8-letter words containing K
Embark on an exploration of 8-letter words that contain the letter K. This segment uncovers the diverse range of words that incorporate K within this specific length, revealing the versatility and richness of language. Ideal for vocabulary enthusiasts and word-game aficionados.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| thinking | 16 | endowed with the capacity to reason | - |
| speaking | 15 | delivering an address to a public audience | - |
| drinking | 14 | the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess | - |
| breaking | 15 | the act of breaking something | - |
| darkness | 13 | absence of light or illumination | - |
| homework | 20 | preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home) | - |
| knocking | 19 | the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing) | the knocking grew louder |
| mistaken | 14 | wrong in e.g. opinion or judgment | a mistaken belief |
| necklace | 16 | jewelry consisting of a cord or chain (often bearing gems) worn about the neck as an ornament (especially by women) | - |
| weakness | 15 | a flaw or weak point | - |
| sticking | 15 | extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary | a pile of boards sticking over the end of his truck |
| tracking | 15 | the pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behind | - |
| kindness | 13 | tendency to be kind and forgiving | - |
| nickname | 16 | a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name) | Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph |
| lipstick | 16 | makeup that is used to color the lips | - |
| bollocks | 16 | make a mess of, destroy or ruin | - |
| dickhead | 19 | insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous | - |
| weekends | 16 | - | - |
| franklin | 15 | printer whose success as an author led him to take up politics; he helped draw up the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution; he played a major role in the American Revolution and negotiated French support for the colonists; as a scientist he is remembered particularly for his research in electricity (1706-1790) | - |
| sickness | 14 | impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism | - |
| stinking | 13 | offensively malodorous | - |
| shocking | 18 | giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation | the most shocking book of its time |
| cocktail | 16 | an appetizer served as a first course at a meal | - |
| cracking | 17 | a sudden sharp noise | he heard the cracking of the ice |
| workshop | 20 | small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done | - |
| notebook | 14 | a small compact portable computer | - |
| backyard | 20 | the grounds in back of a house | - |
| blocking | 17 | the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements | - |
| unlikely | 15 | not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred | legislation on the question is highly unlikely |
| sneaking | 13 | not openly expressed | a sneaking suspicion |
| bankrupt | 16 | someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts | - |
| backpack | 24 | a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder | - |
| thankful | 18 | feeling or showing gratitude | a thankful smile |
| stalking | 13 | a hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush | - |
| skeleton | 12 | a scandal that is kept secret | there must be a skeleton somewhere in that family's closet |
| creaking | 15 | a squeaking sound | - |
| reckless | 14 | marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences | became the fiercest and most reckless of partisans |
| striking | 13 | the physical coming together of two or more things | - |
| sneakers | 12 | - | - |
| barracks | 16 | - | - |
| likewise | 15 | in like or similar manner | some people have little power to do good, and have likewise little strength to resist evil |
| sidewalk | 16 | walk consisting of a paved area for pedestrians; usually beside a street or roadway | - |
| panicked | 17 | thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation | felt panicked before each exam |
| blackout | 16 | partial or total loss of memory | he has a total blackout for events of the evening |
| backward | 20 | in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal | it's easy to get the `i' and the `e' backward in words like `seize' and `siege' |
| crackers | 16 | informal or slang terms for mentally irregular | - |
| keyboard | 18 | device consisting of a set of keys on a piano or organ or typewriter or typesetting machine or computer or the like | - |
| comeback | 20 | a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one) | - |
| feedback | 20 | response to an inquiry or experiment | - |
| paycheck | 24 | a check issued in payment of wages or salary | - |
| skipping | 17 | - | - |
| kangaroo | 13 | any of several herbivorous leaping marsupials of Australia and New Guinea having large powerful hind legs and a long thick tail | - |
