8-letter words containing d, k
- beakhead — (nautical) A protruding part of the foremost section of a sailing ship.
- beckford — William. 1759–1844, English writer and dilettante; author of the oriental romance Vathek (1787)
- beckoned — a nod, gesture, etc., that signals, directs, summons, indicates agreement, or the like.
- bedarken — to make dark, to cover in darkness
- bedecked — If a place is bedecked with flags or other ornaments, these things have been hung up to decorate it.
- bedmaker — a person who constructs beds
- bedsocks — the type of socks worn in bed
- benedick — a newly married man
- biforked — two-pronged
- bikinied — dressed in a bikini
- birdlike — If someone has a birdlike manner, they move or look like a bird.
- blackcod — sablefish.
- blinkard — an idiot or stupid person
- blockade — A blockade of a place is an action that is taken to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving it.
- blokedom — the state of being a bloke
- bodanzky — Artur [ahr-too r] /ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1877–1939, Austrian opera director and orchestra conductor: in the U.S. after 1915.
- bodywork — The bodywork of a motor vehicle is the outside part of it.
- bookland — an area of common land given to a private owner
- braddock — Edward1695-1755; Brit. general, born in Scotland: commander of the Brit. forces in the French & Indian War
- brokered — an agent who buys or sells for a principal on a commission basis without having title to the property.
- bucketed — a deep, cylindrical vessel, usually of metal, plastic, or wood, with a flat bottom and a semicircular bail, for collecting, carrying, or holding water, sand, fruit, etc.; pail.
- buckland — William. 1784–1856, English geologist; he became a proponent of the idea of catastrophic ice ages
- bulkhead — A bulkhead is a wall which divides the inside of a ship or aeroplane into separate sections.
- bulldyke — a mannish lesbian
- bunk bed — Bunk beds are two beds fixed one above the other in a frame.
- buskined — relating to tragic drama
- cankered — (esp of fruit trees) affected by canker
- card key — a small plastic card with magnetic coding that is read electronically when inserted into a scanner and used in place of a key to open locks, hotel doors, etc.
- card-key — a small plastic card with magnetic coding that is read electronically when inserted into a scanner and used in place of a key to open locks, hotel doors, etc.
- chadlock — Alternative form of charlock.
- chadwick — Sir Edwin. 1800–90, British social reformer, known for his Report on the Sanitary Condition of the Labouring Population of Great Britain (1842)
- checkedy — checkered; having a checked pattern.
- chokidar — (in India) a warden, custodian, or gatekeeper
- chuckled — to laugh softly or amusedly, usually with satisfaction: They chuckled at the child's efforts to walk.
- ciderkin — a weak type of cider
- cockaded — Wearing a cockade.
- cockades — Plural form of cockade.
- cockbird — a male bird
- cockered — to pamper: to cocker a child.
- cockeyed — If you say that an idea or scheme is cockeyed, you mean that you think it is very unlikely to succeed.
- codebook — a book containing the means to decipher a code
- coked-up — showing the effects of having taken cocaine
- cokehead — a person who takes cocaine regularly
- coldcock — to knock (a person) to the ground
- coldwork — The elimination of flaws and rough or sharp areas on the surface of blown or cast glass objects; usually achieved by some combination of grinding and polishing.
- convoked — Simple past tense and past participle of convoke.
- cookmaid — a maid who assists a cook
- copydesk — desk where newspaper copy is edited
- cordlike — a string or thin rope made of several strands braided, twisted, or woven together.
- corkwood — a small tree, Leitneria floridana, of the southeastern US, having very lightweight porous wood: family Leitneriaceae