8-letter words containing l, e, k
- herblock — Herbert Lawrence (Herblock) 1909–2001, U.S. cartoonist.
- herdlike — Resembling a herd or some aspect of one, especially a propensity to follow blindly after a leader.
- herolike — Resembling or characteristic of a hero; heroic.
- hinckley — a town in central England, in Leicestershire. Pop: 43 246 (2001)
- hock leg — a leg similar to a cabriole leg, but having a straight perpendicular section between the upper, convex section and the foot.
- holodeck — (science fiction) A room that provides holographic simulations for recreation, training, etc.
- holyoake — Sir Keith Jacka [jak-uh] /ˈdʒæk ə/ (Show IPA), 1904–83, New Zealand political leader: prime minister 1957, 1960–72; governor general 1977–80.
- homelike — like or suggestive of home; familiar; warmly comfortable.
- hoodlike — Resembling a hood.
- hooklike — Resembling a hook.
- hooplike — Resembling a hoop.
- hornlike — Projecting like a horn.
- hoselike — resembling a hose
- hymnlike — Resembling a hymn in form or sound.
- ice milk — a frozen food similar to ice cream but made with skim milk.
- iceblink — a yellowish luminosity near the horizon or on the underside of a cloud, caused by the reflection of light from sea ice.
- iceblock — An ice block, a block of ice.
- ilkeston — a town in N central England, in SE Derbyshire. Pop: 37 270 (2001)
- inkwells — Plural form of inkwell.
- ironlike — Resembling iron or some aspect of it.
- jackelyn — a female given name.
- jacklegs — Plural form of jackleg.
- jazzlike — (music) Resembling jazz.
- jokeless — Devoid of jokes.
- joktaleg — a large clasp knife or pocketknife; jackknife.
- junkpile — A pile of junk; a scrapheap.
- jutelike — resembling jute
- kabeljou — a large marine sciaenid fish, Argyrosomus hololepidotus, that is an important food fish of South African waters
- kablooey — (colloquial) alternative spelling of kablooie.
- kablooie — (colloquial) A failure, meltdown; or explosion; a splat or splash.
- kaboodle — Alternative spelling of caboodle.
- kalendar — a calendar, especially of a church: the Anglican kalendar.
- kalevala — (italics) the national epic of Finland (1835, enlarged 1849), compiled and arranged by Elias Lönnrot from popular lays of the Middle Ages.
- kalewife — a female vegetable or cabbage seller
- kaleyard — a kitchen garden.
- kalifate — the rank, jurisdiction, or government of a caliph.
- kalinite — a mineral, hydrous sulfate of potassium and aluminum, chemically similar to alum.
- kalispel — a Salishan language used by the Flathead Indians of Montana and by some neighboring tribes in Idaho and the western part of Washington.
- kalliope — calliope (def 2).
- karelian — of or relating to Karelia, its people, or their language.
- karoline — a female given name.
- karrusel — a revolving escapement for minimizing positional error.
- katalase — catalase.
- katalyze — catalyze.
- kathleen — a female given name, form of Katherine.
- keelboat — a roughly built, shallow freight boat, having a keel to permit sailing into the wind.
- keelhaul — Nautical. to haul (an offender) under the bottom of a ship and up on the other side as a punishment.
- keelless — having no keel, as a ship.
- keelsons — Plural form of keelson.
- keepable — able to be kept