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8-letter words containing e, r, k

  • hairlike — any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus.
  • hamerkop — Alternative spelling of hammerkop.
  • hankered — to have a restless or incessant longing (often followed by after, for, or an infinitive).
  • hankerer — A person who hankers.
  • harakeke — (NZ) flax, specifically Phormium tenax.
  • hardbake — almond toffee
  • harkened — Simple past tense and past participle of harken.
  • harknessEdward Stephan, 1874–1940, U.S. philanthropist.
  • hatmaker — a maker of hats
  • hauberks — Plural form of hauberk.
  • havocker — a person who causes havoc
  • hay rake — a farm implement used to rake hay from a swath into a windrow.
  • haymaker — a person or machine that cuts hay and spreads it to dry.
  • headmark — a characteristic
  • headwork — mental labor; thought.
  • hearkens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hearken.
  • heartake — Rare spelling of heartache.
  • hecklers — Plural form of heckler.
  • heelwork — the training of a dog to heel or perform maneuvers while heeling.
  • heketara — a small shrub, Olearia rani, which has flowers with white petals and yellow centres
  • hekhsher — hechsher.
  • hendrick — a male given name, form of Henry.
  • herakles — Hercules
  • heraklit — (language)   A distributed object-oriented language.
  • herblike — Resembling a herb or some aspect of one.
  • herblockHerbert Lawrence (Herblock) 1909–2001, U.S. cartoonist.
  • herdbook — A book containing the list and pedigrees of one or more herds of cattle.
  • herdlike — Resembling a herd or some aspect of one, especially a propensity to follow blindly after a leader.
  • herdwick — a hardy breed of coarse-woolled sheep from NW England
  • heretick — Obsolete form of heretic.
  • herkimerNicholas, 1728–77, American Revolutionary general.
  • herolike — Resembling or characteristic of a hero; heroic.
  • hijacker — a person who hijacks.
  • homework — schoolwork assigned to be done outside the classroom (distinguished from classwork).
  • honecker — Erich [er-ik;; German ey-rikh] /ˈɛr ɪk;; German ˈeɪ rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1912–94, East German Communist leader: chairman of the Council of State 1976–89.
  • hornbeak — a dialect name for a fish known as the garfish, hornfish or sea needle
  • hornlike — Projecting like a horn.
  • huckster — a retailer of small articles, especially a peddler of fruits and vegetables; hawker.
  • humoresk — humorous musical composition
  • hunkered — Simple past tense and past participle of hunker.
  • ice rink — arena with ice-covered floor
  • icemaker — an appliance for making ice, especially ice cubes: Some refrigerators have built-in icemakers.
  • inkberry — Also called gallberry. a shrub, Ilex glabra, having leathery, evergreen leaves and black berries.
  • inkerman — a town in S Crimea, in S Ukraine: Russian defeat by the English and French 1854.
  • instroke — a stroke traveling in an inward direction.
  • invokers — Plural form of invoker.
  • ironlike — Resembling iron or some aspect of it.
  • j-stroke — (in canoeing) a stroke, made in the shape of the letter J, used to alter the course of the canoe, usually to compensate for drifting sideways.
  • jackeroo — an inexperienced person working as an apprentice on a sheep ranch.
  • jerk off — a quick, sharp pull, thrust, twist, throw, or the like; a sudden movement: The train started with a jerk.
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