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8-letter words containing o, a, k, r

  • crackpot — If you describe someone or their ideas as crackpot, you disapprove of them because you think that their ideas are strange and crazy.
  • crankous — fretful; cranky
  • croakers — Plural form of croaker.
  • croakily — In a croaky manner.
  • croaking — Present participle of croak.
  • cryobank — a facility for storing living tissue, such as sperm, embryos, cells, etc, at a low temperature
  • dad rock — a type of classic rock music that tends to appeal to adults, often played by middle-aged musicians
  • darkroom — A darkroom is a room which can be sealed off from natural light and is lit only by red light. It is used for developing photographs.
  • darksome — dark or darkish
  • darktown — a part of a town or city inhabited largely by blacks.
  • deadwork — work necessary to expose an orebody, as the removal of overburden.
  • dockyard — a waterside area containing docks, workshops, warehouses, etc., for building, outfitting, and repairing ships, for storing naval supplies, etc.
  • docmaker — (text, tool, product)   An application for the Apple Macintosh which creates stand-alone, self-running document files. It features scrollable and re-sizable windows, graphics, varied text styles and fonts, full printing capability, and links to other software and information. Companies such as Federal Express, GTE, Hewlett-Packard, Iomega, Adobe Systems, Inc., Apple Computer and Aladdin use DOCMaker to distribute disk-based documentation with their products.
  • dorkland — an offensive name for Auckland
  • drammock — an uncooked mixture of meal, usually oatmeal, and cold water.
  • dronklap — a drunkard
  • dropback — a lowering, as of prices or standards, especially to a previous level: Auto manufacturers requested a dropback in emissions standards.
  • ecofreak — a zealous or overly zealous environmentalist or preservationist.
  • facework — The material of the outside or front side, as of a wall or building.
  • farmwork — The agricultural work done on a farm.
  • farouk i — 1920–65, last king of Egypt (1936–52). He was forced to abdicate (1952)
  • flatwork — sheets, tablecloths, etc., that are ordinarily ironed mechanically, as on a mangle, rather than by hand.
  • folk art — artistic works, as paintings, sculpture, basketry, and utensils, produced typically in cultural isolation by untrained often anonymous artists or by artisans of varying degrees of skill and marked by such attributes as highly decorative design, bright bold colors, flattened perspective, strong forms in simple arrangements, and immediacy of meaning.
  • footmark — a footprint.
  • forepeak — the extreme forward part of the interior of a hull (opposed to afterpeak).
  • forerank — the first rank
  • foretake — (transitive) To take, receive, or adopt beforehand; assume.
  • forkball — a pitch thrown with the ball inserted between the index and middle fingers, causing it to dip sharply near home plate.
  • forkhead — the head of an arrow
  • forktail — Any of various small insectivorous birds in the genus Enicurus.
  • forsaken — past participle of forsake.
  • forsaker — One who forsakes.
  • forsakes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forsake.
  • forslack — to neglect or be neglectful
  • forspeak — to bewitch
  • freakout — A frightening or disorientating experience, especially one that results from the use of a hallucinogenic drug.
  • gasworks — a plant where heating and illuminating gas is manufactured and piped to homes and buildings.
  • goldmark — Karl [kahrl] /kɑrl/ (Show IPA), 1830–1915, Hungarian composer.
  • gorlovka — a city in SE Ukraine, N of Donetsk.
  • grosbeak — any of various finches having a thick, conical bill.
  • 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
  • hamerkop — Alternative spelling of hammerkop.
  • handwork — work done by hand, as distinguished from work done by machine.
  • hardrock — the original form of rock-'n'-roll, basically dependent on a consistently loud and strong beat.
  • havocker — a person who causes havoc
  • hayforks — Plural form of hayfork.
  • headwork — mental labor; thought.
  • holy ark — a cabinet in a synagogue set into or against the wall that faces eastward toward Jerusalem, for keeping the scrolls of the Torah.
  • hornbeak — a dialect name for a fish known as the garfish, hornfish or sea needle
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