8-letter words that end in k
- the sack — dismissal from employment
- the sick — sick or ill people collectively
- thurrock — unitary authority in Essex, SE England, on the N of the Thames River. 71 sq. mi. (184 sq. km).
- ticktack — a repetitive sound, as of ticking, tapping, knocking, or clicking: the ticktack of high heels in the corridor.
- ticktock — an alternating ticking sound, as that made by a clock.
- tidemark — the point that something or someone has reached, receded below, or risen above: He has reached the tidemark of his prosperity.
- tie tack — a pin having an ornamental head, pinned through the ends of a necktie to hold it against a shirt.
- timework — work done and paid for by the hour or day.
- tipstock — the detachable section of a gun's handle, usually gripped by the left hand of the user
- toe pick — one of the sharp teeth in the front part of a figure-skating blade.
- tomahawk — a light ax used by the North American Indians as a weapon and tool.
- top kick — a first sergeant.
- traprock — trap3 .
- tubework — tubes collectively
- turnback — a part of a garment or similar item that is folded or turned back
- turncock — (formerly) an official employed to turn on the water for the mains supply
- two-pack — (of a paint, filler, etc) supplied as two separate components, for example a base and a catalyst, that are mixed together immediately before use
- unshrunk — not shrunk
- unstruck — not struck
- up quark — the quark having electric charge 2/3 times the elementary charge and strangeness and charm equal to 0.
- van dyck — Sir Anthony, 1599–1641, Flemish painter.
- van eyck — Jan (jɑn). died 1441, Flemish painter; founder of the Flemish school of painting. His most famous work is the altarpiece The Adoration of the Lamb, in Ghent, in which he may have been assisted by his brother Hubert (ˈhyːbərt), died ?1426
- vlaminck — Maurice de [moh-rees duh] /moʊˈris də/ (Show IPA), 1876–1958, French painter.
- waldwick — a city in N New Jersey.
- wangchuk — Jigme Dorji [jig-mey dawr-jee] /ˈdʒɪg meɪ ˈdɔr dʒi/ (Show IPA), 1929–72, king of Bhutan 1952–72.
- war hawk — hawk1 (def 4).
- westwork — (in German Romanesque architecture) a monumental western front to a church, treated as a tower or towers containing an entrance and vestibule below and a chapel above.
- wet dock — a dock accessible only around the time of high tide and entered through locks or gates.
- wet look — a shiny finish given to certain clothing and footwear materials, esp plastic and leather
- wet pack — a type of bath in which wet sheets are applied to the patient.
- wheelock — Eleazar, 1711–79, U.S. clergyman and educator: founded Dartmouth College.
- whipjack — a beggar imitating a distressed sailor
- whitrack — a weasel; ermine or stoat.
- wikilink — (Wiktionary and WMF jargon) A hyperlink in a wiki entry, linking to another entry.
- win back — retrieve, recover
- windhoek — a republic in SW Africa: a former German protectorate; a mandate of South Africa 1920–66; gained independence 1990. 318,261 sq. mi. (824,296 sq. km). Capital: Windhoek.
- windsock — a tapered, tubular cloth vane, open at both ends and having at the larger end a fixed ring pivoted to swing freely, installed at airports or elsewhere to indicate wind direction and approximate intensity.
- wingback — an offensive back who lines up outside an end.
- wirework — fabrics or articles made of wire.
- wolfpack — A family or other group of wild wolves.
- woodcock — either of two plump, short-legged migratory game birds of variegated brown plumage, the Eurasian Scolopax rusticola and the smaller American Philohela minor.
- woodlark — a small, European songbird, Lullula arborea, noted for its song in flight.
- woodwork — objects or parts made of wood.
- woolpack — a coarse fabric, usually of jute, in which raw wool is packed for transport.
- woolsack — a sack or bag of wool.
- woolwork — embroidery done with wool
- wordbook — a book of words, usually with definitions, explanations, etc.; a dictionary.
- wordmark — (marketing) A logotype; a standardized graphic representation of the name of a company or product used for purposes of easy identification. It is is often text with unique typographic treatments. Usually the company name is incorporated together with simple graphic treatments, so that the representation of the word essentially becomes a symbol of the company.
- workbook — a manual of operating instructions.
- workfolk — People who labour.