8-letter words containing k, o, g
- gobsmack — (transitive, slang) To astonish.
- god-king — a human sovereign believed to be a deity or to have godlike attributes.
- godowsky — Leopold, 1870–1938, U.S. composer and pianist, born in Poland.
- goldmark — Karl [kahrl] /kɑrl/ (Show IPA), 1830–1915, Hungarian composer.
- goldwork — work produced by a goldsmith.
- gorlovka — a city in SE Ukraine, N of Donetsk.
- goshawks — Plural form of goshawk.
- greenock — a seaport in the Strathcylde region, in SW Scotland, on the Firth of Clyde.
- gridlock — the stoppage of free vehicular movement in an urban area because key intersections are blocked by traffic.
- gridwork — Work in the form of a grid.
- gritrock — Gritstone.
- grockles — Plural form of grockle.
- grokking — to understand thoroughly and intuitively.
- grosbeak — any of various finches having a thick, conical bill.
- gunkhole — a quiet anchorage, as in a cove, used by small yachts.
- gunlocks — Plural form of gunlock.
- gunsmoke — Smoke produced by the firing of a gun.
- gunstock — the stock or support in which the barrel of a shoulder weapon is fixed.
- hock leg — a leg similar to a cabriole leg, but having a straight perpendicular section between the upper, convex section and the foot.
- hogbacks — Plural form of hogback.
- invoking — Present participle of invoke.
- jickajog — a jogging or rolling motion
- jokingly — something said or done to provoke laughter or cause amusement, as a witticism, a short and amusing anecdote, or a prankish act: He tells very funny jokes. She played a joke on him.
- joktaleg — a large clasp knife or pocketknife; jackknife.
- jongkind — Johann Barthold (joːˈhɑn ˈbartɔlt). 1819–91, Dutch landscape painter and etcher, working in Paris: best known for his atmospheric seascapes
- kakogawa — a city in S Honshu, Japan.
- 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.
- kaoliang — a variety of grain sorghum.
- kazooing — Present participle of kazoo.
- kidglove — diplomatic, careful or tactful
- kidology — the art or practice of bluffing or deception
- killogie — a sheltered place in front of a kiln or fireplace
- kilogram — a unit of mass equal to 1000 grams: the basic unit of mass in the International System of Units (SI), equal to the mass of the international prototype of the kilogram, a platinum-iridium cylinder kept in Sèvres, France. Abbreviation: kg.
- kilogray — one thousand grays
- kingbolt — a vertical bolt connecting the body of a vehicle with the fore axle, the body of a railroad car with a truck, etc.
- kingchow — former name of Jiangling.
- kingdome — Obsolete spelling of kingdom.
- kingdoms — Plural form of kingdom.
- kinghood — the state of being king; kingship.
- kingpost — vertical post connecting the apex of a triangular roof truss to the tie beam
- kingston — an island in the West Indies, S of Cuba. 4413 sq. mi. (11,430 sq. km).
- kingwood — a Brazilian wood streaked with violet tints, used especially in cabinetwork.
- kino gum — the reddish or black, catechulike inspissated juice or gum of certain tall trees belonging to the genus Pterocarpus, of the legume family, native to India and Sri Lanka, used in medicine, tanning, etc.
- knobbing — Present participle of knob.
- knocking — Present participle of knock.
- knolling — Present participle of knoll.
- knotting — an interlacing, twining, looping, etc., of a cord, rope, or the like, drawn tight into a knob or lump, for fastening, binding, or connecting two cords together or a cord to something else.
- knowledg — Obsolete form of knowledge.