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8-letter words that end in k

  • die back — If a plant dies back, its leaves die but its roots remain alive.
  • diestock — a frame for holding a number of standard threaded dies for cutting screw threads.
  • digipack — a cardboard package for a compact disc or DVD
  • dipchick — Alternative form of dabchick.
  • dipstick — a rod for measuring the depth of a liquid; especially, a thin metal rod used to measure the oil level in the crankcase of an automotive engine.
  • disfrock — to unfrock.
  • dobchick — Alternative form of dabchick.
  • dog hook — an iron hook used for handling logs in lumbering.
  • dog tick — any of a variety of ticks, as the American dog tick, that commonly infest dogs and may transmit Rocky Mountain spotted fever or tularemia to humans.
  • dog work — tedious labor; drudgery.
  • dominick — Animal Husbandry. Dominique.
  • downlink — a transmission path for data or other signals from a communications satellite or airborne platform to an earth station.
  • downtick — a decline or deterioration in business activity, in mood, etc.
  • draglink — (engineering) A link connecting the cranks of two shafts.
  • drammock — an uncooked mixture of meal, usually oatmeal, and cold water.
  • drawback — a hindrance or disadvantage; an undesirable or objectionable feature.
  • drawlink — (rail transport) drawbar.
  • drnovsek — Janez . 1950–2008, Slovenian politician, president of Slovenia (2002–07)
  • dropback — a lowering, as of prices or standards, especially to a previous level: Auto manufacturers requested a dropback in emissions standards.
  • dropkick — (football) kicking where the football is dropped and kicked as it touches the ground.
  • droplock — a variable-rate bank loan used on international markets that is automatically replaced by a fixed-rate long-term bond if the long-term interest rates fall to a specified level; it thus combines the advantages of a bank loan with those of a bond
  • drummock — drammock.
  • dry bulk — a category of cargo stowed in bulk, consisting of grain, cotton, coal, etc.
  • dry dock — A dry dock is a dock from which water can be removed so that ships or boats can be built or repaired.
  • dry sink — a wooden kitchen sink, especially of the 19th century, not connected to an external water supply, with a shallow zinc- or tin-lined well on top in which a dishpan can be placed, and usually a cupboard below.
  • dry-dock — to place (a ship) in a dry dock.
  • duckwalk — Walk with the body in a squatting posture.
  • ductwork — a system of ducts used for a particular purpose, as in a ventilation or heating system.
  • duveneckFrank (Frank Decker) 1848–1919, U.S. painter and teacher.
  • ecofreak — a zealous or overly zealous environmentalist or preservationist.
  • eelwrack — eelgrass
  • egg yolk — yellow part of an egg
  • eggwhisk — A kitchen utensil made of multiple loops of wire used to beat eggs.
  • elastick — Obsolete form of elastic.
  • eniwetok — an atoll in the W Pacific Ocean, in the NW Marshall Islands: taken by the US from Japan in 1944; became a naval base and later a testing ground for atomic weapons. Pop: 820 (1999 est)
  • erratick — Obsolete form of erratic.
  • ewe-neck — a condition in horses in which the neck is straight and sagging rather than arched
  • eximbank — a U.S. government agency that aids in the exporting of U.S. goods and services by making or guaranteeing loans to foreign buyers of U.S. exports
  • eyeblink — An act of blinking one's eyelids one time.
  • eyestalk — A movable stalk that bears an eye near its tip, especially in crabs, shrimps, and related crustaceans, and in some mollusks.
  • facebook — A reference book or electronic directory made up of individuals\u2019 photographs and names.
  • facemask — a mask worn to prevent the inhalation of fumes, or to avoid spreading germs
  • facework — The material of the outside or front side, as of a wall or building.
  • factbook — A book of facts.
  • failback — failover
  • fallback — an act or instance of falling back.
  • farmwork — The agricultural work done on a farm.
  • fastback — a form of back for an automobile body consisting of a single, unbroken convex curve from the top to the rear bumper.
  • fatstock — livestock that has been fattened for market.
  • fauxhawk — An imitation of the Mohawk (=UK Mohican) hairstyle in which a central tuft is created using gel without having to shave the sides of the head.
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