8-letter words containing k, a, o
- hotcakes — Plural form of hotcake.
- ikhnaton — Amenhotep IV.
- indo-pak — of or relating to India and Pakistan
- iraklion — a seaport in N Crete.
- ironbark — any of the various Australian eucalyptuses having a hard, solid bark.
- jack oak — the blackjack, Quercus marilandica.
- jack off — any of various portable devices for raising or lifting heavy objects short heights, using various mechanical, pneumatic, or hydraulic methods.
- jack rod — a horizontal metal rod or tube to which an awning or other cloth may be seized to support it.
- jack-off — any of various portable devices for raising or lifting heavy objects short heights, using various mechanical, pneumatic, or hydraulic methods.
- jackaroo — an inexperienced person working as an apprentice on a sheep ranch.
- jackboot — a sturdy leather boot reaching up over the knee, worn especially by soldiers.
- jackeroo — an inexperienced person working as an apprentice on a sheep ranch.
- jackpots — Plural form of jackpot.
- jackroll — to force (a woman) to submit to sexual intercourse with a number of young men at the same time
- jakobson — Roman [roh-mahn,, -muh n] /ˈroʊ mɑn,, -mən/ (Show IPA), 1896–1982, U.S. linguist and scholar, born in Russia.
- jickajog — a jogging or rolling motion
- job bank — a data file or agency for matching persons seeking work with suitable job openings.
- joktaleg — a large clasp knife or pocketknife; jackknife.
- k ration — an emergency field ration for U.S. armed forces when other food or rations are not available, consisting of three separate packaged meals of concentrated or dehydrated food.
- 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.
- kabloona — a white man; a European.
- kaboodle — Alternative spelling of caboodle.
- 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.
- kairouan — a city in NE Tunisia: a holy city of Islam.
- kakemono — a vertical hanging scroll containing either text or a painting, intended to be viewed on a wall and rolled when not in use.
- kakiemon — a Japanese porcelain design credited to Kakiemon Sakaida, first produced in the 17th century and widely collected and imitated in the West
- kakogawa — a city in S Honshu, Japan.
- kalathos — a fruit basket having a conventionalized shape of a lily, often used in ancient art as a symbol of fertility.
- kalliope — calliope (def 2).
- kallisto — Callisto (def 1).
- kamaboko — Any of various processed seafood products made from surimi, in which whitefish is pureed, formed into loaves, and steamed until firm.
- kamloops — a city in S British Columbia, in SW Canada.
- kamokamo — a New Zealand marrow of the family Cucurbitaceae
- kampongs — Plural form of kampong.
- kangaroo — any herbivorous marsupial of the family Macropodidae, of Australia and adjacent islands, having a small head, short forelimbs, powerful hind legs used for leaping, and a long, thick tail: several species are threatened or endangered.
- kangeroo — Archaic form of kangaroo.
- kantikoy — a ceremonial dance of some Native American tribes, often involving sacrifices
- kaoliang — a variety of grain sorghum.
- karafuto — Japanese name of Sakhalin.
- karoline — a female given name.
- karosses — Plural form of kaross.
- karyotin — chromatin
- kasparov — Gary or Garry, born 1963, Armenian chess player.
- katowice — a city in S Poland.
- kazachoc — a traditional Cossack dance
- kazachok — a lively, Slavic folk dance for a solo male dancer, marked especially by the prisiadka.
- kazooing — Present participle of kazoo.
- keelboat — a roughly built, shallow freight boat, having a keel to permit sailing into the wind.