8-letter words containing k, r
- deticker — an implement or chemical agent used to remove ticks (from an animal)
- diarbekr — Diyarbakir.
- dickered — to deal, swap, or trade with petty bargaining; bargain; haggle.
- diemaker — someone who makes dies
- dirtbike — An off-road motorcycle.
- disfrock — to unfrock.
- disliker — One who dislikes.
- djakarta — a seaport in and the capital of Indonesia, on the NW coast of Java.
- dockyard — a waterside area containing docks, workshops, warehouses, etc., for building, outfitting, and repairing ships, for storing naval supplies, etc.
- docmaker — (text, tool, product) An application for the Apple Macintosh which creates stand-alone, self-running document files. It features scrollable and re-sizable windows, graphics, varied text styles and fonts, full printing capability, and links to other software and information. Companies such as Federal Express, GTE, Hewlett-Packard, Iomega, Adobe Systems, Inc., Apple Computer and Aladdin use DOCMaker to distribute disk-based documentation with their products.
- dog work — tedious labor; drudgery.
- donicker — bathroom; toilet.
- doorknob — the handle or knob by which a door is opened or closed.
- dorkland — an offensive name for Auckland
- dornicks — Plural form of dornick.
- draglink — (engineering) A link connecting the cranks of two shafts.
- 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.
- drink in — absorb attentively
- drink to — to take water or other liquid into the mouth and swallow it; imbibe.
- drink up — finish beverage
- drinkers — Plural form of drinker.
- drinkery — barroom; tavern.
- drinketh — Archaic third-person singular form of drink.
- drinking — suitable or safe to drink: drinking water.
- drnovsek — Janez . 1950–2008, Slovenian politician, president of Slovenia (2002–07)
- dronklap — a drunkard
- dropback — a lowering, as of prices or standards, especially to a previous level: Auto manufacturers requested a dropback in emissions standards.
- dropkick — (football) kicking where the football is dropped and kicked as it touches the ground.
- droplock — a variable-rate bank loan used on international markets that is automatically replaced by a fixed-rate long-term bond if the long-term interest rates fall to a specified level; it thus combines the advantages of a bank loan with those of a bond
- droschke — Alternative form of droshky.
- drum kit — percussion: set of drums
- drumlike — Resembling a drum, such as in sound or shape.
- drummock — drammock.
- drumskin — drumhead (def 1).
- drunkard — a person who is habitually or frequently drunk.
- drunkest — Superlative form of drunk.
- dry bulk — a category of cargo stowed in bulk, consisting of grain, cotton, coal, etc.
- dry dock — A dry dock is a dock from which water can be removed so that ships or boats can be built or repaired.
- dry kiln — an oven for the controlled drying and seasoning of cut lumber.
- 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.
- dry sink — a wooden kitchen sink, especially of the 19th century, not connected to an external water supply, with a shallow zinc- or tin-lined well on top in which a dishpan can be placed, and usually a cupboard below.
- dry-dock — to place (a ship) in a dry dock.
- ductwork — a system of ducts used for a particular purpose, as in a ventilation or heating system.
- dukhobor — Doukhobor.
- durkheim — Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1858–1917, French sociologist and philosopher.
- durukuli — Alternative form of douroucouli.
- dyeworks — a factory producing dyes
- earmarks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of earmark.