8-letter words containing a, k, u
- lukewarm — moderately warm; tepid.
- lunkhead — a dull or stupid person; blockhead.
- make out — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- makhlouf — Saint Sharbel [shahr-buh l] /ˈʃɑr bəl/ (Show IPA), 1828–98, Lebanese monk: canonized 1977.
- mameluke — a member of a military class, originally composed of slaves, that seized control of the Egyptian sultanate in 1250, ruled until 1517, and remained powerful until massacred or dispersed by Mehemet Ali in 1811.
- mark out — delineate, define: boundaries
- mark you — You can say mark you to emphasize and draw attention to something you have just said.
- matsuoka — Yosuke [yaw-soo-ke] /yɔˈsu kɛ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1946, Japanese statesman.
- mazurkas — Plural form of mazurka.
- megabuck — one million dollars.
- mikasuki — a member of an American Indian people, formerly part of the Creek Confederacy and surviving chiefly as one of the two branches of the Muskogean family represented among the Florida Seminoles.
- mokopuna — (NZ) In M\u0101ori culture, grandchildren, or sometimes children generally.
- moussaka — a baked dish consisting of layers of sautéed slices of eggplant and ground lamb usually flavored with tomatoes, onions, and cinnamon, and covered with a custard sauce sprinkled with grated cheese.
- muck bar — a rough bar of wrought iron, rolled from blooms of iron extracted from a puddling furnace.
- muckheap — Dunghill; dung heap.
- muckland — fertile farmland characterized by soil (muck soil) that contains a high percentage (between 20 percent and 50 percent) of organic matter.
- muckrake — to search for and expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or the like, especially in politics.
- mud tank — A mud tank is a large treatment and storage tank for cleaned mud.
- mudbanks — Plural form of mudbank.
- mudlarks — Plural form of mudlark.
- munkacsy — Mihály von [mi-hahy fuh n] /ˈmɪ haɪ fən/ (Show IPA), (Michael Lieb) 1844–1900, Hungarian painter.
- murmansk — an ice-free seaport and railroad terminus in the NW Russian Federation, on the Murman Coast.
- musk bag — the musk-secreting gland of a male musk deer.
- muskrats — Plural form of muskrat.
- nagurski — Bronislaw [bron-uh-slof] /ˈbrɒn əˌslɒf/ (Show IPA), ("Bronko") 1908–1990, U.S. football player, born in Canada.
- nicklaus — Jack (William) born 1940, U.S. golfer.
- nunataks — Plural form of nunatak.
- nunchaku — Sometimes, nunchakus. a Japanese hand weapon for defense against frontal assault, consisting of two foot-long hardwood sticks joined by a chain or thick cord that stretches to body width.
- out back — (sometimes initial capital letter) the back country or remote settlements; the bush (usually preceded by the).
- out-take — a segment of film or videotape edited out of the final version, as because of a technical error.
- outbreak — a sudden breaking out or occurrence; eruption: the outbreak of war.
- outflank — to go or extend beyond the flank of (an opposing military unit); turn the flank of.
- outranks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outrank.
- outskate — (ice hockey, skating) To skate better than another skater.
- outspeak — to outdo or excel in speaking.
- outtakes — Plural form of outtake.
- outthank — to outdo in thanking
- packmule — a mule used to carry goods
- panufnik — Sir Andrzej (ændreɪ). 1914–91, British composer and conductor, born in Poland. His works include nine symphonies, the cantata Winter Solstice (1972), Polish folk-song settings, and ballet music
- pluck at — If you pluck at something, you take it between your fingers and pull it sharply but gently.
- plumcake — a cake with raisins in it
- prankful — full of pranks or mischief, tending to play pranks
- pullback — the act of pulling back, especially a retreat or a strategic withdrawal of troops; pullout.
- pushback — a mechanism that forces an object backward.
- put back — postpone
- quackery — the practice or methods of a quack.
- quacking — Present participle of quack.
- quackish — a fraudulent or ignorant pretender to medical skill.
- quadbike — Alternative form of quad bike.
- quakerly — like a Quaker.