8-letter words containing w, k, n
- knowsley — a unitary authority of NW England, in Merseyside. Pop: 150 200 (2003 est). Area: 97 sq km (38 sq miles)
- kotowing — Present participle of kotow.
- kwan-yin — one of the Chinese female Boddhisattvas, noted for her kindness: often considered an aspect of Avalokitesvara.
- kwantung — Older Spelling. Guandong.
- kweiyang — Guiyang.
- lawnlike — Resembling or characteristic of a lawn.
- linework — (arts) The technique of drawing lines.
- linkwork — something composed of links, as a chain.
- lockdown — the confining of prisoners to their cells, as following a riot or other disturbance.
- lookdown — the appearance of paper when inspected under reflected light.
- mackinaw — a short double-breasted coat of a thick woolen material, commonly plaid.
- markdown — a reduction in price, usually to encourage buying.
- misknown — Past participle of misknow.
- misknows — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misknow.
- moonwalk — an exploratory walk by an astronaut on the surface of the moon.
- neckdown — An angled narrowing of the roadway and widening of the pavement, used as a traffic calming measure.
- neckwear — articles of dress worn round or at the neck.
- neckweed — a type of flowering weed (Veronica peregrine) native to North America
- networks — Plural form of network.
- new look — a new or changed appearance, approach, etc., especially one characterized by marked departure from the previous or traditional one.
- new talk — ntalk
- new york — Also called New York State. a state in the NE United States. 49,576 sq. mi. (128,400 sq. km). Capital: Albany. Abbreviation: NY (for use with zip code), N.Y.
- newsdesk — the department of a newspaper, television, etc., that writes, edits, or releases news, especially late-breaking news or important bulletins.
- newshawk — a newspaper reporter, especially one who is energetic and aggressive.
- 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.”.
- nyetwork — notwork
- oak lawn — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- 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.
- randwick — a city in E New South Wales, SE Australia, on Botany Bay and the Pacific Ocean: a suburb of Sydney.
- reawaken — rouse or arouse again
- ringwork — a circular earthwork used as a defence and made up of a surrounding bank and ditch
- skewness — asymmetry in a frequency distribution.
- snowbank — a mound of snow, as a snowdrift or snow shoveled from a road or sidewalk.
- snowpack — the accumulation of winter snowfall, especially in mountain or upland regions.
- swanskin — the skin of a swan, with the feathers on.
- swelinck — Jan Pieters [yahn pee-tuh rs] /yɑn ˈpi tərs/ (Show IPA), or Jan Pieterszoon [yahn pee-tuh r-sohn] /yɑn ˈpi tərˌsoʊn/ (Show IPA), 1562–1621, Dutch organist and composer.
- takedown — made or constructed so as to be easily dismantled or disassembled.
- tinworks — an establishment for the mining or processing of tin or for the making of tinware.
- townskip — a mischievous and roguish child who frequents city streets
- tweaking — to pinch and pull with a jerk and twist: to tweak someone's ear; to tweak someone's nose.
- twerking — a provocative dance performed by moving the hips rapidly back and forth while standing with the feet apart and raising and lowering the body in a squatting motion
- unwalked — to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move by advancing the feet alternately so that there is always one foot on the ground in bipedal locomotion and two or more feet on the ground in quadrupedal locomotion.
- unworked — not worked; not used; not exerted
- wabanaki — Abenaki.
- wakashan — a family of American Indian languages spoken in British Columbia and Washington and including especially Kwakiutl and Nootka.
- wakening — awakening.
- 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.
- wangchuk — Jigme Dorji [jig-mey dawr-jee] /ˈdʒɪg meɪ ˈdɔr dʒi/ (Show IPA), 1929–72, king of Bhutan 1952–72.
- waukegan — a city in NE Illinois, on Lake Michigan, N of Chicago.
- waulking — Present participle of waulk.