8-letter words containing r, a, k
- kandahar — a city in S Afghanistan.
- kangaroo — any herbivorous marsupial of the family Macropodidae, of Australia and adjacent islands, having a small head, short forelimbs, powerful hind legs used for leaping, and a long, thick tail: several species are threatened or endangered.
- kangeroo — Archaic form of kangaroo.
- kapparah — a ritual performed by some Orthodox Jews before Yom Kippur that consists of swinging a fowl around the head and reciting prayers that symbolically transfer the person's sins to the fowl.
- kara kum — a desert S of the Aral Sea, largely in Turkmenistan. About 110,000 sq. mi. (284,900 sq. km).
- kara sea — an arm of the Arctic Ocean between Novaya Zemlya and the N Russian Federation.
- karachai — a member of a people living mainly in the Karachai-Cherkess Republic, closely related to the Balkar.
- karadzic — Radovan [rah-duh-vahn] /ˈrɑ dəˌvɑn/ (Show IPA), born 1945, Bosnian Serb political leader, indicted as a war criminal 1995.
- karafuto — Japanese name of Sakhalin.
- karaklis — former name of Kirovakan.
- karakuls — Plural form of karakul.
- karateka — an expert in karate.
- karearea — a New Zealand falcon, Falco novaeseelandiae
- karelian — of or relating to Karelia, its people, or their language.
- karlsbad — German name of Karlovy Vary.
- karlstad — a city in S Sweden.
- karoline — a female given name.
- karosses — Plural form of kaross.
- karrusel — a revolving escapement for minimizing positional error.
- karstify — to become or cause to become karstic
- karyotin — chromatin
- kashmiri — a native or inhabitant of Kashmir.
- kashruth — the body of dietary laws prescribed for Jews: an observer of kashruth.
- kasparov — Gary or Garry, born 1963, Armenian chess player.
- katsuras — Plural form of katsura.
- kauravas — (in the Mahabharata) the cousins and enemies of the Pandavas.
- kayakers — Plural form of kayaker.
- kefauver — Estes [es-tis] /ˈɛs tɪs/ (Show IPA), 1903–63, U.S. political leader: U.S. senator 1949–63.
- keramics — ceramics.
- keratode — the horny, fibrous substance forming the skeleton of certain sponges.
- keratoid — resembling horn; horny.
- keratoma — keratosis.
- keratose — having a skeleton formed of horny fibers, as certain sponges.
- kerkrade — a town in the SE Netherlands, in Limburg: one of the oldest coal-mining centres in Europe. Pop: 50 000 (2003 est)
- key card — a plastic card, similar to a credit card, containing data on an embedded magnetized strip that can electronically unlock a door, activate a machine, etc.
- keyboard — the row or set of keys on a piano, organ, or the like.
- keycards — Plural form of keycard.
- keyframe — A single frame in an animation sequence drawn by an artist, between which others are tweened.
- khanjars — Plural form of khanjar.
- khartoum — a region in N Africa, S of the Sahara and Libyan deserts, extending from the Atlantic to the Red Sea.
- kidnaper — Alternative spelling of kidnapper.
- killadar — a fort commander or governor
- kilogram — a unit of mass equal to 1000 grams: the basic unit of mass in the International System of Units (SI), equal to the mass of the international prototype of the kilogram, a platinum-iridium cylinder kept in Sèvres, France. Abbreviation: kg.
- kilogray — one thousand grays
- kir moab — ancient name of Kerak.
- kiribati — a republic in the central Pacific Ocean, on the equator, comprising 33 islands. 263 sq. mi. (681 sq. km). Capital: Tarawa.
- kirigami — the Japanese art or technique of cutting and folding paper into objects or designs.
- kirkland — Jack, 1901–69, U.S. writer and playwright.
- kirkwall — a town on Pomona island, NE of Scotland in the Orkney Islands: administrative center of the Orkney Islands.
- kirkward — towards the church