8-letter words containing k, r, a, d
- drammock — an uncooked mixture of meal, usually oatmeal, and cold water.
- drawback — a hindrance or disadvantage; an undesirable or objectionable feature.
- drawlink — (rail transport) drawbar.
- dronklap — a drunkard
- dropback — a lowering, as of prices or standards, especially to a previous level: Auto manufacturers requested a dropback in emissions standards.
- drunkard — a person who is habitually or frequently drunk.
- dry lake — a tract of land in a desert region over which a shallow lake is formed during the rainy season or after prolonged heavy rains.
- embarked — Go on board a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle.
- forkhead — the head of an arrow
- goldmark — Karl [kahrl] /kɑrl/ (Show IPA), 1830–1915, Hungarian composer.
- grandkid — grandchild.
- grimdark — (fandom) Having a gloomy, dystopian atmosphere.
- handwork — work done by hand, as distinguished from work done by machine.
- hankered — to have a restless or incessant longing (often followed by after, for, or an infinitive).
- hardback — A book with a solid binding.
- hardbake — almond toffee
- hardhack — a woolly-leaved North American shrub, Spiraea tomentosa, of the rose family, having short, spikelike clusters of rose-colored flowers.
- hardpack — a bag that has a rigid shell
- hardrock — the original form of rock-'n'-roll, basically dependent on a consistently loud and strong beat.
- hardtack — a hard, saltless biscuit, formerly much used aboard ships and for army rations.
- hardwick — Elizabeth, 1916–2007, U.S. novelist and critic.
- harkened — Simple past tense and past participle of harken.
- headmark — a characteristic
- headwork — mental labor; thought.
- hrdlicka — Aleš [ah-lesh] /ˈɑ lɛʃ/ (Show IPA), 1869–1943, U.S. anthropologist, born in Austria-Hungary.
- jack rod — a horizontal metal rod or tube to which an awning or other cloth may be seized to support it.
- jackyard — a small, inclined spar upholding the head of a quadrangular gaff topsail similar in form to a lugsail.
- junkyard — a yard for the collection, storage, and resale of junk.
- kailyard — a kitchen garden.
- kalendar — a calendar, especially of a church: the Anglican kalendar.
- kaleyard — a kitchen garden.
- kandahar — a city in S Afghanistan.
- karadzic — Radovan [rah-duh-vahn] /ˈrɑ dəˌvɑn/ (Show IPA), born 1945, Bosnian Serb political leader, indicted as a war criminal 1995.
- karlsbad — German name of Karlovy Vary.
- karlstad — a city in S Sweden.
- keratode — the horny, fibrous substance forming the skeleton of certain sponges.
- keratoid — resembling horn; horny.
- kerkrade — a town in the SE Netherlands, in Limburg: one of the oldest coal-mining centres in Europe. Pop: 50 000 (2003 est)
- key card — a plastic card, similar to a credit card, containing data on an embedded magnetized strip that can electronically unlock a door, activate a machine, etc.
- keyboard — the row or set of keys on a piano, organ, or the like.
- keycards — Plural form of keycard.
- kidnaper — Alternative spelling of kidnapper.
- killadar — a fort commander or governor
- kirkland — Jack, 1901–69, U.S. writer and playwright.
- kirkward — towards the church
- kirkyard — (chiefly Scotland) A churchyard, especially one in Scotland.
- kordofan — a province in the central Sudan. About 147,000 sq. mi. (380,730 sq. km). Capital: El Obeid.
- landmark — a prominent or conspicuous object on land that serves as a guide, especially to ships at sea or to travelers on a road; a distinguishing landscape feature marking a site or location: The post office served as a landmark for locating the street to turn down.
- leadwork — work involving lead, such as maintenance work on lead pipes
- mandrake — a narcotic, short-stemmed European plant, Mandragora officinarum, of the nightshade family, having a fleshy, often forked root somewhat resembling a human form.