| unlocked | 15 | not firmly fastened or secured | an unlocked room |
| buttocks | 16 | the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on | - |
| backside | 17 | the side of an object that is opposite its front | - |
| teamwork | 17 | cooperative work done by a team (especially when it is effective) | it will take money, good planning and, above all, teamwork |
| awakened | 16 | aroused or activated | an awakened interest in ballet |
| attacker | 14 | someone who attacks | - |
| knockout | 18 | a very attractive or seductive looking woman | - |
| checkers | 19 | a checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces; the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent's pieces | - |
| textbook | 21 | according to or characteristic of a casebook or textbook; typical | a textbook example |
| forsaken | 15 | - | - |
| knickers | 18 | (used in the plural) trousers ending above the knee | - |
| sherlock | 17 | someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information | - |
| overlook | 15 | look down on | - |
| drunkard | 14 | a chronic drinker | - |
| sidekick | 19 | a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities | - |
| provoked | 18 | incited, especially deliberately, to anger | the provoked animal attacked the child |
| knuckles | 18 | (used in the plural) a small metal weapon; worn over the knuckles on the back of the hand | - |
| outbreak | 14 | a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition) | the outbreak of hostilities |
| yearbook | 17 | a reference book that is published regularly once every year | - |
| spanking | 15 | quick and energetic | a spanking breeze |
| blinking | 15 | informal intensifiers | what a bally (or blinking) nuisance |
| knitting | 13 | needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by machine | - |
| kerosene | 12 | a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters | - |
| wrinkled | 16 | (of linens or clothes) not ironed | - |
| takeover | 15 | a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force | - |
| weakened | 16 | damaged; used of inanimate objects or their value | - |
| rickshaw | 20 | a small two-wheeled cart for one passenger; pulled by one person | - |
| overtake | 15 | overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli | - |
| backbone | 18 | the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord | - |
| homesick | 19 | longing to return home | - |
| maverick | 19 | independent in behavior or thought | maverick politicians |
| lockdown | 18 | the act of confining prisoners to their cells (usually to regain control during a riot) | - |
| luckiest | 14 | - | - |
| plankton | 14 | the aggregate of small plant and animal organisms that float or drift in great numbers in fresh or salt water | - |
| makeover | 17 | a complete reconstruction and renovation of something | the blighted neighborhood underwent a total makeover |
| clanking | 15 | having a hard nonresonant metallic sound | clanking chains |
| tickling | 15 | the act of tickling | - |
| skinhead | 16 | a member of any of several British or American groups consisting predominantly of young people who shave their heads; some engage in white supremacist and anti-immigrant activities and this leads to the perception that all skinheads are racist and violent | - |
| whiskers | 18 | the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face | - |
| wreckage | 18 | the remaining parts of something that has been wrecked | they searched the wreckage for signs of survivors |
| tinkling | 13 | like the short high ringing sound of a small bell | sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal |
| kneeling | 13 | supporting yourself on your knees | - |
| wrecking | 18 | destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined | - |
| stocking | 15 | close-fitting hosiery to cover the foot and leg; come in matched pairs (usually used in the plural) | - |
| stakeout | 12 | surveillance of some place or some person by the police (as in anticipation of a crime) | - |
| backseat | 16 | a seat at the back of a vehicle (especially the seat at the back of an automobile) | - |
| stricken | 14 | (used in combination) affected by something overwhelming | - |
| breakers | 14 | waves breaking on the shore | - |
| likeness | 12 | similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things | man created God in his own likeness |
| junkyard | 23 | a field where junk is collected and stored for resale | - |
| folklore | 15 | the unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture | - |
| leukemia | 14 | malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of cancer | - |
| clucking | 17 | the sound made by a hen (as in calling her chicks) | - |
| sprinkle | 14 | a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby | - |
| bookshop | 19 | a shop where books are sold | - |
| landmark | 15 | an event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend | - |
