8-letter words containing k
- backwrap — anything that can be wrapped around the back to provide back support or relieve back pain
- backyard — A backyard is an area of land at the back of a house.
- bad bank — a financial institution set up to hold and manage underperforming assets owned by other banks
- bad luck — You can say 'Bad luck', or 'Hard luck', to someone when you want to express sympathy to them.
- baedeker — any of a series of travel guidebooks issued by the German publisher Karl Baedeker (1801–59) or his firm
- bahookie — the buttocks
- baidarka — a type of narrow hunting boat, similar to a kayak, made of sealskin and used by inhabitants of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands
- baikonur — a launching site for spacecraft in central Kazakhstan; formerly the centre for the Soviet space programme, now leased from Kazakhstan by Russia
- bake-off — A bake-off is a cooking competition.
- bakelite — Bakelite is a type of hard plastic that was used in the past for making things such as telephones and radios.
- bakemeat — a pie
- bakeries — Plural form of bakery.
- bakeshop — Also called bakeshop [beyk-shop] /ˈbeɪkˌʃɒp/ (Show IPA). a baker's shop.
- bakeware — Tins, trays, and dishes that are used for baking can be referred to as bakeware.
- bakewell — Robert. 1725–95, English agriculturist; radically improved livestock breeding, esp of cattle and sheep
- baklavas — Plural form of baklava.
- bakshish — a tip, present, or gratuity.
- bakwanga — former name of Mbuji-Mayi.
- balakovo — a city in the W RSFSR, in the E SovietUnion in Europe, SW of Gorki.
- baldrick — a belt, sometimes richly ornamented, worn diagonally from shoulder to hip, supporting a sword, horn, etc.
- balkhash — Lakelarge lake in SE Kazakhstan, half saline & half freshwater, the halves separated by a sandbar: c. 6,500 sq mi (16,835 sq km)
- balkline — a line at one end of a table from behind which opening shots with the cue ball are made
- ballcock — A valve that automatically fills a tank after liquid has been drawn from it. Used, for example, in a flush toilet, a ballcock has a float on the end of a pivoting arm that opens the valve when the arm drops.
- ballhawk — a sportsman who is skilled at winning possession of the ball, esp in basketball
- ballocks — (nonce, used only by James Joyce) Alternative form of bollocks.
- ballpark — A ballpark is a park or stadium where baseball is played.
- balywick — Alternative form of bailiwick.
- bank box — safe-deposit box.
- bankable — In the entertainment industry, someone or something that is described as bankable is very popular and therefore likely to be very profitable.
- bankbook — a book held by depositors at certain banks, in which the bank enters a record of deposits, withdrawals, and earned interest
- bankcard — any plastic card issued by a bank, such as a cash card or cheque card
- bankerly — relating to or resembling a banker
- bankhead — Tallulah (Brockman). 1902–68, US stage and film actress; her successes included the plays The Little Foxes (1939) and The Skin of Our Teeth (1942)
- banknote — Banknotes are pieces of paper money.
- bankroll — To bankroll a person, organization, or project means to provide the financial resources that they need.
- bankrupt — People or organizations that go bankrupt do not have enough money to pay their debts.
- banksias — Plural form of banksia.
- bankside — the sloping side of any bank
- banksman — a crane driver's helper, who signals instructions to the driver for the movement of the crane and its jib
- bankster — a banker or investor whose financial practices have been exposed as illegal
- banneker — Benjamin, 1731–1806, U.S. mathematician, natural historian, and astronomer.
- bannocks — Plural form of bannock.
- bar-tack — a close series of stitches crossing a piece of cloth, as in an article of clothing, in order to reinforce it at a point of concentrated strain.
- bareback — If you ride bareback, you ride a horse without a saddle.
- baresark — berserker
- barkings — Plural form of barking.
- barkless — (of a dog) not tending to bark
- barnlike — resembling a barn
- barracks — A barracks is a building or group of buildings where soldiers or other members of the armed forces live and work.
- basilisk — (in classical legend) a serpent that could kill by its breath or glance