8-letter words containing d, e, a, k
- keloidal — Of or pertaining to keloids.
- keratode — the horny, fibrous substance forming the skeleton of certain sponges.
- keratoid — resembling horn; horny.
- kerkrade — a town in the SE Netherlands, in Limburg: one of the oldest coal-mining centres in Europe. Pop: 50 000 (2003 est)
- key card — a plastic card, similar to a credit card, containing data on an embedded magnetized strip that can electronically unlock a door, activate a machine, etc.
- keyboard — the row or set of keys on a piano, organ, or the like.
- keycards — Plural form of keycard.
- kidnaped — to steal, carry off, or abduct by force or fraud, especially for use as a hostage or to extract ransom.
- kidnapee — to steal, carry off, or abduct by force or fraud, especially for use as a hostage or to extract ransom.
- kidnaper — Alternative spelling of kidnapper.
- kiskadee — any of several American flycatchers of the genus Pitangus, especially P. sulphuratus (great kiskadee) ranging from the southwest U.S. to Argentina and noted for their loud calls and aggressive nature.
- klaipeda — a seaport in NW Lithuania, on the Baltic.
- knapweed — any composite plant of the genus Centaurea, especially the weedy C. nigra, having rose-purple flowers set on a dark-colored, knoblike bract.
- kneading — Present participle of knead.
- kneepads — Plural form of kneepad.
- knobhead — a stupid person
- knothead — (informal) A stupid or stubborn person.
- kyanized — Simple past tense and past participle of kyanize.
- ladylike — like a lady.
- lakehead — Thunder Bay.
- lakeland — a city in central Florida.
- lakeside — located on the side of a lake: a lakeside resort.
- lakewood — a city in central Colorado, near Denver.
- leadwork — work involving lead, such as maintenance work on lead pipes
- like mad — mentally disturbed; deranged; insane; demented.
- lunkhead — a dull or stupid person; blockhead.
- mad keen — If you say that someone is mad keen on something, you are emphasizing that they are very enthusiastic about it.
- magicked — Simple past tense and past participle of magic.
- maidanek — a Nazi concentration camp in eastern Poland, near Lublin.
- mandrake — a narcotic, short-stemmed European plant, Mandragora officinarum, of the nightshade family, having a fleshy, often forked root somewhat resembling a human form.
- markedly — strikingly noticeable; conspicuous: with marked success.
- markered — Simple past tense and past participle of marker.
- marketed — an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.
- medibank — the national health-insurance program instituted in Australia.
- modjeska — Helena [huh-ley-nuh] /həˈleɪ nə/ (Show IPA), (Helena Opid Modrzejewska) 1840–1909, Polish actress, in U.S. after 1876.
- neckband — a band of cloth at the neck of a garment.
- oldspeak — (sometimes initial capital letter) standard English, in contrast to English that is overly technical, politically correct, euphemistic, etc. Compare newspeak.
- panicked — a sudden overwhelming fear, with or without cause, that produces hysterical or irrational behavior, and that often spreads quickly through a group of persons or animals.
- pay desk — the counter in a shop where customers pay for goods
- quadbike — Alternative form of quad bike.
- radetzky — Count Joseph [yoh-zef] /ˈyoʊ zɛf/ (Show IPA), 1766–1858, Austrian field marshal.
- red bank — a borough in E central New Jersey.
- red bark — a kind of cinchona containing a high proportion of alkaloids
- redshank — an Old World sandpiper, Tringa totanus, having red legs and feet.
- remarked — to say casually, as in making a comment: Someone remarked that tomorrow would be a warm day.
- sea duck — any of various diving ducks, as the scaups, goldeneyes, scoters, and eiders, found principally on seas.
- seedcake — a sweet cake containing aromatic seeds, usually caraway.
- shackled — a ring or other fastening, as of iron, for securing the wrist, ankle, etc.; fetter.
- sidewalk — a walk, especially a paved one, at the side of a street or road.
- skewbald — (especially of horses) having patches of brown and white.