8-letter words containing k, a, e, l
- grackles — Plural form of grackle.
- hackable — (computing) That can be hacked or broken into; insecure, vulnerable.
- hairlike — any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus.
- halfbeak — any of several marine fishes of the family Hemiramphidae, having a greatly elongated lower jaw.
- halolike — resembling a halo.
- handlike — Resembling a hand.
- havelock — a town in SE North Carolina.
- hawkbell — a small bell fitted to a hawk's leg
- hawklike — any of numerous birds of prey of the family Accipitridae, having a short, hooked beak, broad wings, and curved talons, often seen circling or swooping at low altitudes.
- headlike — Having the form of a head or a skull.
- headlock — a hold in which a wrestler locks an arm around the opponent's head.
- herakles — Hercules
- heraklit — (language) A distributed object-oriented language.
- holyoake — Sir Keith Jacka [jak-uh] /ˈdʒæk ə/ (Show IPA), 1904–83, New Zealand political leader: prime minister 1957, 1960–72; governor general 1977–80.
- jackelyn — a female given name.
- jacklegs — Plural form of jackleg.
- jazzlike — (music) Resembling jazz.
- joktaleg — a large clasp knife or pocketknife; jackknife.
- kabeljou — a large marine sciaenid fish, Argyrosomus hololepidotus, that is an important food fish of South African waters
- kablooey — (colloquial) alternative spelling of kablooie.
- kablooie — (colloquial) A failure, meltdown; or explosion; a splat or splash.
- kaboodle — Alternative spelling of caboodle.
- kalendar — a calendar, especially of a church: the Anglican kalendar.
- kalevala — (italics) the national epic of Finland (1835, enlarged 1849), compiled and arranged by Elias Lönnrot from popular lays of the Middle Ages.
- kalewife — a female vegetable or cabbage seller
- kaleyard — a kitchen garden.
- kalifate — the rank, jurisdiction, or government of a caliph.
- kalinite — a mineral, hydrous sulfate of potassium and aluminum, chemically similar to alum.
- kalispel — a Salishan language used by the Flathead Indians of Montana and by some neighboring tribes in Idaho and the western part of Washington.
- kalliope — calliope (def 2).
- karelian — of or relating to Karelia, its people, or their language.
- karoline — a female given name.
- karrusel — a revolving escapement for minimizing positional error.
- katalase — catalase.
- katalyze — catalyze.
- kathleen — a female given name, form of Katherine.
- keelboat — a roughly built, shallow freight boat, having a keel to permit sailing into the wind.
- keelhaul — Nautical. to haul (an offender) under the bottom of a ship and up on the other side as a punishment.
- keepable — able to be kept
- keflavik — a town in SW Iceland, on the S shore of Faxa Bay: site of international airport.
- kehillah — the organization of the Jewish population of a community that deals with charities and other communal affairs.
- kelantan — a state in Malaysia, on the central Malay Peninsula. 5750 sq. mi. (14,893 sq. km). Capital: Kota Bharu.
- keloidal — Of or pertaining to keloids.
- kelthane — a pesticide sprayed on agricultural and ornamental plants to eliminate mites
- keneally — Thomas (Michael). born 1935, Australian writer. His novels include the Booker prizewinner Schindler's Ark (1982); other works are The Playmaker (1987), The Great Shame (1998), and The Woman and Her Hero (2007)
- kephalin — Alternative spelling of cephalin.
- kephalos — Cephalus.
- kickable — Capable, or deserving of being kicked.
- kielbasa — a smoked sausage of coarsely chopped beef and pork, flavored with garlic and spices.
- kielbasy — a smoked sausage of coarsely chopped beef and pork, flavored with garlic and spices.