8-letter words containing a, c, k
- bookcase — A bookcase is a piece of furniture with shelves that you keep books on.
- bookrack — a rack for holding books
- bootjack — a device that grips the heel of a boot to enable the foot to be withdrawn easily
- bow back — a chair back formed of a single length of wood bent into a horseshoe form and fitted to a seat or arm rail, with spindles or slats as a filling.
- brackets — a support, as of metal or wood, projecting from a wall or the like to hold or bear the weight of a shelf, part of a cornice, etc.
- brackish — Brackish water is slightly salty and unpleasant.
- braddock — Edward1695-1755; Brit. general, born in Scotland: commander of the Brit. forces in the French & Indian War
- bratpack — a group of precocious and successful young actors, writers, etc
- brickbat — Brickbats are very critical or insulting remarks which are made in public about someone or something.
- britpack — a group of young and successful British actors, directors, artists, etc
- brockage — a defect or fault imposed on a coin during its minting.
- buckaroo — a cowboy
- buckbean — a marsh plant, Menyanthes trifoliata, with white or pink flowers: family Menyanthaceae
- buckfast — a fortified tonic wine
- buckland — William. 1784–1856, English geologist; he became a proponent of the idea of catastrophic ice ages
- buckrake — a large rake for agricultural use, often attached to a tractor
- buckstay — a beam held by stays to the exterior of a masonry wall, as that of a furnace or boiler, to keep the adjacent areas of the wall from being forced outward.
- bucktail — a fishing lure adorned with deer hair
- buy-back — A buy-back is a situation in which a company buys shares back from its investors.
- cab rank — an area, often specially designated, where taxis wait to pick up passengers
- cackling — Present participle of cackle.
- cagelike — resembling a cage
- cagework — openwork resembling the bars of a cage
- cake mix — Cake mix is a powder that you mix with eggs and water or milk to make a cake. You bake the mixture in the oven.
- cake pan — A cake pan is a metal container that you bake a cake in.
- cake tin — A cake tin is a metal container that you bake a cake in.
- cakehole — (slang) The mouth.
- cakewalk — If you say that something is a cakewalk, you mean that it is very easy to do or achieve.
- cakiness — the state of being cakey
- calakmul — a ruined Mayan city in SE Mexico.
- calflike — resembling a calf
- calfskin — Calfskin shoes and clothing are made from the skin of a calf.
- callback — A callback is an occasion when you are asked to return for a second interview for a job, or a second audition for a part in a show.
- cambrick — Obsolete form of cambric.
- canework — strips of cane that are interlaced and used in cane chairs or the like.
- cankered — (esp of fruit trees) affected by canker
- cannikin — a small can, esp one used as a drinking vessel
- canstick — a candlestick
- canthook — a wooden pole with a blunt steel tip and an adjustable hook at one end, used for handling logs
- cap rock — a layer of rock that overlies a salt dome and consists of limestone, gypsum, etc
- capeskin — a soft leather obtained from the skins of a type of lamb or sheep having hairlike wool
- capework — the use of the cape by the matador
- capmaker — a person who makes caps
- car keys — a key or keys used to lock, unlock, and operate an automobile
- car park — A car park is an area or building where people can leave their cars.
- car sick — If someone feels car sick, they feel sick as a result of traveling in a car.
- card key — a small plastic card with magnetic coding that is read electronically when inserted into a scanner and used in place of a key to open locks, hotel doors, etc.
- card-key — a small plastic card with magnetic coding that is read electronically when inserted into a scanner and used in place of a key to open locks, hotel doors, etc.
- caretake — to work as a caretaker
- carjacks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of carjack.