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8-letter words containing k, s, t, a

  • speakout — a firm or brave statement of one's beliefs
  • stack up — a more or less orderly pile or heap: a precariously balanced stack of books; a neat stack of papers.
  • stacking — a more or less orderly pile or heap: a precariously balanced stack of books; a neat stack of papers.
  • stake up — to close up (or in) with a fence of stakes
  • stakeout — the surveillance of a location by the police, as in anticipation of a crime or the arrival of a wanted person.
  • stalinsk — former name of Novokuznetsk.
  • stalking — an act or course of stalking quarry, prey, or the like: We shot the mountain goat after a five-hour stalk.
  • star key — a push button on a telephone or other electronic device that is marked with an asterisk, often in the lower left-hand area.
  • starkers — naked
  • starkest — sheer, utter, downright, or complete: stark madness.
  • starlike — of the shape of or like a star.
  • staticky — containing or producing static electricity.
  • stenmark — Ingemar ("Silent Swede") born 1956, Swedish Alpine skier.
  • stick at — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
  • stickjaw — a food item that is difficult to chew such as toffee
  • stickman — croupier (def 1).
  • stinkard — a despicable person; stinker.
  • stockade — Fortification. a defensive barrier consisting of strong posts or timbers fixed upright in the ground.
  • stockage — supplies
  • stockman — U.S. and Australia. a person who raises livestock.
  • stokesia — an American perennial plant, Stokesia laevis, known for its blue or purple flowers
  • stopbank — an embankment to prevent flooding
  • stotinka — a minor coin of Bulgaria, the 100th part of a lev.
  • streaker — a long, narrow mark, smear, band of color, or the like: streaks of mud.
  • stunkard — sulky
  • swastika — a figure used as a symbol or an ornament in the Old World and in America since prehistoric times, consisting of a cross with arms of equal length, each arm having a continuation at right angles.
  • tackless — a short, sharp-pointed nail, usually with a flat, broad head.
  • tacksman — a leaseholder, esp a tenant in the Highlands who sublets
  • tailskid — a runner under the tail of an airplane.
  • takasaki — a city in Gumma prefecture, central Honshu, Japan.
  • talkfest — a lengthy conversation, discussion, or debate.
  • tamarisk — any Old World tropical plant of the genus Tamarix, especially T. gallica, an ornamental Mediterranean shrub or small tree having slender, feathery branches.
  • tankship — a ship for carrying bulk cargoes of liquids; tanker.
  • tashkent — a republic in S central Asia. 172,741 sq. mi. (447,400 sq. km). Capital: Tashkent.
  • tashlikh — a Jewish rite, performed on the afternoon usually of the first day of Rosh Hashanah, in which the participants symbolically cast off their sins by gathering along the banks of a river, stream, or the like and reciting prayers of repentance.
  • task bar — a row of buttons on a display screen that are clicked on to start software applications or switch between open applications or active windows.
  • taskless — a definite piece of work assigned to, falling to, or expected of a person; duty.
  • taskwork — work assigned or imposed as a task.
  • the oaks — a horse race for fillies held annually at Epsom since 1779: one of the classics of English flat racing
  • the sack — dismissal from employment
  • the skaw — a cape at the N tip of Denmark
  • trackies — loose-fitting trousers with elasticated cuffs, designed to be worn as part of a tracksuit
  • transkei — a self-governing Bantu territory of South Africa on the Indian Ocean: granted independence in 1976 by South Africa, but not recognized by any other country as an independent state. 16,910 sq. mi. (43,798 sq. km). Capital: Umtata.
  • tunguska — any of three tributaries of the Yenisei River in the central Russian Federation in Asia: the (Lower Tunguska) 2000 miles (3220 km) long; the (Upper Tunguska) or the lower course of the Angara, 1151 miles (1855 km) long; and the (Stony Tunguska) about 975 miles (1570 km) long.
  • wackiest — Superlative form of wacky.
  • walkouts — Plural form of walkout.
  • waterski — Each of a pair of skis enabling the wearer to skim the surface of the water when towed by a motorboat.
  • westlake — a city in N Ohio.
  • wetbacks — Plural form of wetback; a slur towards persons of Mexican descent in the United States.
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