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.
- duveneck — Frank (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.