8-letter words containing e, r, k
- jerk out — to utter sharply and abruptly
- jerk-off — a stupid, bumbling, foolish, or lazy person; jerk.
- jerkface — (slang, vulgar, pejorative) An obnoxious or unlikeable person; a jerk.
- jerkings — Plural form of jerking.
- jerksome — Indicative of quick, rapid movements; jerky.Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed. (1989).
- jirkinet — a jacket or bodice worn by women
- jokester — a joker, especially a practical joker.
- junketer — Someone taking part in a junket or banquet etc; a partygoer.
- k-series — one of a series of lines (K-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (K-radiation) produced by the transition of an electron to the K-shell.
- kabouter — (Dutch mythology) A tiny folkloric man who traditionally wears a pointy red hat, lives in harmony with nature and resides in mushrooms, similar to a gnome, leprechaun or a smurf.
- kaieteur — a waterfall in central Guyana, on a tributary of the Essequibo River. 741 feet (226 meters) high.
- kaiserin — the wife of a Kaiser
- kalendar — a calendar, especially of a church: the Anglican kalendar.
- kaleyard — a kitchen garden.
- kammerer — Paul. 1880–1926, Austrian zoologist: noted for his controversial experiments, esp with the midwife toad, apparently demonstrating the inheritance of acquired characteristics. Accused of fraud, he committed suicide
- kanarese — of or relating to Kanara, a part of the Maharashtra province in W India.
- kangeroo — Archaic form of kangaroo.
- kara sea — an arm of the Arctic Ocean between Novaya Zemlya and the N Russian Federation.
- karateka — an expert in karate.
- karearea — a New Zealand falcon, Falco novaeseelandiae
- karelian — of or relating to Karelia, its people, or their language.
- karoline — a female given name.
- karosses — Plural form of kaross.
- karrusel — a revolving escapement for minimizing positional error.
- kayakers — Plural form of kayaker.
- kedgeree — East Indian Cookery. a cooked dish consisting of rice, lentils, and spices.
- kefauver — Estes [es-tis] /ˈɛs tɪs/ (Show IPA), 1903–63, U.S. political leader: U.S. senator 1949–63.
- keiretsu — (especially in Japan) a loose coalition of business groups.
- keisters — Plural form of keister.
- kemerovo — a city in the S Russian Federation in Asia, NE of Novosibirsk.
- kenotron — a type of vacuum tube formerly used as a high-voltage rectifier, for example in circuits of X-ray tubes
- keramics — ceramics.
- keratode — the horny, fibrous substance forming the skeleton of certain sponges.
- keratoid — resembling horn; horny.
- keratoma — keratosis.
- keratose — having a skeleton formed of horny fibers, as certain sponges.
- kerberos — Cerberus (def 1).
- kerbside — a side of a pavement or street bordered by a curb.
- kerchief — a woman's square scarf worn as a covering for the head or sometimes the shoulders.
- kerching — (onomatopoeia, informal, humorous) Said to indicate that someone is obtaining money, especially a comparatively large amount.
- kerchunk — A sudden heavy blow or thump.
- kerenski — Aleksandr Feodorovich [uh-lyi-ksahn-dr fyaw-duh-ruh-vyich] /ʌ lyɪˈksɑn dr ˈfyɔ də rə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1970, Russian revolutionary leader: premier 1917; in the U.S. after 1946.
- kerensky — ˌAlekˈsanˌdr Feodoˈrovich (ˌɑljɛkˈsɑnˌdəʀ fjɔdɔˈrɔvɪtʃ) ; äˌlyeksänˈdər fy^ōˌd^ōr^ōˈvich) 1881-1970; Russ. revolutionary leader: prime minister of Russia (July-Nov., 1917), overthrown by the Bolshevik Revolution: in the U.S. after 1940
- kerkrade — a town in the SE Netherlands, in Limburg: one of the oldest coal-mining centres in Europe. Pop: 50 000 (2003 est)
- kermises — Plural form of kermis.
- kernelly — with or like a kernel or kernels
- kerosene — a mixture of liquid hydrocarbons obtained by distilling petroleum, bituminous shale, or the like, and widely used as a fuel, cleaning solvent, etc.
- kerosine — Alternative spelling of kerosene.
- kerplunk — with or as if with a sudden muffled thud: The huge stone hit the water kerplunk.
- kestrels — Plural form of kestrel.