| clinking | 15 | like the light sharp ringing sound of glasses being tapped | - |
| quickest | 23 | most quickly | - |
| haystack | 20 | a stack of hay | - |
| daybreak | 18 | the first light of day | - |
| skylight | 19 | a window in a roof to admit daylight | - |
| mackerel | 16 | any of various fishes of the family Scombridae | - |
| bismarck | 18 | German statesman under whose leadership Germany was united (1815-1898) | - |
| woodcock | 20 | game bird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe | - |
| ticklish | 17 | difficult to handle; requiring great tact | hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter |
| doorknob | 15 | a knob used to release the catch when opening a door (often called `doorhandle' in Great Britain) | - |
| chipmunk | 21 | a burrowing ground squirrel of western America and Asia; has cheek pouches and a light and dark stripe running down the body | - |
| checkout | 19 | the act of inspecting or verifying | - |
| weakling | 16 | a person who is physically weak and ineffectual | - |
| kamikaze | 27 | a fighter plane used for suicide missions by Japanese pilots in World War II | - |
| fuckhead | 21 | a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence | - |
| skilling | 13 | - | - |
| skillful | 15 | done with delicacy and skill | - |
| blockade | 17 | a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy | - |
| ballpark | 16 | near to the scope or range of something | his answer wasn't even in the right ballpark |
| backdoor | 17 | an entrance at the rear of a building | - |
| unspoken | 14 | not made explicit | some kind of unspoken agreement |
| whacking | 21 | the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows | - |
| slacking | 15 | the evasion of work or duty | - |
| backdrop | 19 | scenery hung at back of stage | - |
| foreskin | 15 | a fold of skin covering the tip of the penis | - |
| stroking | 13 | a light touch with the hands | - |
| unmarked | 15 | not taken into account | his retirement was not allowed to go unmarked |
| duckling | 16 | flesh of a young domestic duck | - |
| darkroom | 15 | a room in which photographs are developed | - |
| handbook | 18 | a concise reference book providing specific information about a subject or location | - |
| woodwork | 19 | the craft of a carpenter: making things out of wood | - |
| playback | 21 | electronic equipment comprising the part of a tape recorder that reproduces the recorded material | - |
| marksman | 16 | someone skilled in shooting | - |
| smacking | 17 | the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand | - |
| backfire | 19 | the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired | - |
| footwork | 18 | skillful maneuvering or dealing | she needs some fancy footwork to cover all those lies |
| hallmark | 17 | a mark on an article of trade to indicate its origin and authenticity | - |
| pachinko | 19 | a Japanese pinball game played on a vertical board | - |
| breakout | 14 | an escape from jail | the breakout was carefully planned |
| hijacker | 24 | someone who uses force to take over a vehicle (especially an airplane) in order to reach an alternative destination | - |
| cookbook | 20 | a book of recipes and cooking directions | - |
| bookworm | 19 | a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit | - |
| disliked | 14 | regarded with aversion | he was intensely disliked |
| trickery | 17 | the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) | - |
| skittles | 12 | a bowling game that is played by rolling a bowling ball down a bowling alley at a target of nine wooden pins | - |
| backhand | 20 | a return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke | - |
| darkened | 14 | become or made dark by lack of light | a darkened house |
| workload | 16 | work that a person is expected to do in a specified time | - |
| peekaboo | 16 | a game played with young children; you hide your face and suddenly reveal it as you say boo! | - |
| ketamine | 14 | a general anesthetic and tranquilizer (not a barbiturate) that is administered intravenously or intramuscularly; used mainly by veterinarians or for minor surgery with geriatric or pediatric patients; taken in large doses it causes hallucinations similar to those associated with the use of PCP | - |
| trucking | 15 | the activity of transporting goods by truck | - |
| lukewarm | 17 | moderately warm | he hates lukewarm coffee |
| playbook | 19 | a book containing the scripts of one or more dramatic plays | the 1963 playbook leaves out the whole first scene |
| baldrick | 17 | a wide (ornamented) belt worn over the right shoulder to support a sword or bugle by the left hip | - |
| namesake | 14 | a person with the same name as another | - |
| crackpot | 18 | a whimsically eccentric person | - |
| swastika | 15 | the official emblem of the Nazi Party and the Third Reich; a cross with the arms bent at right angles in a clockwise direction | - |
| rucksack | 20 | a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder | - |
