8-letter words containing a, b, c, k
- kickball — a children's game, similar to baseball, in which a large inflated ball, as a soccer ball, is kicked instead of being batted.
- kombucha — Also called kombucha mushroom. a live culture of multiple species of yeast and bacteria, grown to make a mildly alcoholic fermented beverage.
- laidback — Alternative spelling of laid-back.
- lay back — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- laybacks — Plural form of layback.
- lie back — sb: recline
- liftback — hatchback.
- linkback — (Internet) Any of various mechanisms for notifying the owner of a webpage when it is linked to from another document.
- loanback — a facility offered by some life-assurance companies in which an individual can borrow from his pension fund
- lock bay — a broadened section of a canal before the gates of a lock.
- lockable — capable of being locked; fitted with a lock: The car has a lockable glove compartment.
- loopback — The routing of a signal, data stream, etc. from its origin back to the origin, primarily as a means of testing the transmission or transportation infrastructure.
- megabuck — one million dollars.
- mockable — to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
- mossback — Informal. a person holding very antiquated notions; reactionary. a person living in the backwoods; rustic.
- muck bar — a rough bar of wrought iron, rolled from blooms of iron extracted from a puddling furnace.
- neckband — a band of cloth at the neck of a garment.
- netbacks — Plural form of netback.
- nonblack — (of a person) not black.
- out back — (sometimes initial capital letter) the back country or remote settlements; the bush (usually preceded by the).
- packable — suitable for packing, especially for travel: readily packable clothes.
- pay back — to settle (a debt, obligation, etc.), as by transferring money or goods, or by doing something: Please pay your bill.
- playback — the act of reproducing a sound or video recording, especially in order to check a recording that is newly made.
- plowback — a reinvestment of earnings or profits in a business enterprise.
- pullback — the act of pulling back, especially a retreat or a strategic withdrawal of troops; pullout.
- pushback — a mechanism that forces an object backward.
- put back — postpone
- rockable — (of a chair, crib, etc) able to be rocked
- rockabye — used in lullabies or nursery rhymes to encourage a baby to sleep
- rollback — an act or instance of rolling back.
- roorback — a false and more or less damaging report circulated for political effect, usually about a candidate seeking an office.
- row back — If you row back on something you have said or written, you express a different or contrary opinion about it.
- run back — to carry (a football) toward the opponent's goal, as after receiving a kickoff
- sackable — offence: justifying loss of job
- scatback — a fast and agile running back, often small in stature, skilled at eluding tacklers.
- seatback — the back support of a seat in an aircraft, motor vehicle, etc.
- set back — the act or state of setting or the state of being set.
- set-back — Surveying. the interval by which a chain or tape exceeds the length being measured.
- setbacks — a check to progress; a reverse or defeat: The new law was a setback.
- shabrack — the saddlecloth of a cavalry horse used by European light cavalry
- sick bag — a bag provided on an aircraft or ship as a receptacle for vomit
- sick bay — a hospital or dispensary, especially aboard ship.
- sick-bay — a hospital or dispensary, especially aboard ship.
- sit back — relax, rest
- skewback — a sloping surface against which the end of an arch rests.
- slotback — an offensive back who lines up about one yard behind the gap in the line between a tackle and an end stationed a distance outside of the tackle.
- slowback — a laggard, idler or lazy person
- snapback — a sudden rebound or recovery.
- softback — paperback book
- swayback — an excessive downward curvature of the spinal column in the dorsal region, especially of horses.