8-Letter Words Containing: A,K,O,W

• twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds

• an effigy (usually of a famous person) made of wax

• professional work done according to formula

• (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) undistinguished literary work produced to order.

• an acute and serious infection of the central nervous system caused by bacterial infection of open wounds; spasms of the jaw and laryngeal muscles may occur during the late stages

• any of various moths with long narrow forewings capable of powerful flight and hovering over flowers to feed

• a flow that returns toward its source

• the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired

• misinformation resulting from the recirculation into the source country of disinformation previously planted abroad by that country's intelligence service

• Blowback is a system of operation for self-loading firearms that obtains energy from the motion of the cartridge case as it is pushed to the rear by expanding gases created by the ignition of the propellant charge.

• Often plural: a belief or custom common to members of a culture or society.