8-letter words that end in k
- overbook — to accept reservations for in excess of the number that can be accommodated: The airline routinely overbooks its flights so as to fill its planes even if there are last-minute cancellations.
- overbulk — to dwarf or loom over in an oppressive way
- overcook — Cook too much or for too long.
- overdeck — the upper deck
- overlock — to sew (a seam, hem, or edge) with a particular stitch that prevents fraying
- overlook — to fail to notice, perceive, or consider: to overlook a misspelled word.
- overmeek — excessively meek
- overmilk — to milk too much
- overpack — to pack or load too much into or onto
- overpark — an area of land, usually in a largely natural state, for the enjoyment of the public, having facilities for rest and recreation, often owned, set apart, and managed by a city, state, or nation.
- overrack — to strain too much
- overrank — to assign an unnecessarily high rank to
- oversick — too sick
- oversoak — to soak too much
- overtalk — to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.
- overtask — to impose too heavy a task upon
- overtook — simple past tense of overtake.
- overweak — too weak
- overwork — to cause to work too hard, too much, or too long; weary or exhaust with work (often used reflexively): Don't overwork yourself on that new job.
- packsack — a leather or canvas carrying bag, usually one that can be strapped over the shoulder and used to carry food and personal items when a person is traveling.
- panstick — a cosmetic in stick form
- panufnik — Sir Andrzej (ændreɪ). 1914–91, British composer and conductor, born in Poland. His works include nine symphonies, the cantata Winter Solstice (1972), Polish folk-song settings, and ballet music
- parbreak — to spew or vomit (up or out)
- partwork — series of magazines issued at weekly or monthly intervals, which are designed to be bound together to form a complete course or book
- pashalik — the territory governed by a pasha.
- passbook — a bankbook.
- pay back — to settle (a debt, obligation, etc.), as by transferring money or goods, or by doing something: Please pay your bill.
- pay desk — the counter in a shop where customers pay for goods
- paycheck — a bank check given as salary or wages.
- peacenik — an activist or demonstrator who opposes war and military intervention; pacifist.
- penstock — a pipe conducting water from a head gate to a waterwheel.
- pep talk — a vigorous, emotional talk, as to a person or group, intended to arouse enthusiasm, increase determination to succeed, etc.: The coach gave the team a pep talk before the game.
- picklock — a person who picks a lock, especially a burglar.
- pickwick — a picklike implement for catching up and raising a short wick of an oil lamp.
- pigstick — to hunt for wild boar, usually on horseback and using a spear.
- pilework — construction built from heavy stakes or cylinders
- pin mark — the circular indentation on the upper part of a type body, made by the pin that ejects the type from the caster.
- pin tuck — a narrow ornamental fold used esp on shirt fronts and dress bodices
- pincheck — a very small check woven into fabric, much used in the manufacture of men's and women's suits.
- pinprick — any minute puncture made by a pin or the like.
- pipework — pipes and stops on an organ
- playback — the act of reproducing a sound or video recording, especially in order to check a recording that is newly made.
- playbook — (in Elizabethan drama) the script of a play, used by the actors as an acting text.
- plowback — a reinvestment of earnings or profits in a business enterprise.
- pockmark — Usually, pockmarks. scars or pits left by a pustule in smallpox or the like.
- politick — to engage in politicking.
- pollbook — the official list of the registered voters in a given area.
- post oak — any of several American oaks, especially Quercus stellata, the wood of which is used for posts.
- postmark — an official mark stamped on letters and other mail, serving as a cancellation of the postage stamp and indicating the place, date, and sometimes time of sending or receipt.
- postpunk — of or related to a style of music that followed punk rock