8-letter words containing a, k, t, h
- kootchar — any of several small, stingless Australian honeybees of the genus Trigona.
- latchkey — a key for releasing a latch or springlock, especially on an outer door.
- lathlike — Resembling a lath or some aspect of one.
- lathwork — work made of laths
- lockhart — John Gibson, 1794–1854, Scottish biographer and novelist.
- meathook — A sharp metal hook of a kind used to hang meat carcasses.
- oistrakh — David [dey-vid] /ˈdeɪ vɪd/ (Show IPA), 1908–74, Russian violinist.
- outthank — to outdo in thanking
- sather-k — (language) Karlsruhe Sather. A sublanguage of Sather used for introductory courses in object-oriented design and typesafe programming. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- shakeout — an elimination or winnowing out of some competing businesses, products, etc., as a result of intense competition in a market of declining sales or rising standards of quality.
- shaktism — the worship of Shakti as the wife of Shiva.
- shiitake — a large, meaty, black or dark brown mushroom, Lentinus edodes, native to eastern Asia and frequently used in Japanese and Chinese cookery.
- shoptalk — the specialized vocabulary having to do with work or a field of work: I don't understand electronics shoptalk.
- shotokan — a popular system of karate based on the principles of Bushido and Zen
- silk hat — a tall, cylindrical, black hat covered with silk plush, worn by men for formal dress. Compare beaver1 (def 4), opera hat, top hat.
- tadzhiki — Tajiki
- tankship — a ship for carrying bulk cargoes of liquids; tanker.
- tarakihi — a common edible sea fish of New Zealand waters
- tashkent — a republic in S central Asia. 172,741 sq. mi. (447,400 sq. km). Capital: Tashkent.
- tashlikh — a Jewish rite, performed on the afternoon usually of the first day of Rosh Hashanah, in which the participants symbolically cast off their sins by gathering along the banks of a river, stream, or the like and reciting prayers of repentance.
- thankful — feeling or expressing gratitude; appreciative.
- thanking — to express gratitude, appreciation, or acknowledgment to: She thanked them for their hospitality.
- 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 jack — venereal disease
- the mark — the middle of the stomach at or above the line made by the boxer's trunks
- the oaks — a horse race for fillies held annually at Epsom since 1779: one of the classics of English flat racing
- the park — a soccer pitch
- the rack — an instrument of torture that stretched the body of the victim
- the sack — dismissal from employment
- the skaw — a cape at the N tip of Denmark
- 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.
- 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.
- tzedakah — charity or the giving of charity.
- walkthru — (US) alternative spelling of walkthrough.
- whitaker — a male given name.
- whitrack — a weasel; ermine or stoat.