8-letter words containing ak
- iraklion — a seaport in N Crete.
- jack oak — the blackjack, Quercus marilandica.
- jakobson — Roman [roh-mahn,, -muh n] /ˈroʊ mɑn,, -mən/ (Show IPA), 1896–1982, U.S. linguist and scholar, born in Russia.
- kaimakam — a deputy governor or lieutenant
- kaitiaki — (NZ) The M\u0101ori concept of guardianship of the natural environment.
- kakariki — any of various green-feathered New Zealand parrots of the genus Cyanoramphus
- kakemono — a vertical hanging scroll containing either text or a painting, intended to be viewed on a wall and rolled when not in use.
- kakiemon — a Japanese porcelain design credited to Kakiemon Sakaida, first produced in the 17th century and widely collected and imitated in the West
- kakinada — a port city in Andhra Pradesh state, SE India.
- kakogawa — a city in S Honshu, Japan.
- kallikak — the fictitious name of an actual family that was the focus of a sociological study: one branch of feeble-minded descendants were mostly social degenerates, while another branch with descendants of normal intelligence were mostly successful.
- kamakura — a city on S Honshu, in central Japan, on Sagami Bay: great bronze statue of Buddha.
- kankakee — a city in NE Illinois.
- karaklis — former name of Kirovakan.
- karakuls — Plural form of karakul.
- katakana — the more angular, less commonly used of the two Japanese syllabaries.
- kawakawa — an aromatic shrub or small tree of New Zealand, Macropiper excelsum: held to be sacred by the Māoris
- kawasaki — a seaport on SE Honshu, in central Japan, SW of Tokyo.
- kayakers — Plural form of kayaker.
- kayaking — an Eskimo canoe with a skin cover on a light framework, made watertight by flexible closure around the waist of the occupant and propelled with a double-bladed paddle.
- keepsake — anything kept, or given to be kept, as a token of friendship or affection; remembrance.
- keepsaky — like or suitable for a keepsake, usually specifically of a volume of material made and given as a keepsake in the 19th century
- kinglake — Alexander William, 1809–91, English historian.
- 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.
- 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.
- kwakiutl — a member of a North American Indian people of Vancouver Island and the adjacent British Columbian coast.
- lak cell — lymphokine-activated killer cell: one of a number of white blood cells removed from a patient's whole blood and cultured with interleukin-2: used experimentally for reinfusion into the body to shrink malignant tumors.
- lake van — a salt lake in E Turkey, at an altitude of 1650 m (5400 ft): fed by melting snow and glaciers. Area: 3737 sq km (1433 sq miles)
- lake zug — a lake in N central Switzerland, in Zug and Schwyz cantons. Area: 39 sq km (15 sq miles)
- lakehead — Thunder Bay.
- lakeland — a city in central Florida.
- lakelike — Resembling a lake or some aspect of one.
- lakeport — a port city located on the shore of a lake, especially one of the Great Lakes.
- lakeside — located on the side of a lake: a lakeside resort.
- lakewood — a city in central Colorado, near Denver.
- laniakea — a huge supercluster of many thousands of galaxies: the Milky Way is included in one of its three component parts.
- lawmaker — a person who makes or enacts law; legislator.
- leakages — Plural form of leakage.
- leakance — the reciprocal of the resistance of insulation.
- leakiest — Superlative form of leaky.
- leakless — Without leaks.
- liakoura — modern name of Parnassus (def 1).
- live oak — an evergreen oak, Quercus virginiana, of the southern U.S., having a short, broad trunk and shiny, oblong leaves: the state tree of Georgia.
- maitakes — Plural form of maitake.
- 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.
- make hay — to mow grass, alfalfa, etc., and spread it out to dry
- make off — 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.