8-letter words containing a, c, k
- 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.
- lock-jaw — tetanus in which the jaws become firmly locked together; trismus.
- lockable — capable of being locked; fitted with a lock: The car has a lockable glove compartment.
- lockaway — an investment intended to be held for a relatively long time
- lockfast — (Scottish) Fastened or secured with a lock.
- lockhart — John Gibson, 1794–1854, Scottish biographer and novelist.
- lokacara — an action in accordance with socially accepted rules.
- 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.
- lylafklc — (chat) Love you like a fat kid loves cake.
- mackerel — a food fish, Scomber scombrus, of the North Atlantic, having wavy cross markings on the back.
- mackinac — Straits of, a strait between the peninsulas of Upper Michigan and Lower Michigan, connecting lakes Huron and Michigan.
- mackinaw — a short double-breasted coat of a thick woolen material, commonly plaid.
- maddocks — Plural form of maddock.
- magickal — Involving, or pertaining to, magick (in modern occultism).
- magicked — Simple past tense and past participle of magic.
- magicker — (fantasy) One who does magic; a sorcerer or magician.
- mammocks — Plural form of mammock.
- man jack — a single individual (in the phrases every man jack, no man jack)
- man lock — an air lock serving as a decompression chamber for workers.
- mattocks — Plural form of mattock.
- maverick — Southwestern U.S. an unbranded calf, cow, or steer, especially an unbranded calf that is separated from its mother.
- megabuck — one million dollars.
- milk can — large metal container for milk
- milk cap — any of a large genus (Lactarius) of basidiomycetous fungi that are brittle to touch and exude a milky liquid when crushed. Some are funnel-shaped and some parasol-shaped, and most, except for L. deliciosus, are inedible
- millcake — linseed cake.
- minijack — A small jack (electrical connector).
- mistrack — To track incorrectly.
- mockable — to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
- mocktail — a nonalcoholic cocktail.
- mooncake — A rich, dense Chinese pastry with a variety of fillings, usually to eat in Zhongqiu Festival.
- 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.
- muckheap — Dunghill; dung heap.
- muckland — fertile farmland characterized by soil (muck soil) that contains a high percentage (between 20 percent and 50 percent) of organic matter.
- muckrake — to search for and expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or the like, especially in politics.
- munkacsy — Mihály von [mi-hahy fuh n] /ˈmɪ haɪ fən/ (Show IPA), (Michael Lieb) 1844–1900, Hungarian painter.
- neckatee — a piece of ornamental cloth worn around the neck
- neckband — a band of cloth at the neck of a garment.
- neckgear — any form of clothing or apparel worn around the neck
- necklace — a piece of jewelry consisting of a string of stones, beads, jewels, or the like, or a chain of gold, silver, or other metal, for wearing around the neck.
- neckwear — articles of dress worn round or at the neck.
- netbacks — Plural form of netback.
- nicklaus — Jack (William) born 1940, U.S. golfer.
- nicknack — an ornamental trinket or gimcrack; a bit of bric-a-brac.
- nickname — a name added to or substituted for the proper name of a person, place, etc., as in affection, ridicule, or familiarity: He has always loathed his nickname of “Whizzer.”.
- nonblack — (of a person) not black.
- nunchaku — Sometimes, nunchakus. a Japanese hand weapon for defense against frontal assault, consisting of two foot-long hardwood sticks joined by a chain or thick cord that stretches to body width.
- oarlocks — Plural form of oarlock.