8-letter words containing p, e, k
- keepsaky — like or suitable for a keepsake, usually specifically of a volume of material made and given as a keepsake in the 19th century
- kelpfish — any of several blennies that are common among kelp. Compare kelp greenling.
- kephalin — Alternative spelling of cephalin.
- kephalos — Cephalus.
- kerplunk — with or as if with a sudden muffled thud: The huge stone hit the water kerplunk.
- key grip — the chief stagehand on a movie set.
- keyed up — tense, nervous
- keypunch — Also, key punch. Also called card punch. a machine, operated by a keyboard, for coding information by punching holes in cards or paper tape in specified patterns.
- keyspell — (text, tool, education) A spell checker and teaching aid from UK company KeySpell Limited for Microsoft Windows. KeySpell offers a selection of phonetically similar words, phrases, confusable terms, and examples in context. Even correctly spelt homophones can be checked. KeySpell can be run with Microsoft Word 97 or stand-alone. It includes 225,000 words and phrases and can use subsets of these.
- kidnaped — to steal, carry off, or abduct by force or fraud, especially for use as a hostage or to extract ransom.
- kidnapee — to steal, carry off, or abduct by force or fraud, especially for use as a hostage or to extract ransom.
- kidnaper — Alternative spelling of kidnapper.
- kinepock — (obsolete) cowpox.
- kippered — a fish, especially a herring, that has been cured by splitting, salting, drying, and smoking.
- kipperer — One who kippers fish.
- klaipeda — a seaport in NW Lithuania, on the Baltic.
- klephtic — (historical) Relating to the klephts.
- knappers — Plural form of knapper.
- knapweed — any composite plant of the genus Centaurea, especially the weedy C. nigra, having rose-purple flowers set on a dark-colored, knoblike bract.
- kneecaps — Plural form of kneecap.
- kneepads — Plural form of kneepad.
- kneepans — Plural form of kneepan.
- knees-up — a party or lively gathering, usually including dancing.
- kompiler — (language) An early system on the IBM 701. Versions: KOMPILER 2 for IBM 701, KOMPILER 3 for IBM 704.
- kreplach — Jewish Cookery. turnovers or pockets of noodle dough filled with any of several mixtures, as kasha or chopped chicken livers, usually boiled, and served in soup.
- lakeport — a port city located on the shore of a lake, especially one of the Great Lakes.
- lockstep — a way of marching in very close file, in which the leg of each person moves with and closely behind the corresponding leg of the person ahead.
- mapmaker — a person who makes maps; cartographer.
- mesopeak — the level of maximum temperature in the mesophere, at an altitude of about 30 miles (48 km).
- misspeak — Express oneself insufficiently clearly or accurately.
- misspoke — Simple past form of misspeak.
- morepork — (chiefly NZ) The vern boobook owl Ninox novaeseelandiae. (from 19th c.).
- muckheap — Dunghill; dung heap.
- netspeak — internet jargon
- 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.”.
- off-peak — of, relating to, or during a period of less than maximum frequency, demand, intensity, or use: the off-peak travel season; off-peak train fares.
- oldspeak — (sometimes initial capital letter) standard English, in contrast to English that is overly technical, politically correct, euphemistic, etc. Compare newspeak.
- openwork — any kind of work, especially ornamental, as of embroidery, lace, metal, stone, or wood, having a latticelike nature or showing openings through its substance.
- osipenko — former name of Berdyansk.
- outspeak — to outdo or excel in speaking.
- outspoke — Simple past form of outspeak.
- overkeep — to keep too long
- overpack — to pack or load too much into or onto
- overpark — an area of land, usually in a largely natural state, for the enjoyment of the public, having facilities for rest and recreation, often owned, set apart, and managed by a city, state, or nation.
- overskip — to skip over
- oxpecker — either of two African starlings of the genus Buphagus, characterized by their habit of riding on large, wild animals and domestic cattle to feed on ticks.
- p marker — phrase marker.
- pack ice — a large area of floating ice formed over a period of many years and consisting of pieces of ice driven together by wind, current, etc.
- packable — suitable for packing, especially for travel: readily packable clothes.
- packager — a person or business firm that packages a product or merchandise for commercial sale: a soap packager.