| mandrake | 15 | the root of the mandrake plant; used medicinally or as a narcotic | - |
| workings | 16 | the internal mechanism of a device | - |
| takedown | 16 | a crushing remark | - |
| croaking | 15 | a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog) | - |
| skimming | 17 | reading or glancing through quickly | - |
| knapsack | 20 | a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder | - |
| tackling | 15 | - | - |
| stickler | 14 | someone who insists on something | a stickler for promptness |
| keepsake | 18 | something of sentimental value | - |
| likeable | 14 | (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings | - |
| unbroken | 14 | (especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded | unbroken promises |
| shackled | 18 | bound by chains fastened around the ankles | - |
| benedick | 17 | a newly married man (especially one who has long been a bachelor) | - |
| bulkhead | 18 | a partition that divides a ship or plane into compartments | - |
| kerchief | 20 | a square scarf that is folded into a triangle and worn over the head or about the neck | - |
| callback | 18 | a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair) | - |
| slowpoke | 17 | someone who moves slowly | in England they call a slowpoke a slowcoach |
| archduke | 18 | a sovereign prince of the former ruling house of Austria | - |
| blockage | 17 | an obstruction in a pipe or tube | we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe |
| lovesick | 17 | languishing because of love | strong men behaving like lovesick boys |
| suckling | 15 | English poet and courtier (1609-1642) | - |
| overkill | 15 | any effort that seems to go farther than would be necessary to achieve its goal | - |
| bankroll | 14 | a roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a person or business etc.) | - |
| firework | 18 | (usually plural) a device with an explosive that burns at a low rate and with colored flames; can be used to illuminate areas or send signals etc. | - |
| packaged | 18 | enclosed in a package or protective covering | packaged cereals |
| bookcase | 16 | a piece of furniture with shelves for storing books | - |
| weekdays | 19 | - | - |
| backroom | 18 | the meeting place of a group of leaders who make their decisions via private negotiations | - |
| roadkill | 13 | the dead body of an animal that has been killed on a road by a vehicle | vultures usually feed on carrion or roadkill |
| joystick | 24 | a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane | - |
| methinks | 17 | - | - |
| skittish | 15 | unpredictably excitable (especially of horses) | - |
| keystone | 15 | a central cohesive source of support and stability | the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money |
| lifelike | 15 | evoking lifelike images within the mind | a lifelike portrait |
| skirmish | 17 | a minor short-term fight | - |
| backache | 21 | an ache localized in the back | - |
| beefcake | 19 | a photograph of a muscular man in minimal attire | - |
| forklift | 18 | a small industrial vehicle with a power operated forked platform in front that can be inserted under loads to lift and move them | - |
| neckline | 14 | the line formed by the edge of a garment around the neck | - |
| deadlock | 16 | a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible | - |
| bookmark | 20 | a marker (a piece of paper or ribbon) placed between the pages of a book to mark the reader's place | - |
| dipstick | 17 | a graduated rod dipped into a container to indicate the fluid level | - |
| kindling | 14 | material for starting a fire | - |
| skulking | 17 | evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated | - |
| pickings | 17 | the act of someone who picks up or takes something | the pickings were easy |
| bareback | 18 | riding without a saddle | a bareback rider |
| fullback | 19 | (American football) an offensive position in the backfield | - |
| kilowatt | 15 | a unit of power equal to 1000 watts | - |
| workable | 17 | capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are | - |
| stockade | 15 | a penal camp where political prisoners or prisoners of war are confined (usually under harsh conditions) | - |
| skinnier | 12 | - | - |
| kickback | 26 | a commercial bribe paid by a seller to a purchasing agent in order to induce the agent to enter into the transaction | - |
| malarkey | 17 | empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk | - |
| clocking | 17 | the time taken to traverse a measured course | it was a world record clocking |
| ladylike | 16 | befitting a woman of good breeding | ladylike manners |
| turnpike | 14 | an expressway on which tolls are collected | - |
| skinning | 13 | - | - |
| skeletal | 12 | very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold | a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys |
| penknife | 17 | a small pocketknife; originally used to cut quill pens | - |
