8-letter words containing a, l, k
- packmule — a mule used to carry goods
- palmlike — resembling a palm
- parkland — a grassland region with isolated or grouped trees, usually in temperate regions.
- parklike — an area of land, usually in a largely natural state, for the enjoyment of the public, having facilities for rest and recreation, often owned, set apart, and managed by a city, state, or nation.
- pashalik — the territory governed by a pasha.
- peakless — having no peak, without a peak
- peaklike — resembling a peak
- pellekar — palikar.
- pep talk — a vigorous, emotional talk, as to a person or group, intended to arouse enthusiasm, increase determination to succeed, etc.: The coach gave the team a pep talk before the game.
- plackart — placate2 .
- planking — a long, flat piece of timber, thicker than a board.
- plankter — any organism that is an element of plankton.
- plankton — the aggregate of passively floating, drifting, or somewhat motile organisms occurring in a body of water, primarily comprising microscopic algae and protozoa.
- playback — the act of reproducing a sound or video recording, especially in order to check a recording that is newly made.
- playbook — (in Elizabethan drama) the script of a play, used by the actors as an acting text.
- plowback — a reinvestment of earnings or profits in a business enterprise.
- 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
- polanski — Roman. born 1933, Polish film director with a taste for the macabre, as in Repulsion (1965) and Rosemary's Baby (1968): later films include Tess (1980), Death and the Maiden (1995), and The Pianist (2002)
- 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.
- quakerly — like a Quaker.
- quaylike — resembling a quay
- racewalk — to race by walking fast rather than running
- rakehell — a licentious or dissolute man; rake.
- rankless — a number of persons forming a separate class in a social hierarchy or in any graded body.
- rankling — (of unpleasant feelings, experiences, etc.) to continue to cause keen irritation or bitter resentment within the mind; fester; be painful.
- raurkela — a city in Odisha state, in E India.
- raw milk — unpasteurized milk
- raw silk — reeled silk that has not had the sericin removed.
- retackle — to tackle again
- rillmark — a mark or channel left by the trickle of a rill or brook
- rinkhals — ringhals.
- roadkill — Informal. the body of an animal killed on a road by a motor vehicle.
- rockable — (of a chair, crib, etc) able to be rocked
- rockfall — an act or instance of the falling of rock, as in a cave-in or an avalanche.
- rockland — a city in SE Massachusetts.
- rollback — an act or instance of rolling back.
- ropewalk — a long, narrow path or building where ropes are made.
- sackable — offence: justifying loss of job
- sackless — innocent or not deserving of punishment
- sakhalin — an island of the Russian Federation in the Sea of Okhotsk, N of Japan: formerly (1905-45) divided between the Soviet Union and Japan. 29,100 sq. mi. (75,369 sq. km).
- salonika — Also, Salonica [suh-lon-i-kuh, sal-uh-nee-kuh] /səˈlɒn ɪ kə, ˌsæl əˈni kə/ (Show IPA), Saloniki [Greek sah-law-nee-kee] /Greek ˌsɑ lɔˈni ki/ (Show IPA). Official name Thessalonike. Ancient Therma. a seaport in south-central Macedonia, in NE Greece, on the Gulf of Salonika.
- saltwork — place where salt is refined
- sea kale — a European broad-leaved maritime plant, Crambe maritima, of the mustard family, having fleshy, blue basal leaves, used as a pot plant.
- sealskin — the skin of a seal.
- seamlike — like or resembling a seam
- selamlik — the portion of a Turkish palace or house reserved for men.
- shackled — a ring or other fastening, as of iron, for securing the wrist, ankle, etc.; fetter.
- shackles — two metal rings joined by a chain which are fastened around someone's wrists or ankles in order to prevent them from moving or escaping