8-letter words containing k, o, w
- flowback — return or redistribution of something that has been received or acquired.
- fluework — the flue stops of an organ collectively
- folkways — The traditional behavior or way of life of a particular community or group of people.
- footwork — the use of the feet, as in tennis, boxing, or dancing.
- foreknew — Simple past tense and past participle of foreknow.
- foreknow — to know beforehand.
- formwork — the structure of boards, bolts, etc., composing a form for poured-concrete or rammed-earth construction.
- forswink — to exhaust through toil
- forswunk — overworked
- fox wiki — (application) A wiki for the Fox (Free Objects for Crystallography) software.
- fretwork — ornamental work consisting of interlacing parts, especially work in which the design is formed by perforation.
- gasworks — a plant where heating and illuminating gas is manufactured and piped to homes and buildings.
- godowsky — Leopold, 1870–1938, U.S. composer and pianist, born in Poland.
- goldwork — work produced by a goldsmith.
- goshawks — Plural form of goshawk.
- gridwork — Work in the form of a grid.
- hackwork — writing, painting, or any professional work done for hire and usually following a formula rather than being motivated by any creative impulse.
- hairwork — the art of producing articles made of hair
- handwork — work done by hand, as distinguished from work done by machine.
- hawk owl — a gray and white diurnal owl, Surnia ulula, of northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere, resembling a hawk in appearance and actions.
- hawknose — a nose curved like the beak of a hawk.
- headwork — mental labor; thought.
- heelwork — the training of a dog to heel or perform maneuvers while heeling.
- homework — schoolwork assigned to be done outside the classroom (distinguished from classwork).
- hoodwink — to deceive or trick.
- hookworm — any of certain bloodsucking nematode worms, as Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus, parasitic in the intestine of humans and other animals.
- hornwork — A type of fortification consisting of a pair of demi-bastions with a curtain wall connecting them and with two long sides directed upon the faces of the bastions, or ravelins of the inner fortifications, so as to be defended by them.
- hot-work — to work (metal) at a temperature high enough to permit recrystallization.
- ironwork — work in iron.
- job work — miscellaneous printing work, as distinguished from books, periodicals, etc.
- kakogawa — a city in S Honshu, Japan.
- katowice — a city in S Poland.
- kentwood — a city in W Michigan.
- key-word — a word that serves as a key, as to the meaning of another word, a sentence, passage, or the like.
- keywords — a word that serves as a key, as to the meaning of another word, a sentence, passage, or the like.
- kiaochow — a former German-leased territory (1898–1914) on the Shandong peninsula, in E China, around Jiaozhou Bay. 200 sq. mi. (518 sq. km). Chief city, Tsingtao.
- kickdown — a method of changing gear in a car with automatic transmission, by fully depressing the accelerator
- kilowatt — a unit of power, equal to 1000 watts. Abbreviation: kW, kw.
- kingchow — former name of Jiangling.
- kingwood — a Brazilian wood streaked with violet tints, used especially in cabinetwork.
- kirkwood — a city in E Missouri, near St. Louis.
- knotweed — any of several knotty-stemmed plants belonging to the genus Polygonum, of the buckwheat family.
- knotwork — A design or pattern of interlocking or overlapping geometric shapes resembling a knot.
- know-all — a know-it-all.
- know-how — the fact or state of knowing; knowledge.
- knowable — capable of being known.
- knowbots — Plural form of knowbot.
- knowledg — Obsolete form of knowledge.
- knowsley — a unitary authority of NW England, in Merseyside. Pop: 150 200 (2003 est). Area: 97 sq km (38 sq miles)
- koldewey — Robert [rob-ert;; German roh-bert] /ˈrɒb ərt;; German ˈroʊ bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1855–1925, German archaeologist.