| drawback | 20 | the quality of being a hindrance | he pointed out all the drawbacks to my plan |
| milkmaid | 17 | a woman who works in a dairy | - |
| limerick | 16 | a humorous verse form of 5 anapestic lines with a rhyme scheme aabba | - |
| takeaway | 18 | prepared food that is intended to be eaten off of the premises | in England they call takeout food `takeaway' |
| trekking | 17 | - | - |
| fallback | 19 | to break off a military action with an enemy | - |
| freakish | 18 | changeable | freakish weather |
| jokingly | 23 | not seriously | - |
| wracking | 18 | - | - |
| yarmulke | 17 | a skullcap worn by religious Jews (especially at prayer) | - |
| ticktock | 20 | steady recurrent ticking sound as made by a clock | - |
| shrunken | 15 | lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness | a shrunken old man |
| buckshot | 19 | small lead shot for shotgun shells | - |
| humpback | 23 | an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column | - |
| invoking | 16 | - | - |
| workroom | 17 | room where work is done | - |
| trickier | 14 | - | - |
| rekindle | 13 | arouse again | rekindle hopes |
| picklock | 22 | - | - |
| postmark | 16 | stamp with a postmark to indicate date and time of mailing | - |
| overtook | 15 | - | - |
| backlash | 19 | a movement back from an impact | - |
| crockery | 19 | tableware (eating and serving dishes) collectively | - |
| passbook | 16 | a record of deposits and withdrawals and interest held by depositors at certain banks | - |
| parakeet | 14 | any of numerous small slender long-tailed parrots | - |
| overcook | 17 | cook too long | The vegetables were completely overcooked |
| bankbook | 20 | a record of deposits and withdrawals and interest held by depositors at certain banks | - |
| kingship | 18 | the dignity or rank or position of a king | - |
| cakewalk | 21 | an easy accomplishment | winning the tournament was a cakewalk for him |
| sukiyaki | 19 | thin beef strips (or chicken or pork) cooked briefly at the table with onions and greens and soy sauce | - |
| unmasked | 15 | - | - |
| bodywork | 21 | the exterior body of a motor vehicle | - |
| valkyrie | 18 | (Norse mythology) one of the maidens of Odin who chose heroes to be slain in battle and conducted them to Valhalla | - |
| tomahawk | 20 | weapon consisting of a fighting ax; used by North American Indians | - |
| skivvies | 18 | (used in the plural) men's underwear consisting of cotton undershirt and underpants | - |
| sinkhole | 15 | a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof | - |
| overwork | 18 | the act of working too much or too long | he became ill from overwork |
| asterisk | 12 | mark with an asterisk | - |
| gridlock | 16 | a traffic jam so bad that no movement is possible | - |
| kilogram | 15 | one thousand grams; the basic unit of mass adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites | a kilogram is approximately 2.2 pounds |
| lakeside | 13 | the shore of a lake | - |
| chickpea | 21 | large white roundish Asiatic legume; usually dried | - |
| knockoff | 24 | an unauthorized copy or imitation | - |
| outflank | 15 | get the better of | - |
| cockerel | 16 | a young domestic cock; not older than one year | - |
| wickedly | 21 | in a wicked evil manner | act wickedly |
| streaked | 13 | marked with or as if with stripes or linear discolorations | streaked hair |
| teriyaki | 15 | beef or chicken or seafood marinated in spicy soy sauce and grilled or broiled | - |
| shamrock | 19 | creeping European clover having white to pink flowers and bright green leaves; naturalized in United States; widely grown for forage | - |
| buckaroo | 16 | local names for a cowboy (`vaquero' is used especially in southwestern and central Texas and `buckaroo' is used especially in California) | - |
| alkaline | 12 | relating to or containing an alkali; having a pH greater than 7 | alkaline soils derived from chalk or limestone |
| dominick | 17 | American breed of chicken having barred grey plumage raised for meat and brown eggs | - |
| headlock | 18 | a wrestling hold in which the opponent's head is locked between the crook of your elbow and the side of your body | - |
| monkfish | 20 | sharks with broad flat bodies and winglike pectoral fins but that swim the way sharks do | - |
| numskull | 14 | a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence | - |
| copybook | 21 | a book containing models of good penmanship; used in teaching penmanship | - |
| uncooked | 15 | not cooked | - |
| skirting | 13 | being all around the edges; enclosing | the room's skirting board needs painting |
| pricking | 17 | the act of puncturing with a small point | - |
| bakeries | 14 | - | - |
| blacktop | 18 | a black bituminous material used for paving roads or other areas; usually spread over crushed rock | - |
| blacking | 17 | a substance used to produce a shiny protective surface on footwear | - |
| feckless | 17 | generally incompetent and ineffectual | feckless attempts to repair the plumbing |
