8-letter words containing a, k, o
- lacework — lace (def 1).
- lakeport — a port city located on the shore of a lake, especially one of the Great Lakes.
- lakewood — a city in central Colorado, near Denver.
- lampwork — (glassblowing) A method for working with blown glass that does not require a furnace.
- landlock — (transitive) To enclose or nearly enclose (a harbour, vessel, etc.) with land.
- larksome — mischievous or fond of larking
- lathwork — work made of laths
- laverock — a lark, especially a skylark.
- leadwork — work involving lead, such as maintenance work on lead pipes
- lekgotla — a meeting place for village assemblies, court cases, and meetings of village leaders
- leukomas — Plural form of leukoma.
- liakoura — modern name of Parnassus (def 1).
- live oak — an evergreen oak, Quercus virginiana, of the southern U.S., having a short, broad trunk and shiny, oblong leaves: the state tree of Georgia.
- 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.
- lokayata — a materialistic school of philosophers in India that opposed Hinduism by regarding only matter as real, sense data as the only source of knowledge, and the gratification of the appetites as the only good.
- longkang — (Singapore, Malaysia) drain.
- loo mask — a half-mask worn during the 18th century for masquerades, etc
- 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.
- maddocks — Plural form of maddock.
- makarova — Natalia [nuh-tal-yuh,, -tahl-;; Russian nuh-tah-lyuh] /nəˈtæl yə,, -ˈtɑl-;; Russian nʌˈtɑ lyə/ (Show IPA), born 1940, Soviet ballerina, in the U.S. and England since 1970.
- make for — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- make off — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- make out — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- makeover — remodeling; renovation; restoration: The old house needs a complete makeover.
- makework — Alternative form of make-work.
- makhlouf — Saint Sharbel [shahr-buh l] /ˈʃɑr bəl/ (Show IPA), 1828–98, Lebanese monk: canonized 1977.
- makimono — a horizontal hand scroll containing either text or a captioned painting, intended to be viewed as it is unrolled from right to left, one segment at a time.
- malenkov — Georgi Maximilianovich [gyi-awr-gyee muh-ksyi-myi-lyah-nuh-vyich] /gyɪˈɔr gyi mə ksyɪ myɪˈlyɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1902–88, Russian political leader: premier of the Soviet Union 1953–55.
- mammocks — Plural form of mammock.
- man lock — an air lock serving as a decompression chamber for workers.
- mark off — delineate, outline
- mark out — delineate, define: boundaries
- mark you — You can say mark you to emphasize and draw attention to something you have just said.
- markdown — a reduction in price, usually to encourage buying.
- markhoor — markhor.
- markhors — Plural form of markhor.
- matsuoka — Yosuke [yaw-soo-ke] /yɔˈsu kɛ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1946, Japanese statesman.
- mattocks — Plural form of mattock.
- meathook — A sharp metal hook of a kind used to hang meat carcasses.
- megabook — An extremely large book.
- mesopeak — the level of maximum temperature in the mesophere, at an altitude of about 30 miles (48 km).
- moatlike — Resembling a moat or some aspect of one.
- mockable — to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.