Words Containing: A,E,K,O

• an excavator whose shovel bucket is attached to a hinged boom and is drawn backward to move earth

• European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot

• male peafowl; having a crested head and very large fanlike tail marked with iridescent eyes or spots

• a departure; especially of airplanes

• the initial ascent of an airplane as it becomes airborne

• a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way

• humorous or satirical mimicry

• a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle

• an ornament (such as a knot of ribbon or a rosette) usually worn on the hat

• thin usually unleavened johnnycake made of cornmeal; originally baked on the blade of a hoe over an open fire (southern)

• singing popular songs accompanied by a recording of an orchestra (usually in bars or nightclubs)

• a fee charged for a vessel to use a dock

• landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired; may have gates to let water in or out

• the act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes