8-letter words containing ak
- make out — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- make way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- makeable — a rough stone
- makebate — a person who causes contention or discord.
- makefast — any structure to which a ship is tied up, as a bollard or buoy.
- makefile — Alternative spelling of make file.
- makeless — having no mate or match.
- makeover — remodeling; renovation; restoration: The old house needs a complete makeover.
- makework — Alternative form of make-work.
- makhlouf — Saint Sharbel [shahr-buh l] /ˈʃɑr bəl/ (Show IPA), 1828–98, Lebanese monk: canonized 1977.
- makimono — a horizontal hand scroll containing either text or a captioned painting, intended to be viewed as it is unrolled from right to left, one segment at a time.
- manakins — Plural form of manakin.
- mandrake — a narcotic, short-stemmed European plant, Mandragora officinarum, of the nightshade family, having a fleshy, often forked root somewhat resembling a human form.
- mapmaker — a person who makes maps; cartographer.
- mbandaka — a city in the W Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- mesopeak — the level of maximum temperature in the mesophere, at an altitude of about 30 miles (48 km).
- millcake — linseed cake.
- minakari — A type of enamelwork Indian jewellery, especially champlev\u00e9. (from 20th c.).
- misspeak — Express oneself insufficiently clearly or accurately.
- mistaken — wrongly conceived, held, or done: a mistaken antagonism.
- mistaker — One who mistakes.
- mistakes — Plural form of mistake.
- miyazaki — a city on SE Kyushu, in Japan.
- mooncake — A rich, dense Chinese pastry with a variety of fillings, usually to eat in Zhongqiu Festival.
- moussaka — a baked dish consisting of layers of sautéed slices of eggplant and ground lamb usually flavored with tomatoes, onions, and cinnamon, and covered with a custard sauce sprinkled with grated cheese.
- muckrake — to search for and expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or the like, especially in politics.
- nagasaki — a seaport on W Kyushu, in SW Japan: second military use of the atomic bomb August 9, 1945.
- nakasone — Yasuhiro [yah-soo-hee-raw] /ˈyɑ sʊˈhi rɔ/ (Show IPA), born 1918, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1982–87.
- nakhodka — a port in the SE Russian Federation in Asia, SE of Vladivostok, on the Sea of Japan.
- namesake — a person named after another.
- netspeak — internet jargon
- newspeak — (sometimes initial capital letter) an official or semiofficial style of writing or saying one thing in the guise of its opposite, especially in order to serve a political or ideological cause while pretending to be objective, as in referring to “increased taxation” as “revenue enhancement.”.
- nunataks — Plural form of nunatak.
- nunchaku — Sometimes, nunchakus. a Japanese hand weapon for defense against frontal assault, consisting of two foot-long hardwood sticks joined by a chain or thick cord that stretches to body width.
- oak fern — a small woodland fern, Gymnocarpium dryopteris, of northern regions, having triangular, pinnate fronds that slant horizontally.
- oak gall — any of various rounded galls produced on oaks, especially the horned oak gall.
- oak lawn — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- oak leaf — the leaf of an oak tree
- oak park — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- oak wilt — a disease of oaks, characterized by wilting and discoloration of the leaves and defoliation, usually starting at and spreading from the top of the tree and the ends of the branches, caused by a fungus, Chalara quercina.
- oakville — a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada, SW of Toronto, on Lake Ontario.
- oatcakes — Plural form of oatcake.
- off-peak — of, relating to, or during a period of less than maximum frequency, demand, intensity, or use: the off-peak travel season; off-peak train fares.
- oil cake — a cake or mass of linseed, cottonseed, soybean, or the like, from which the oil has been extracted or expressed, used as food for livestock.
- oistrakh — David [dey-vid] /ˈdeɪ vɪd/ (Show IPA), 1908–74, Russian violinist.
- oldspeak — (sometimes initial capital letter) standard English, in contrast to English that is overly technical, politically correct, euphemistic, etc. Compare newspeak.
- ostrakon — ostracon.
- out-take — a segment of film or videotape edited out of the final version, as because of a technical error.
- outbreak — a sudden breaking out or occurrence; eruption: the outbreak of war.
- outspeak — to outdo or excel in speaking.