| frisking | 16 | the act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs | - |
| diskette | 13 | a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer | - |
| cockeyed | 20 | very drunk | - |
| clunking | 15 | the sound of a horse's hoofs hitting on a hard surface | - |
| sunblock | 16 | a cream spread on the skin; contains a chemical (as PABA) to filter out ultraviolet light and so protect from sunburn | - |
| bearskin | 14 | tall hat; worn by some British soldiers on ceremonial occasions | - |
| blowback | 21 | the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired | - |
| blinkers | 14 | - | - |
| flapjack | 26 | a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle | - |
| workmate | 17 | a fellow worker | - |
| squeaker | 21 | something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin | - |
| rockaway | 20 | - | - |
| pembroke | 18 | the smaller and straight-legged variety of corgi having pointed ears and a short tail | - |
| onlooker | 12 | someone who looks on | - |
| stopcock | 18 | faucet consisting of a rotating device for regulating flow of a liquid | - |
| reworked | 16 | - | - |
| skinless | 12 | having no skin | - |
| remaking | 15 | creation that is created again or anew | - |
| banknote | 14 | a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank) | - |
| buckling | 17 | - | - |
| kabbalah | 19 | an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret | - |
| kickball | 20 | - | - |
| moonwalk | 17 | a kind of dance step in which the dancer seems to be sliding on the spot | Michael Jackson perfected the moonwalk in the 1980s |
| cockatoo | 16 | white or light-colored crested parrot of the Australian region; often kept as cage birds | - |
| streaker | 12 | someone who takes off all their clothes and runs naked through a public place | - |
| revoking | 16 | - | - |
| shiitake | 15 | edible east Asian mushroom having a golden or dark brown to blackish cap and an inedible stipe | - |
| silkworm | 17 | larva of a saturniid moth; spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon | - |
| babushka | 19 | a woman's headscarf folded into a triangle and tied under the chin; worn by Russian peasant women | - |
| kielbasa | 14 | - | - |
| moussaka | 14 | casserole of eggplant and ground lamb with onion and tomatoes bound with white sauce and beaten eggs | - |
| aardvark | 16 | nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata | - |
| speckled | 17 | having a pattern of dots | - |
| backstab | 18 | - | - |
| breakage | 15 | the act of breaking something | the breakage was unavoidable |
| heckling | 18 | shouting to interrupt a speech with which you disagree | - |
| outskirt | 12 | a part of the city far removed from the center | they built a factory on the outskirts of the city |
| coonskin | 14 | a raccoon cap with the tail hanging down the back | - |
| deckhand | 19 | a member of a ship's crew who performs manual labor | - |
| shrieked | 16 | uttered in a shrill scream as of pain or terror | - |
| reawaken | 15 | awaken once again | - |
| outthink | 15 | - | - |
| bakelite | 14 | a thermosetting plastic used as electric insulators and for making plastic ware and telephone receivers etc. | - |
| folktale | 15 | a tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk | - |
| markedly | 18 | in a clearly noticeable manner | sales of luxury cars dropped markedly |
| mimicked | 19 | - | - |
| lakeview | 18 | - | - |
| workbook | 21 | a student's book or booklet containing problems with spaces for solving them | - |
| sickroom | 16 | a room to which a sick person is confined | - |
| skydiver | 19 | a person who jumps from a plane and performs various gymnastic maneuvers before pulling the parachute cord | - |
| pickaxes | 23 | - | - |
| bankable | 16 | acceptable to or at a bank | bankable funds |
| alkaloid | 13 | natural bases containing nitrogen found in plants | - |
| havelock | 20 | a cloth covering for a service cap with a flap extending over the back of the neck to protect the neck from direct rays of the sun | - |
| hoodwink | 19 | influence by slyness | - |
| jacketed | 22 | - | - |
| jokester | 19 | a person who enjoys telling or playing jokes | - |
| knobbing | 17 | - | - |
| lunkhead | 16 | a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence | - |
| latchkey | 20 | key for raising or drawing back a latch or opening an outside door | - |
| cookware | 17 | a kitchen utensil made of material that does not melt easily; used for cooking | - |
| upmarket | 16 | designed for consumers with high incomes | he turned up in well-cut clothes...and upmarket felt hats |
| stockman | 16 | farmer who breed or raises livestock | - |
| unbuckle | 16 | undo the buckle of | - |
| sandbank | 15 | a submerged bank of sand near a shore or in a river; can be exposed at low tide | - |
| shashlik | 18 | - | - |
| skullcap | 16 | a herbaceous plant of the genus Scutellaria which has a calyx that, when inverted, resembles a helmet with its visor raised | - |
