8-letter words containing o, a, k, d
- hardrock — the original form of rock-'n'-roll, basically dependent on a consistently loud and strong beat.
- headlock — a hold in which a wrestler locks an arm around the opponent's head.
- headwork — mental labor; thought.
- hokkaido — a large island in N Japan. 30,303 sq. mi. (78,485 sq. km).
- holdback — the iron or strap on the shaft of a horse-drawn vehicle to which the breeching of the harness is attached, enabling the horse to hold back or to back the vehicle.
- hookload — The hookload is the total force pulling down on the hook (= a high-capacity J-shaped piece of equipment).
- indo-pak — of or relating to India and Pakistan
- jack rod — a horizontal metal rod or tube to which an awning or other cloth may be seized to support it.
- kaboodle — Alternative spelling of caboodle.
- keloidal — Of or pertaining to keloids.
- keratode — the horny, fibrous substance forming the skeleton of certain sponges.
- keratoid — resembling horn; horny.
- keyboard — the row or set of keys on a piano, organ, or the like.
- kilobaud — (unit) 1000 baud.
- knobhead — a stupid person
- knothead — (informal) A stupid or stubborn person.
- kool-aid — a drink made from this mix.
- kordofan — a province in the central Sudan. About 147,000 sq. mi. (380,730 sq. km). Capital: El Obeid.
- lakewood — a city in central Colorado, near Denver.
- landlock — (transitive) To enclose or nearly enclose (a harbour, vessel, etc.) with land.
- leadwork — work involving lead, such as maintenance work on lead pipes
- maddocks — Plural form of maddock.
- markdown — a reduction in price, usually to encourage buying.
- modjeska — Helena [huh-ley-nuh] /həˈleɪ nə/ (Show IPA), (Helena Opid Modrzejewska) 1840–1909, Polish actress, in U.S. after 1876.
- nakhodka — a port in the SE Russian Federation in Asia, SE of Vladivostok, on the Sea of Japan.
- old talk — (chat) The old implementations of talk. See "ntalk" for details.
- oldspeak — (sometimes initial capital letter) standard English, in contrast to English that is overly technical, politically correct, euphemistic, etc. Compare newspeak.
- packwood — Bob, born 1932, U.S. politician: senator 1969–95.
- pyinkado — a leguminous tree, Xylia xylocarpa (or dolabriformis), native to India and Myanmar
- roadkill — Informal. the body of an animal killed on a road by a motor vehicle.
- roadwork — work, as construction or repairs, done on a road.
- rockland — a city in SE Massachusetts.
- shaddock — pomelo.
- skyboard — a sport that is similar to skydiving but uses a special lightweight board (skyboard) attached to the feet and usually equipped with a parachute.
- stockade — Fortification. a defensive barrier consisting of strong posts or timbers fixed upright in the ground.
- takedown — made or constructed so as to be easily dismantled or disassembled.
- takoradi — the chief port of Ghana, in the southwest on the Gulf of Guinea: modern harbour opened in 1928. Pop (with Sekondi): 335 000 (2005 est)
- teakwood — the wood of the teak.
- unsoaked — not soaked
- walkdown — a store, living quarters, etc., located below the street level and approached by a flight of steps: It was a dimly lit walk-down optimistically called a garden apartment.
- woodlark — a small, European songbird, Lullula arborea, noted for its song in flight.
- wordmark — (marketing) A logotype; a standardized graphic representation of the name of a company or product used for purposes of easy identification. It is is often text with unique typographic treatments. Usually the company name is incorporated together with simple graphic treatments, so that the representation of the word essentially becomes a symbol of the company.
- workaday — of or befitting working days; characteristic of a workday and its occupations.
- workdays — Plural form of workday.
- workload — the amount of work that a machine, employee, or group of employees can be or is expected to perform.
- yardwork — (North America) Work done in maintaining a lawn, and related landscaping activities.