8-letter words containing d, e, k, o
- provoked — to anger, enrage, exasperate, or vex.
- reckoned — to count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount.
- red book — 1.
Informal name for one of the four standard references on PostScript. The other three official guides are known as the Blue Book, the Green Book, and the White Book. 2. (publication) Informal name for one of the three standard references on Smalltalk. This book also has blue and green siblings. 3. Any of the 1984 standards issued by the ITU-T eighth plenary assembly. These include, among other things, the X.400 electronic mail specification, the Group 1 through 4 fax standards, ISDN, the R2 signalling system (Q.400 series recommendations), data communication via the PSTN (the V series recommendations) and tariffs and metering principles (the D series). 4. The new version of the Green Book - IEEE 1003.1-1990, also known as ISO 9945-1 - is (because of the colour and the fact that it is printed on A4 paper) known in the USA. as "the Ugly Red Book That Won't Fit On The Shelf" and in Europe as "the Ugly Red Book That's A Sensible Size". 5. The NSA "Trusted Network Interpretation" companion to the Orange Book. See also book titles. - rocketed — any of various simple or complex tubelike devices containing combustibles that on being ignited liberate gases whose action propels the tube through the air: used for pyrotechnic effect, signaling, carrying a lifeline, hurling explosives at an enemy, putting a space vehicle into orbit, etc.
- rockweed — a fucoid seaweed growing on rocks exposed at low tide.
- roderick — a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “glory” and “ruler.”.
- roskilde — a city on the island of Zealand, in E Denmark: a suburb of Copenhagen.
- sheikdom — the land or territory under the control of a sheik.
- sidelock — earlock.
- socketed — a hollow part or piece for receiving and holding some part or thing.
- stockade — Fortification. a defensive barrier consisting of strong posts or timbers fixed upright in the ground.
- takedown — made or constructed so as to be easily dismantled or disassembled.
- teakwood — the wood of the teak.
- unbooked — not reserved or booked
- uncooked — not cooked; raw: a dessert made with uncooked eggs.
- unforked — not forked
- unlocked — to undo the lock of (a door, chest, etc.), especially with a key.
- unlooked — not examined, investigated, or heeded (usually followed by into, on, or at): a crime that remains unlooked into.
- unsmoked — (of meat, fish, etc) not hung over burning wood to preserve or flavour it
- unsoaked — not soaked
- unworked — not worked; not used; not exerted
- wedlocks — Plural form of wedlock.
- wet dock — a dock accessible only around the time of high tide and entered through locks or gates.
- windhoek — a republic in SW Africa: a former German protectorate; a mandate of South Africa 1920–66; gained independence 1990. 318,261 sq. mi. (824,296 sq. km). Capital: Windhoek.
- woodlike — Resembling wood, such as in color or texture.