| sparkler | 14 | diamonds | - |
| partaken | 14 | - | - |
| peacenik | 16 | someone who prefers negotiations to armed conflict in the conduct of foreign relations | - |
| backstop | 18 | (baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher | - |
| backbeat | 18 | a loud steady beat | - |
| duckbill | 17 | primitive fish of the Mississippi valley having a long paddle-shaped snout | - |
| freckled | 18 | relating to or covered with or resembling freckles | - |
| klondike | 17 | a form of solitaire that begins with seven piles of cards with the top cards facing up; descending sequences of cards of alternating colors are built on these piles; as aces become available they are placed above the seven piles; the object is to build sequences in suit from ace to king as the remaining cards are dealt out one at a time | - |
| kissable | 14 | - | - |
| kidnaped | 16 | - | - |
| cufflink | 20 | jewelry consisting of one of a pair of linked buttons used to fasten the cuffs of a shirt | - |
| suchlike | 17 | of the same kind | a locker that usually contained paper, ink, and suchlike equipment |
| tailback | 16 | (American football) the person who plays tailback | - |
| sprocket | 16 | tooth on the rim of gear wheel | - |
| shirking | 16 | the evasion of work or duty | - |
| sikorsky | 19 | United States industrialist (born in Russia) who designed the first four-engine airplane and the first mass-produced helicopter (1889-1972) | - |
| songbook | 15 | a book containing a collection of songs | - |
| souvlaki | 15 | made of lamb | - |
| pinprick | 18 | a minor annoyance | - |
| backless | 16 | lacking a back | a stool is a backless and armless seat |
| brackish | 19 | slightly salty (especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water) | a brackish lagoon |
| forelock | 17 | a lock of a horse's mane that grows forward between the ears | - |
| handwork | 19 | a work produced by hand labor | - |
| huckster | 17 | sell or offer for sale from place to place | - |
| jackboot | 23 | (19th century) a man's high tasseled boot | - |
| kinkiest | 16 | - | - |
| knotting | 13 | - | - |
| kerplunk | 18 | - | - |
| kinetics | 14 | the branch of mechanics concerned with the forces that cause motions of bodies | - |
| gimmicky | 22 | - | - |
| monkhood | 18 | - | - |
| clambake | 18 | a cookout at the seashore where clams and fish and other foods are cooked--usually on heated stones covered with seaweed | - |
| crinkled | 15 | uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves | - |
| darkling | 14 | (poetic) occurring in the dark or night | a darkling journey |
| calfskin | 17 | fine leather from the skin of a calf | - |
| casework | 17 | close sociological study of a maladjusted person or family for diagnosis and treatment | - |
| weeklong | 16 | lasting through a week | her weeklong vacation |
| workweek | 22 | hours or days of work in a calendar week | - |
| roadwork | 16 | - | - |
| rocketry | 17 | the branch of engineering science that studies rocket design and operation | - |
| quackery | 26 | the dishonesty of a charlatan | - |
| antitank | 12 | designed for defense against armored vehicles | - |
| backwash | 22 | the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event) | - |
| blackish | 19 | of something that is somewhat black | blackish clouds |
| fishhook | 21 | a sharp barbed hook for catching fish | - |
| halfback | 22 | (American football) an offensive back usually positioned behind the quarterback and to the side of the fullback | - |
| knightly | 19 | being attentive to women like an ideal knight | - |
| marketer | 14 | someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money | - |
| misspoke | 16 | - | - |
| neckless | 14 | lacking or apparently lacking a neck | - |
| lawmaker | 17 | a maker of laws; someone who gives a code of laws | - |
| lockstep | 16 | a manner of marching in file in which each person's leg moves with and behind the corresponding leg of the person ahead | the prisoner's ankles were so chained together that they could only march in lockstep |
| cytokine | 17 | any of various protein molecules secreted by cells of the immune system that serve to regulate the immune system | - |
| unpicked | 17 | - | - |
| walkover | 18 | any undertaking that is easy to do | - |
| windsock | 18 | a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind | - |
| tamarisk | 14 | any shrub or small tree of the genus Tamarix having small scalelike or needle-shaped leaves and feathery racemes of small white or pinkish flowers; of mostly coastal areas with saline soil | - |
| shrinker | 15 | - | - |
| skincare | 14 | care for the skin | - |
| sneakily | 15 | in a surreptitious manner | - |
| slinking | 13 | - | - |
| pickwick | 25 | - | - |
| ballcock | 18 | floating ball that controls level in a water tank | - |
