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8-letter words containing o, k, d

  • outdrink — To drink more than someone else.
  • overdeck — the upper deck
  • overkind — too kind
  • packwoodBob, born 1932, U.S. politician: senator 1969–95.
  • pickfordMary (Gladys Marie Smith) 1893–1979, U.S. motion-picture actress, born in Canada.
  • pokeweed — a tall herb, Phytolacca americana, of North America, having juicy purple berries and a purple root used in medicine, and young edible shoots resembling asparagus.
  • porkwood — the wood of a small tree, Pisonia obtusata, native to the United States and Caribbean
  • provoked — to anger, enrage, exasperate, or vex.
  • pudovkin — Vsevolod Ilarionovich [fsye-vuh-luh t ee-luh-ryi-aw-nuh-vyich] /ˈfsyɛ və lət i lə ryɪˈɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1893–1953, Russian motion-picture director.
  • pyinkado — a leguminous tree, Xylia xylocarpa (or dolabriformis), native to India and Myanmar
  • reckoned — to count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount.
  • red book — 1. Informal name for one of the four standard references on PostScript. The other three official guides are known as the Blue Book, the Green Book, and the White Book. 2.   (publication)   Informal name for one of the three standard references on Smalltalk. This book also has blue and green siblings. 3. Any of the 1984 standards issued by the ITU-T eighth plenary assembly. These include, among other things, the X.400 electronic mail specification, the Group 1 through 4 fax standards, ISDN, the R2 signalling system (Q.400 series recommendations), data communication via the PSTN (the V series recommendations) and tariffs and metering principles (the D series). 4. The new version of the Green Book - IEEE 1003.1-1990, also known as ISO 9945-1 - is (because of the colour and the fact that it is printed on A4 paper) known in the USA. as "the Ugly Red Book That Won't Fit On The Shelf" and in Europe as "the Ugly Red Book That's A Sensible Size". 5. The NSA "Trusted Network Interpretation" companion to the Orange Book. See also book titles.
  • 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.
  • rock cod — rockfish (defs 1–3).
  • rocketed — any of various simple or complex tubelike devices containing combustibles that on being ignited liberate gases whose action propels the tube through the air: used for pyrotechnic effect, signaling, carrying a lifeline, hurling explosives at an enemy, putting a space vehicle into orbit, etc.
  • rockford — a city in N Illinois.
  • rockland — a city in SE Massachusetts.
  • rockweed — a fucoid seaweed growing on rocks exposed at low tide.
  • roderick — a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “glory” and “ruler.”.
  • roskilde — a city on the island of Zealand, in E Denmark: a suburb of Copenhagen.
  • shaddock — pomelo.
  • sheikdom — the land or territory under the control of a sheik.
  • sick-dog — a calm and unruffled person
  • sidelock — earlock.
  • skid row — an area of cheap barrooms and run-down hotels, frequented by alcoholics and vagrants.
  • skinfood — cosmetic cream for the skin
  • 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.
  • socketed — a hollow part or piece for receiving and holding some part or thing.
  • stockade — Fortification. a defensive barrier consisting of strong posts or timbers fixed upright in the ground.
  • studbook — a genealogical register of a stud or studs; a book giving the pedigree of animals, especially horses.
  • studwork — the act or process of building with studding.
  • 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.
  • unbooked — not reserved or booked
  • uncooked — not cooked; raw: a dessert made with uncooked eggs.
  • unforked — not forked
  • unlocked — to undo the lock of (a door, chest, etc.), especially with a key.
  • unlooked — not examined, investigated, or heeded (usually followed by into, on, or at): a crime that remains unlooked into.
  • unsmoked — (of meat, fish, etc) not hung over burning wood to preserve or flavour it
  • unsoaked — not soaked
  • unworked — not worked; not used; not exerted
  • 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.
  • wedlocks — Plural form of wedlock.
  • wet dock — a dock accessible only around the time of high tide and entered through locks or gates.
  • windhoek — a republic in SW Africa: a former German protectorate; a mandate of South Africa 1920–66; gained independence 1990. 318,261 sq. mi. (824,296 sq. km). Capital: Windhoek.
  • windsock — a tapered, tubular cloth vane, open at both ends and having at the larger end a fixed ring pivoted to swing freely, installed at airports or elsewhere to indicate wind direction and approximate intensity.
  • woodcock — either of two plump, short-legged migratory game birds of variegated brown plumage, the Eurasian Scolopax rusticola and the smaller American Philohela minor.
  • woodlark — a small, European songbird, Lullula arborea, noted for its song in flight.
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