8-letter words containing k
- bollocks — Bollocks is used by some people to express disagreement, dislike, or annoyance.
- boltlike — resembling a bolt
- bonampak — ancient Mayan site in Chiapas, S Mexico: discovered in 1946.
- bontebok — an antelope, Damaliscus pygargus (or dorcas), of southern Africa, having a deep reddish-brown coat with a white blaze, tail, and rump patch
- book bag — a bag or satchel used especially by a student for carrying books.
- book off — to take a period of absence from work due to illness
- book out — to leave or cause to leave a hotel
- bookable — If something such as a theatre seat or plane ticket is bookable, it can be booked in advance.
- bookcase — A bookcase is a piece of furniture with shelves that you keep books on.
- bookland — an area of common land given to a private owner
- bookless — having no books
- booklore — any knowledge or belief gained from books
- bookmark — A bookmark is a narrow piece of card or leather that you put between the pages of a book so that you can find a particular page easily.
- bookrack — a rack for holding books
- bookrest — a cradle for holding an open book so that it may be read comfortably
- bookshop — A bookshop is a shop where books are sold.
- bookwork — the keeping of accounts
- bookworm — If you describe someone as a bookworm, you mean they are very fond of reading.
- bootikin — a small boot or gaiter worn by infants
- bootjack — a device that grips the heel of a boot to enable the foot to be withdrawn easily
- bootlick — to seek favour by servile or ingratiating behaviour towards (someone, esp someone in authority); toady
- bousouki — bouzouki.
- bouzouki — a Greek long-necked stringed musical instrument related to the mandolin
- bow back — a chair back formed of a single length of wood bent into a horseshoe form and fitted to a seat or arm rail, with spindles or slats as a filling.
- bowllike — resembling a bowl; bowl-shaped
- box keel — a keel in the form of a box beam and having internal space for pipes, ballast, etc.
- box kite — a kite with a boxlike frame open at both ends
- brackets — a support, as of metal or wood, projecting from a wall or the like to hold or bear the weight of a shelf, part of a cornice, etc.
- brackish — Brackish water is slightly salty and unpleasant.
- braddock — Edward1695-1755; Brit. general, born in Scotland: commander of the Brit. forces in the French & Indian War
- brakeage — the braking power of a vehicle, esp a train
- brakeman — a crew member of a goods or passenger train. His duties include controlling auxiliary braking power and inspecting the train
- branking — to hold up and toss the head, as a horse when spurning the bit or prancing.
- bratpack — a group of precocious and successful young actors, writers, etc
- break in — If someone, usually a thief, breaks in, they get into a building by force.
- break up — When something breaks up or when you break it up, it separates or is divided into several smaller parts.
- break-in — an illegal entry into a home, car, office, etc.
- breakage — Breakage is the act of breaking something.
- breaking — (in Old English, Old Norse, etc) the change of a vowel into a diphthong
- breakoff — an abrupt discontinuance, especially of relations
- breakout — If there has been a break-out, someone has escaped from prison.
- brick up — If you brick up a hole, you close it with a wall of bricks.
- brickbat — Brickbats are very critical or insulting remarks which are made in public about someone or something.
- bricking — the falsification of evidence in order to bring a criminal charge
- bricktop — a person having red or reddish-brown hair.
- brinkley — David, 1920–2003, U.S. broadcast journalist.
- brinkman — a person who practises brinkmanship
- brisking — quick and active; lively: brisk trading; a brisk walk.
- briskish — fairly brisk
- britpack — a group of young and successful British actors, directors, artists, etc