8-letter words containing r, a, k
- kirkyard — (chiefly Scotland) A churchyard, especially one in Scotland.
- kitemark — (British) A certification symbol placed on products by the British Standards Institute, based on the letters BS.
- kitharas — a musical instrument of ancient Greece consisting of an elaborate wooden soundbox having two arms connected by a yoke to which the upper ends of the strings are attached.
- knackers — Plural form of knacker.
- knackery — rendering works.
- knappers — Plural form of knapper.
- knitwear — clothing made of knitted fabric.
- koftgari — the art of inlaying steel with gold
- kohlrabi — a cultivated cabbage, Brassica oleracea gongylodes, whose stem above ground swells into an edible, bulblike formation.
- kolhapur — a city in S Maharashtra, in SW India.
- kootchar — any of several small, stingless Australian honeybees of the genus Trigona.
- kordofan — a province in the central Sudan. About 147,000 sq. mi. (380,730 sq. km). Capital: El Obeid.
- korfball — (uncountable) A non-contact unisex team sport originating from Holland, similar to netball, where players attempt to throw a ball into a basket atop a pole.
- koriyama — a city on E central Honshu, in Japan.
- kostroma — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Moscow, on the Volga.
- kourbash — to whip with a kurbash.
- krakatau — a volcano and small island in Indonesia, between Java and Sumatra: violent eruption 1883.
- krakatoa — a volcano and small island in Indonesia, between Java and Sumatra: violent eruption 1883.
- 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.
- kristeva — Julia, born 1941, French literary theorist, critic, and psychoanalyst, born in Bulgaria.
- kristina — a female given name, form of Christina.
- krumkake — a very large, thin traditional Scandinavian cookie prepared by pouring batter into an appliance much like a waffle iron and then rolling the warm cookie around a cone form.
- kurosawa — Akira [ah-kee-rah] /ɑˈki rɑ/ (Show IPA), 1910–1998, Japanese film director.
- kursaals — Plural form of kursaal.
- kymogram — the graphic record produced by a diagnostic kymograph.
- lacework — lace (def 1).
- lakeport — a port city located on the shore of a lake, especially one of the Great Lakes.
- lampwork — (glassblowing) A method for working with blown glass that does not require a furnace.
- landmark — a prominent or conspicuous object on land that serves as a guide, especially to ships at sea or to travelers on a road; a distinguishing landscape feature marking a site or location: The post office served as a landmark for locating the street to turn down.
- larksome — mischievous or fond of larking
- larkspur — a town in W California.
- larrikin — a street rowdy; hoodlum.
- lathwork — work made of laths
- laverock — a lark, especially a skylark.
- lawmaker — a person who makes or enacts law; legislator.
- leadwork — work involving lead, such as maintenance work on lead pipes
- liakoura — modern name of Parnassus (def 1).
- lockhart — John Gibson, 1794–1854, Scottish biographer and novelist.
- lokacara — an action in accordance with socially accepted rules.
- lukewarm — moderately warm; tepid.
- mackerel — a food fish, Scomber scombrus, of the North Atlantic, having wavy cross markings on the back.
- magicker — (fantasy) One who does magic; a sorcerer or magician.
- makarova — Natalia [nuh-tal-yuh,, -tahl-;; Russian nuh-tah-lyuh] /nəˈtæl yə,, -ˈtɑl-;; Russian nʌˈtɑ lyə/ (Show IPA), born 1940, Soviet ballerina, in the U.S. and England since 1970.
- makassar — a former name of Ujung Pandang.
- make for — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- makeover — remodeling; renovation; restoration: The old house needs a complete makeover.
- makework — Alternative form of make-work.
- malarkey — speech or writing designed to obscure, mislead, or impress; bunkum: The claims were just a lot of malarkey.
- man-mark — to stay close to (a specific opponent) to hamper his or her play
- mandrake — a narcotic, short-stemmed European plant, Mandragora officinarum, of the nightshade family, having a fleshy, often forked root somewhat resembling a human form.