8-Letter Words Containing: A,A,K,T

• A stay (rope, bar or batten), running along a ship's yard, to which is attached the head of a square sail.

• A cable between two ships or from a ship to a fixed point which can be used to support a load during transfer of personnel or materiel along the cable.

• A line (rope, webbing or cable), attached to a boat at the ends, to which a safety harness can be clipped to restrain falling in rough conditions and to prevent falling overboard.

• (underwater diving) A line fixed at both ends, which may be used to guide a load or a diver along the route of the line. Uses include guidance to and from the underwater work site, and as a means of controlling an underwater search.

• light teasing repartee

• a stack of hay

• weapon consisting of a fighting ax; used by North American Indians

• cut with a tomahawk

• kill with a tomahawk

• A system in broadcasting and recording studios that enables the director to communicate with others during performance.

• (by extension) Communication from members of the public to the makers of a broadcast transmission while it is happening.

• A set of footprints left in soft ground by a human or animal, especially if fossilized.

• Any of two or more narrow paths, of steel, smooth stone, or similar, laid in a public roadway otherwise formed of an inferior pavement, such as cobblestones, to provide an easy way for wheeled vehicles.

• A motor car having a continuous slope from the roof to the rear