8-letter words containing a, r, l
- kalahari — a desert region in SW Africa, largely in Botswana. 100,000 sq. mi. (259,000 sq. km).
- kalendar — a calendar, especially of a church: the Anglican kalendar.
- kaleyard — a kitchen garden.
- kalyptra — a veil worn by women in Greece
- karaklis — former name of Kirovakan.
- karakuls — Plural form of karakul.
- karelian — of or relating to Karelia, its people, or their language.
- karlsbad — German name of Karlovy Vary.
- karlstad — a city in S Sweden.
- karoline — a female given name.
- karrusel — a revolving escapement for minimizing positional error.
- killadar — a fort commander or governor
- 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
- kirkland — Jack, 1901–69, U.S. writer and playwright.
- kirkwall — a town on Pomona island, NE of Scotland in the Orkney Islands: administrative center of the Orkney Islands.
- kohlrabi — a cultivated cabbage, Brassica oleracea gongylodes, whose stem above ground swells into an edible, bulblike formation.
- kolhapur — a city in S Maharashtra, in SW India.
- 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.
- kreplach — Jewish Cookery. turnovers or pockets of noodle dough filled with any of several mixtures, as kasha or chopped chicken livers, usually boiled, and served in soup.
- kursaals — Plural form of kursaal.
- la farge — John, 1835–1910, U.S. painter, stained-glass designer, and writer.
- la habra — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- la porte — a city in NW Indiana.
- la rioja — a city in W Argentina.
- la verne — a town in S California.
- labarums — Plural form of labarum.
- labeller — Alternative spelling of labeler.
- laborers — Plural form of laborer.
- laboring — productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- laborism — a political theory favoring the dominance of labor in the economic and political life of a country.
- laborist — A physician who aids labor and delivery but does not provide prenatal care.
- laborite — a member of a political party promoting the interests of labor.
- labornet — An IGC network serving groups, unions and labour advocates interested in information sharing and collaboration with the intent of enhancing the human rights and economic justice of workers. Issues covered include workplace and community health and safety issues, trade issues and international union solidarity and collaboration.
- laborous — Obsolete form of laborious.
- laboured — productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- labourer — Standard spelling of laborer.
- labrador — a peninsula in NE North America surrounded by Hudson Bay, the Atlantic, and the Gulf of St. Lawrence, containing the Canadian provinces of Newfoundland and Quebec. 510,000 sq. mi. (1,320,900 sq. km).
- labrusca — of or derived from the North American fox grape, Vitis labrusca.
- laburnum — any of several small trees belonging to the genus Laburnum, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of pendulous yellow flowers, especially L. alpinum, the Scotch laburnum.
- lacerant — painfully distressing; harrowing
- lacerate — to tear roughly; mangle: The barbed wire lacerated his hands.
- lacertid — any of numerous Old World lizards of the family Lacertidae.
- lacework — lace (def 1).
- lacquers — Plural form of lacquer.
- lacrimal — lachrymal (defs 1–3).
- lacrosse — a game, originated by Indians of North America, in which two 10-member teams attempt to send a small ball into each other's netted goal, each player being equipped with a crosse or stick at the end of which is a netted pocket for catching, carrying, or throwing the ball.
- lacrymal — Alternative spelling of lachrymal.
- lacunars — Plural form of lacunar.
- lacunary — Of, pertaining to, or having characteristics of a lacuna.