8-letter words containing k, w, a
- knifejaw — Any of the family Oplegnathidae of perciform marine fish.
- knitwear — clothing made of knitted fabric.
- know-all — a know-it-all.
- knowable — capable of being known.
- kurosawa — Akira [ah-kee-rah] /ɑˈki rɑ/ (Show IPA), 1910–1998, Japanese film director.
- kwakiutl — a member of a North American Indian people of Vancouver Island and the adjacent British Columbian coast.
- kwan-yin — one of the Chinese female Boddhisattvas, noted for her kindness: often considered an aspect of Avalokitesvara.
- kwantung — Older Spelling. Guandong.
- kweiyang — Guiyang.
- lacework — lace (def 1).
- lakewood — a city in central Colorado, near Denver.
- lampwork — (glassblowing) A method for working with blown glass that does not require a furnace.
- lathwork — work made of laths
- lawmaker — a person who makes or enacts law; legislator.
- lawnlike — Resembling or characteristic of a lawn.
- leadwork — work involving lead, such as maintenance work on lead pipes
- lock-jaw — tetanus in which the jaws become firmly locked together; trismus.
- lockaway — an investment intended to be held for a relatively long time
- lukewarm — moderately warm; tepid.
- mackinaw — a short double-breasted coat of a thick woolen material, commonly plaid.
- make way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- makework — Alternative form of make-work.
- mar-hawk — a falconer who trains or handles the birds badly.
- markdown — a reduction in price, usually to encourage buying.
- moonwalk — an exploratory walk by an astronaut on the surface of the moon.
- neckwear — articles of dress worn round or at the neck.
- new talk — ntalk
- newshawk — a newspaper reporter, especially one who is energetic and aggressive.
- newspeak — (sometimes initial capital letter) an official or semiofficial style of writing or saying one thing in the guise of its opposite, especially in order to serve a political or ideological cause while pretending to be objective, as in referring to “increased taxation” as “revenue enhancement.”.
- oak lawn — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- oak wilt — a disease of oaks, characterized by wilting and discoloration of the leaves and defoliation, usually starting at and spreading from the top of the tree and the ends of the branches, caused by a fungus, Chalara quercina.
- overweak — too weak
- packwood — Bob, born 1932, U.S. politician: senator 1969–95.
- parkward — towards a park
- partwork — series of magazines issued at weekly or monthly intervals, which are designed to be bound together to form a complete course or book
- plowback — a reinvestment of earnings or profits in a business enterprise.
- racewalk — to race by walking fast rather than running
- rack saw — a wide-toothed saw
- rackwork — a mechanism utilizing a rack, as a rack and pinion.
- rag week — students' annual charity fundraiser
- randwick — a city in E New South Wales, SE Australia, on Botany Bay and the Pacific Ocean: a suburb of Sydney.
- raw milk — unpasteurized milk
- raw silk — reeled silk that has not had the sericin removed.
- re-awake — waking; not sleeping.
- reawaken — rouse or arouse again
- rickshaw — jinrikisha.
- roadwork — work, as construction or repairs, done on a road.
- rockaway — a light, four-wheeled carriage having two or three seats and a fixed top.
- ropewalk — a long, narrow path or building where ropes are made.
- row back — If you row back on something you have said or written, you express a different or contrary opinion about it.