| beatniks | 14 | a United States youth subculture of the 1950s; rejected possessions or regular work or traditional dress; for communal living and psychedelic drugs and anarchism; favored modern forms of jazz (e.g., bebop) | - |
| basilisk | 14 | ancient brass cannon | - |
| biweekly | 20 | twice a week | - |
| bunkmate | 16 | someone who occupies the same sleeping quarters as yourself | - |
| fastback | 19 | - | - |
| foredeck | 18 | the deck between the bridge and the forecastle | - |
| garlicky | 18 | relating to or tasting or smelling of garlic | garlicky sauce |
| dockside | 16 | the region adjacent to a boat dock | - |
| dockyard | 19 | an establishment on the waterfront where vessels are built or fitted out or repaired | - |
| highjack | 28 | seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination | - |
| ironwork | 15 | work made of iron (gratings or rails or railings etc) | the houses had much ornamental ironwork |
| katakana | 16 | - | - |
| kibitzer | 23 | (Yiddish) a meddler who offers unwanted advice to others | - |
| lambskin | 16 | skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on | - |
| gasworks | 16 | the workplace where coal gas is manufactured | - |
| goatskin | 13 | the hide of a goat | - |
| likening | 13 | the act of comparing similarities | - |
| chuckled | 20 | - | - |
| backtalk | 20 | an impudent or insolent rejoinder | - |
| untucked | 15 | lacking tucks or not being tucked | the sheet came untucked |
| wineskin | 15 | an animal skin (usually a goatskin) that forms a bag and is used to hold and dispense wine | - |
| tackiest | 14 | - | - |
| talkback | 20 | - | - |
| teakwood | 16 | hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees; resistant to insects and to warping; used for furniture and in shipbuilding | - |
| tankless | 12 | - | - |
| thickset | 17 | having a short and solid form or stature | a thickset young man |
| undocked | 16 | - | - |
| unkissed | 13 | - | - |
| spookily | 17 | in an unnatural eery manner | - |
| stickier | 14 | - | - |
| starkers | 12 | (British informal) stark naked | - |
| riskiest | 12 | - | - |
| rollback | 16 | the act of forcing the enemy to withdraw | - |
| skywards | 19 | toward the sky | look skywards! |
| sketcher | 17 | an implement for sketching | - |
| sneakier | 12 | - | - |
| slipknot | 14 | a knot at the end of a cord or rope that can slip along the cord or rope around which it is made | - |
| retaking | 13 | the act of taking something back | - |
| planking | 15 | (nautical) a covering or flooring constructed of planks (as on a ship) | - |
| backchat | 21 | light teasing repartee | - |
| bouzouki | 23 | - | - |
| boondock | 17 | - | - |
| folksong | 16 | a song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their culture | - |
| hardback | 20 | having a hard back or cover | hardback books |
| kingfish | 19 | large edible mackerel of temperate United States coastal Atlantic waters | - |
| knuckler | 18 | a baseball pitch thrown with little speed or spin | - |
| kolinsky | 19 | - | - |
| knothole | 15 | a hole in a board where a knot came out | - |
| larkspur | 14 | any of numerous cultivated plants of the genus Delphinium | - |
| kreplach | 19 | - | - |
| milkless | 14 | having no milk | milkless breasts |
| misspeak | 16 | pronounce a word incorrectly | - |
| monkeyed | 18 | - | - |
| cheekily | 20 | in a brash cheeky manner | - |
| clerking | 15 | the activity of recording business transactions | - |
| cockiest | 16 | - | - |
| wakening | 16 | the act of waking | it was an early awakening |
| whiskery | 21 | having hair on the cheeks and chin | - |
| wigmaker | 18 | someone who makes and sells wigs | - |
| workflow | 21 | progress (or rate of progress) in work being done | - |
| wormlike | 17 | totally submissive | - |
| tamarack | 16 | medium-sized larch of Canada and northern United States including Alaska having a broad conic crown and rust-brown scaly bark | - |
| unkennel | 12 | - | - |
| squawker | 24 | a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining | - |
| stickpin | 16 | a decorative pin that is worn in a necktie | - |
| rocklike | 18 | hard as granite | - |
| sicklied | 15 | - | - |
| slapjack | 23 | - | - |
| parkland | 15 | a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property | - |
| pullback | 18 | a device (as a decorative loop of cord or fabric) for holding or drawing something back | the draperies were drawn to the sides by pullbacks |
| rebuking | 15 | - | - |
| awakener | 15 | - | - |
| birdlike | 15 | - | - |
| bootlick | 16 | try to gain favor by cringing or flattering | - |
| dummkopf | 22 | - | - |
| duckweed | 19 | any small or minute aquatic plant of the family Lemnaceae that float on or near the surface of shallow ponds | - |
| dropkick | 21 | drop and kick (a ball) as it touches the ground, as for a field goal | - |
| finnmark | 17 | - | - |
| freakier | 15 | - | - |
| gadzooks | 23 | - | - |
| hackwork | 24 | professional work done according to formula | - |
| hairlike | 15 | long and slender with a very small internal diameter | - |
