8-letter words containing k, r
- backdrop — A backdrop is a large piece of cloth, often with scenery painted on it, that is hung at the back of a stage while a play is being performed.
- backfire — If a plan or project backfires, it has the opposite result to the one that was intended.
- backport — (software) To make a feature from a later version of a piece of software available in an earlier version. Backporting of features enables users of the older version to benefit from a feature without upgrading fully.
- backread — (Internet, slang, especially in IRC) To catch up on an ongoing conversation, by reading previous portions one was not present for.
- backrest — The backrest of a seat or chair is the part which you rest your back on.
- backroad — Alternative spelling of back road.
- backroom — A backroom is a room that is situated at the back of a building, especially a private room.
- backrush — the return of water seaward, down the foreshore of a beach, following the uprush of a wave.
- backward — A backward movement or look is in the direction that your back is facing. Some people use backwards for this meaning.
- backword — the act or an instance of failing to keep a promise or commitment (esp in the phrase give (someone) backword)
- backwork — work carried out under the ground
- backwrap — anything that can be wrapped around the back to provide back support or relieve back pain
- backyard — A backyard is an area of land at the back of a house.
- baedeker — any of a series of travel guidebooks issued by the German publisher Karl Baedeker (1801–59) or his firm
- baidarka — a type of narrow hunting boat, similar to a kayak, made of sealskin and used by inhabitants of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands
- baikonur — a launching site for spacecraft in central Kazakhstan; formerly the centre for the Soviet space programme, now leased from Kazakhstan by Russia
- bakeries — Plural form of bakery.
- bakeware — Tins, trays, and dishes that are used for baking can be referred to as bakeware.
- baldrick — a belt, sometimes richly ornamented, worn diagonally from shoulder to hip, supporting a sword, horn, etc.
- ballpark — A ballpark is a park or stadium where baseball is played.
- bankcard — any plastic card issued by a bank, such as a cash card or cheque card
- bankerly — relating to or resembling a banker
- bankroll — To bankroll a person, organization, or project means to provide the financial resources that they need.
- bankrupt — People or organizations that go bankrupt do not have enough money to pay their debts.
- bankster — a banker or investor whose financial practices have been exposed as illegal
- banneker — Benjamin, 1731–1806, U.S. mathematician, natural historian, and astronomer.
- bar-tack — a close series of stitches crossing a piece of cloth, as in an article of clothing, in order to reinforce it at a point of concentrated strain.
- bareback — If you ride bareback, you ride a horse without a saddle.
- baresark — berserker
- barkings — Plural form of barking.
- barkless — (of a dog) not tending to bark
- barnlike — resembling a barn
- barracks — A barracks is a building or group of buildings where soldiers or other members of the armed forces live and work.
- basketry — Basketry is baskets made by weaving together thin strips of materials such as wood.
- beadwork — a narrow strip of some material used for edging or ornamentation
- bearlike — resembling a bear
- bearskin — A bearskin is a tall fur hat that is worn by some British soldiers on ceremonial occasions.
- beckford — William. 1759–1844, English writer and dilettante; author of the oriental romance Vathek (1787)
- bedarken — to make dark, to cover in darkness
- bedmaker — a person who constructs beds
- benbrook — a town in N Texas.
- berakhah — a blessing or benediction, usually recited according to a traditional formula.
- berkeley — a city in W California, on San Francisco Bay: seat of the University of California. Pop: 102 049 (2003 est)
- bestreak — to streak
- bierkase — a semisoft, strong white cow's-milk cheese that originated in Germany, and is eaten especially with beer.
- biforked — two-pronged
- birdlike — If someone has a birdlike manner, they move or look like a bird.
- birkbeck — George. 1776–1841, British educationalist, who helped to establish vocational training for working men: founder and first president of the London Mechanics Institute (1824), which later became Birkbeck College
- bismarck — a city in North Dakota, on the Missouri River: the state capital. Pop: 56 344 (2003 est)
- blackmur — R(ichard) P(almer) 1904–65, U.S. critic and poet.