8-letter words containing d, o, k
- keynoted — Music. the note or tone on which a key or system of tones is founded; the tonic.
- keywords — a word that serves as a key, as to the meaning of another word, a sentence, passage, or the like.
- kiboshed — Simple past tense and past participle of kibosh.
- kickdown — a method of changing gear in a car with automatic transmission, by fully depressing the accelerator
- kidglove — diplomatic, careful or tactful
- kidology — the art or practice of bluffing or deception
- kilobaud — (unit) 1000 baud.
- kilopond — the force exerted by one kilogram in standard gravity
- kingdome — Obsolete spelling of kingdom.
- kingdoms — Plural form of kingdom.
- kinghood — the state of being king; kingship.
- kingwood — a Brazilian wood streaked with violet tints, used especially in cabinetwork.
- kirkwood — a city in E Missouri, near St. Louis.
- kiyoodle — a worthless dog; mongrel.
- klondike — a region of the Yukon territory in NW Canada: gold rush 1897–98.
- klondyke — Alt form klondike.
- knobhead — a stupid person
- knothead — (informal) A stupid or stubborn person.
- knotweed — any of several knotty-stemmed plants belonging to the genus Polygonum, of the buckwheat family.
- knowledg — Obsolete form of knowledge.
- koldewey — Robert [rob-ert;; German roh-bert] /ˈrɒb ərt;; German ˈroʊ bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1855–1925, German archaeologist.
- komondor — one of a Hungarian breed of large dogs having a long, matted, white coat, used for herding sheep and as a watchdog.
- kool-aid — a drink made from this mix.
- kordofan — a province in the central Sudan. About 147,000 sq. mi. (380,730 sq. km). Capital: El Obeid.
- korngold — Erich Wolfgang [er-ik woo lf-gang;; German ey-rikh vawlf-gahng] /ˈɛr ɪk ˈwʊlf gæŋ;; German ˈeɪ rɪx ˈvɔlf gɑŋ/ (Show IPA), 1897–1957, Austrian composer, conductor, and pianist in the U.S.
- koshered — Simple past tense and past participle of kosher.
- kowtowed — Simple past tense and past participle of kowtow.
- lakewood — a city in central Colorado, near Denver.
- landlock — (transitive) To enclose or nearly enclose (a harbour, vessel, etc.) with land.
- leadwork — work involving lead, such as maintenance work on lead pipes
- likehood — (obsolete) likelihood.
- lockdown — the confining of prisoners to their cells, as following a riot or other disturbance.
- lockwood — Belva Ann Bennett [bel-vuh] /ˈbɛl və/ (Show IPA), 1830–1917, U.S. lawyer and women's-rights activist.
- lookdown — the appearance of paper when inspected under reflected light.
- maddocks — Plural form of maddock.
- markdown — a reduction in price, usually to encourage buying.
- milkwood — any of various trees having a milky juice, as Pseudomedia spuria, of Jamaica.
- mindlock — (fantasy, scifi) A magic spell or technology that restricts a person's ability to think freely.
- modjeska — Helena [huh-ley-nuh] /həˈleɪ nə/ (Show IPA), (Helena Opid Modrzejewska) 1840–1909, Polish actress, in U.S. after 1876.
- monkeyed — Simple past tense and past participle of monkey.
- monkhood — the condition or profession of a monk.
- nakhodka — a port in the SE Russian Federation in Asia, SE of Vladivostok, on the Sea of Japan.
- neckdown — An angled narrowing of the roadway and widening of the pavement, used as a traffic calming measure.
- neckmold — Alt form neckmould.
- non-sked — a nonscheduled airline or plane: He got his training with the nonskeds.
- ockodols — one's feet when wearing boots
- old nick — the devil; Satan.
- old talk — (chat) The old implementations of talk. See "ntalk" for details.
- oldskool — Adhering to an original field of practice.
- oldspeak — (sometimes initial capital letter) standard English, in contrast to English that is overly technical, politically correct, euphemistic, etc. Compare newspeak.