8-letter words containing k, w, a
- duckwalk — Walk with the body in a squatting posture.
- eelwrack — eelgrass
- facework — The material of the outside or front side, as of a wall or building.
- farmwork — The agricultural work done on a farm.
- fauxhawk — An imitation of the Mohawk (=UK Mohican) hairstyle in which a central tuft is created using gel without having to shave the sides of the head.
- firewalk — An instance of firewalking.
- fishhawk — The osprey.
- flatwork — sheets, tablecloths, etc., that are ordinarily ironed mechanically, as on a mangle, rather than by hand.
- flowback — return or redistribution of something that has been received or acquired.
- folkways — The traditional behavior or way of life of a particular community or group of people.
- gasworks — a plant where heating and illuminating gas is manufactured and piped to homes and buildings.
- gawkiest — Superlative form of gawky.
- goshawks — Plural form of goshawk.
- 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.
- hardwick — Elizabeth, 1916–2007, U.S. novelist and critic.
- hawk owl — a gray and white diurnal owl, Surnia ulula, of northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere, resembling a hawk in appearance and actions.
- hawk-eye — a dark-blue chatoyant quartz formed by the silicification of crocidolite, used for ornamental purposes. Compare tiger's-eye (def 1).
- hawkbell — a small bell fitted to a hawk's leg
- hawkbill — hawksbill turtle.
- hawkbits — Plural form of hawkbit.
- hawklike — any of numerous birds of prey of the family Accipitridae, having a short, hooked beak, broad wings, and curved talons, often seen circling or swooping at low altitudes.
- hawkling — A small, young, or immature hawk.
- hawknose — a nose curved like the beak of a hawk.
- hawkshaw — a detective.
- hawkweed — any composite plant of the genus Hieracium, usually bearing yellow flowers.
- hayakawa — S(amuel) I(chiye) [ih-chee-ey] /ɪˈtʃi eɪ/ (Show IPA), 1906–92, U.S. semanticist, educator, and politician, born in Canada: senator 1977–83.
- headwork — mental labor; thought.
- hen hawk — chicken hawk (def 1).
- hickwall — any of certain European woodpeckers, especially the green woodpecker.
- ichikawa — a city on E Honshu, in Japan, NE of Tokyo.
- jackdaws — Plural form of jackdaw.
- jaywalks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jaywalk.
- kakogawa — a city in S Honshu, Japan.
- kalewife — a female vegetable or cabbage seller
- kanazawa — a seaport on W Honshu, in central Japan.
- kangwane — (formerly) a Bantu homeland in South Africa; abolished in 1994. Capital: Schoemansdal
- katowice — a city in S Poland.
- kawabata — Yasunari [yah-soo-nah-ree] /ˈyɑ sʊˈnɑ ri/ (Show IPA), 1899–1972, Japanese novelist and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1968.
- kawakawa — an aromatic shrub or small tree of New Zealand, Macropiper excelsum: held to be sacred by the Māoris
- kawasaki — a seaport on SE Honshu, in central Japan, SW of Tokyo.
- keewatin — a district in the Northwest Territories, in N Canada. 228,160 sq. mi. (590,935 sq. km).
- 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.
- kickshaw — a tidbit or delicacy, especially one served as an appetizer or hors d'oeuvre.
- kilowatt — a unit of power, equal to 1000 watts. Abbreviation: kW, kw.
- kingwana — a language of the Democratic Republic of Congo in W Africa, closely related to Swahili and used as a lingua franca
- kirkwall — a town on Pomona island, NE of Scotland in the Orkney Islands: administrative center of the Orkney Islands.
- kirkward — towards the church
- knapweed — any composite plant of the genus Centaurea, especially the weedy C. nigra, having rose-purple flowers set on a dark-colored, knoblike bract.