — Of or pertaining to keloids.
- kephalos — Cephalus.
- keratode — the horny, fibrous substance forming the skeleton of certain sponges.
- keratoid — resembling horn; horny.
- keratoma — keratosis.
- keratose — having a skeleton formed of horny fibers, as certain sponges.
- keyboard — the row or set of keys on a piano, organ, or the like.
- khartoum — a region in N Africa, S of the Sahara and Libyan deserts, extending from the Atlantic to the Red Sea.
- khaskovo — a city in S Bulgaria.
- kiabooca — padouk.
- kiaochow — a former German-leased territory (1898–1914) on the Shandong peninsula, in E China, around Jiaozhou Bay. 200 sq. mi. (518 sq. km). Chief city, Tsingtao.
- kickapoo — a river in SW Wisconsin, flowing SSW to the Wisconsin River. 130 miles (210 km) long.
- kilobase — (in expressing the lengths of nucleic acid molecules) 1,000 bases.
- kilobaud — (unit) 1000 baud.
- kilogram — a unit of mass equal to 1000 grams: the basic unit of mass in the International System of Units (SI), equal to the mass of the international prototype of the kilogram, a platinum-iridium cylinder kept in Sèvres, France. Abbreviation: kg.
- kilogray — one thousand grays
- kilowatt — a unit of power, equal to 1000 watts. Abbreviation: kW, kw.
- kinkajou — a brownish, arboreal mammal, Potos flavus, of Central and South America, having a prehensile tail, related to the raccoon and coati.
- kir moab — ancient name of Kerak.
- kitasato — Shibasaburo [shee-bah-sah-boo-raw] /ʃiˈbɑ sɑˈbu rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1852–1931, Japanese bacteriologist.
- knobhead — a stupid person
- knothead — (informal) A stupid or stubborn person.
- know-all — a know-it-all.
- knowable — capable of being known.
- koftgari — the art of inlaying steel with gold
- kohlrabi — a cultivated cabbage, Brassica oleracea gongylodes, whose stem above ground swells into an edible, bulblike formation.
- koinonia — Communion by intimate participation, associated with the Christian church.
- kokanees — Plural form of kokanee.
- kola nut — a brownish seed, about the size of a chestnut, produced by a tropical tree belonging to the genus Cola, containing both caffeine and theobromine: its extract is used in soft drinks.
- kolaches — Plural form of kolache.
- kolhapur — a city in S Maharashtra, in SW India.
- kombucha — Also called kombucha mushroom. a live culture of multiple species of yeast and bacteria, grown to make a mildly alcoholic fermented beverage.
- komitaji — a rebel or revolutionary belonging to a guerrilla group in Macedonia or the Balkans
- konstanz — German name of Constance.
- kool-aid — a drink made from this mix.
- koolhaas — Rem. born 1944, Dutch architect and theorist, co-founder of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (1975); buildings include the Grand Palais and associated developments in Lille, France (1989–96); books include S, M, L, XL (1996)
- koopmans — Tjalling Charles [chah-ling] /ˈtʃɑ lɪŋ/ (Show IPA), 1910–85, U.S. economist, born in the Netherlands: Nobel Prize 1975.
- kootchar — any of several small, stingless Australian honeybees of the genus Trigona.
- kootenay — a river flowing from SW Canada through NW Montana and N Idaho, swinging back into Canada to the Columbia River. 400 miles (645 km) long.
- kopiykas — Plural form of kopiyka.
- kordofan — a province in the central Sudan. About 147,000 sq. mi. (380,730 sq. km). Capital: El Obeid.
- korfball — (uncountable) A non-contact unisex team sport originating from Holland, similar to netball, where players attempt to throw a ball into a basket atop a pole.
- koriyama — a city on E central Honshu, in Japan.
- kostroma — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Moscow, on the Volga.
- kourbash — to whip with a kurbash.
- krakatoa — a volcano and small island in Indonesia, between Java and Sumatra: violent eruption 1883.
- kumamoto — a city on W central Kyushu, in SW Japan.
- kurosawa — Akira [ah-kee-rah] /ɑˈki rɑ/ (Show IPA), 1910–1998, Japanese film director.
- kymogram — the graphic record produced by a diagnostic kymograph.
- lab book — a notebook used to note down experiments, hypotheses, etc, of the kind that may be carried out or formed in a laboratory