8-letter words containing k, a, g
- flaglike — Resembling or characteristic of a flag (cloth emblem).
- flanking — the side of an animal or a person between the ribs and hip.
- fleaking — (UK, dialect, obsolete) A light covering of reeds, over which the main covering is laid, in thatched houses.
- fog bank — a stratum of fog as seen from a distance.
- fracking — a process in which fractures in rocks below the earth's surface are opened and widened by injecting chemicals and liquids at high pressure: used especially to extract natural gas or oil.
- frakking — Present participle of frak.
- franking — The action of franking a letter or parcel.
- freaking — a fleck or streak of color.
- gadzooks — An exclamation of surprise or annoyance.
- gajdusek — D(aniel) Carleton [kahrl-tuh n] /ˈkɑrl tən/ (Show IPA), 1923–2008, U.S. medical researcher, especially on viral diseases: Nobel Prize 1976.
- galelike — Resembling or characteristic of a gale of wind.
- gamecock — a rooster of a fighting breed, or one bred and trained for fighting.
- gamelike — an amusement or pastime: children's games.
- garlicky — a hardy plant, Allium sativum, of the amaryllis family whose strongly, pungent bulb is used in cookery and medicine.
- gas mask — a masklike device containing or attached to a component that filters the air inhaled by the wearer through charcoal and chemicals, for protecting the face and lungs against noxious gases and fumes, as in warfare or in certain industrial processes.
- gas tank — a tank containing the gasoline supply in a car, truck, or other gasoline-engine vehicle.
- gastrick — Obsolete form of gastric.
- gasworks — a plant where heating and illuminating gas is manufactured and piped to homes and buildings.
- gavaskar — Sunil Manohar (ˈsʊnɪl ˈmænəʊhɑː). born 1949, Indian cricketer: played in 125 test matches (1971–87), 47 as captain; first batsman to score more than 10,000 test runs
- gavelock — a spear or javelin
- gawkiest — Superlative form of gawky.
- gedanken — John Reynolds, 1970. "GEDANKEN - A Simple Typeless Language Based on the Principle of Completeness and the Reference Concept", J.C. Reynolds, CACM 13(5):308-319 (May 1970).
- gennaker — a type of sail used for downwind sailing
- get back — situated at or in the rear: at the back door; back fence.
- gimcrack — a showy, useless trifle; gewgaw.
- giveback — (in union negotiations) a reduction in employee wages or benefits conceded by a union in exchange for other benefits or in recognition of depressed economic conditions: Givebacks have not slowed the number of shutdowns.
- glackens — William James, 1870–1938, U.S. painter and illustrator.
- gladbeck — a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, W central Germany.
- go blank — If your mind goes blank, you are suddenly unable to think of anything appropriate to say, for example in reply to a question.
- goatlike — any of numerous agile, hollow-horned ruminants of the genus Capra, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the sheep, found native in rocky and mountainous regions of the Old World, and widely distributed in domesticated varieties.
- goatskin — the skin or hide of a goat.
- gobsmack — (transitive, slang) To astonish.
- goldmark — Karl [kahrl] /kɑrl/ (Show IPA), 1830–1915, Hungarian composer.
- gorlovka — a city in SE Ukraine, N of Donetsk.
- goshawks — Plural form of goshawk.
- grackles — Plural form of grackle.
- grandkid — grandchild.
- grayback — any of various marine and aquatic animals that are dark gray above and light-colored or white below, as the gray whale, the alewife, certain whitefish, and certain sandpipers.
- greyback — grayback.
- grimdark — (fandom) Having a gloomy, dystopian atmosphere.
- gripsack — a traveling bag; grip.
- grosbeak — any of various finches having a thick, conical bill.
- gunmaker — a person or company that makes guns.
- gurkhali — the language of the Gurkhas, belonging to the Indic branch of the Indo-European family
- gymkhana — a field day held for equestrians, consisting of exhibitions of horsemanship and much pageantry.
- hackling — Present participle of hackle.
- hawkling — A small, young, or immature hawk.
- highjack — to steal (cargo) from a truck or other vehicle after forcing it to stop: to hijack a load of whiskey.
- hogbacks — Plural form of hogback.
- intaking — Present participle of intake.