8-letter words containing a, k, o
- mocktail — a nonalcoholic cocktail.
- modjeska — Helena [huh-ley-nuh] /həˈleɪ nə/ (Show IPA), (Helena Opid Modrzejewska) 1840–1909, Polish actress, in U.S. after 1876.
- mokopuna — (NZ) In M\u0101ori culture, grandchildren, or sometimes children generally.
- monomark — a series of letters or figures to identify goods, personal articles, etc
- monotask — to perform one task at a time
- mooncake — A rich, dense Chinese pastry with a variety of fillings, usually to eat in Zhongqiu Festival.
- moonwalk — an exploratory walk by an astronaut on the surface of the moon.
- mossback — Informal. a person holding very antiquated notions; reactionary. a person living in the backwoods; rustic.
- moussaka — a baked dish consisting of layers of sautéed slices of eggplant and ground lamb usually flavored with tomatoes, onions, and cinnamon, and covered with a custard sauce sprinkled with grated cheese.
- myokymia — twitching of individual segments of a muscle.
- nainsook — a fine, soft-finished cotton fabric, usually white, used for lingerie and infants' wear.
- nakasone — Yasuhiro [yah-soo-hee-raw] /ˈyɑ sʊˈhi rɔ/ (Show IPA), born 1918, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1982–87.
- nakhodka — a port in the SE Russian Federation in Asia, SE of Vladivostok, on the Sea of Japan.
- nekrasov — Nikolai Alekseyevich (nikaˈlaj alɪkˈsjejɪvitʃ). 1821–77, Russian poet, who wrote chiefly about the sufferings of the peasantry
- nonbanks — Plural form of nonbank.
- nonblack — (of a person) not black.
- novalike — Resembling a nova or some aspect of one.
- oak fern — a small woodland fern, Gymnocarpium dryopteris, of northern regions, having triangular, pinnate fronds that slant horizontally.
- oak gall — any of various rounded galls produced on oaks, especially the horned oak gall.
- oak lawn — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- oak leaf — the leaf of an oak tree
- oak park — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- oak wilt — a disease of oaks, characterized by wilting and discoloration of the leaves and defoliation, usually starting at and spreading from the top of the tree and the ends of the branches, caused by a fungus, Chalara quercina.
- oakville — a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada, SW of Toronto, on Lake Ontario.
- oarlocks — Plural form of oarlock.
- oatcakes — Plural form of oatcake.
- off-peak — of, relating to, or during a period of less than maximum frequency, demand, intensity, or use: the off-peak travel season; off-peak train fares.
- offtrack — occurring or carried on away from a racetrack: offtrack betting.
- oil cake — a cake or mass of linseed, cottonseed, soybean, or the like, from which the oil has been extracted or expressed, used as food for livestock.
- oil tank — any tank for containing or storing oil such as a very large oil storage container at a refinery; a large oil storage area on an oil tanker; or a smaller container for the storage of heating oil at a property
- oistrakh — David [dey-vid] /ˈdeɪ vɪd/ (Show IPA), 1908–74, Russian violinist.
- okanagan — a river in North America that flows south from Okanagan Lake in Canada into the Columbia River in NE Washington, US Length: about 483 km (300 miles)
- okavango — a river in central Africa, flowing SE from Angola to Botswana. About 1000 miles (1610 km) long.
- okinagan — a member of a North American Indian people living in the Okanagan River valley in British Columbia and Washington
- oklahoma — a state in the S central U.S. 69,919 sq. mi. (181,090 sq. km). . Capital: Oklahoma City. Abbreviation: OK (for use with zip code), Okla.
- okovango — a river in central Africa, flowing SE from Angola to Botswana. About 1000 miles (1610 km) long.
- old talk — (chat) The old implementations of talk. See "ntalk" for details.
- oldspeak — (sometimes initial capital letter) standard English, in contrast to English that is overly technical, politically correct, euphemistic, etc. Compare newspeak.
- on track — heading for sth
- oriskany — a village in central New York, near Utica: battle 1777.
- ostmarks — Plural form of ostmark.
- ostrakon — ostracon.
- out back — (sometimes initial capital letter) the back country or remote settlements; the bush (usually preceded by the).
- out-take — a segment of film or videotape edited out of the final version, as because of a technical error.
- outbreak — a sudden breaking out or occurrence; eruption: the outbreak of war.
- outflank — to go or extend beyond the flank of (an opposing military unit); turn the flank of.
- outranks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outrank.
- outskate — (ice hockey, skating) To skate better than another skater.
- outspeak — to outdo or excel in speaking.
- outtakes — Plural form of outtake.