8-letter words containing a, l, k
- lap link — a chain link for joining two lengths of chain, having a split in one end so that it can be opened to receive other links and then closed again.
- larksome — mischievous or fond of larking
- larkspur — a town in W California.
- larrikin — a street rowdy; hoodlum.
- latchkey — a key for releasing a latch or springlock, especially on an outer door.
- lathlike — Resembling a lath or some aspect of one.
- lathwork — work made of laths
- lavalike — Resembling lava in one or more characteristics, such as heat or viscosity.
- laverock — a lark, especially a skylark.
- lawmaker — a person who makes or enacts law; legislator.
- lawnlike — Resembling or characteristic of a lawn.
- 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.
- leadwork — work involving lead, such as maintenance work on lead pipes
- leaflike — Having the form or other qualities of a leaf.
- leakages — Plural form of leakage.
- leakance — the reciprocal of the resistance of insulation.
- leakiest — Superlative form of leaky.
- leakless — Without leaks.
- lekgotla — a meeting place for village assemblies, court cases, and meetings of village leaders
- leukemia — any of several cancers of the bone marrow that prevent the normal manufacture of red and white blood cells and platelets, resulting in anemia, increased susceptibility to infection, and impaired blood clotting.
- leukomas — Plural form of leukoma.
- liakoura — modern name of Parnassus (def 1).
- lie back — sb: recline
- lifehack — Informal. a tip, trick, or efficient method for doing or managing a day-to-day task or activity; a hack: a lifehack for overcoming social anxiety; a computer programmer's best lifehacks.
- liftback — hatchback.
- like mad — mentally disturbed; deranged; insane; demented.
- likeable — readily or easily liked; pleasing: a likable young man.
- likeably — In a likeable way.
- linkages — Plural form of linkage.
- linkback — (Internet) Any of various mechanisms for notifying the owner of a webpage when it is linked to from another document.
- linksman — a person who plays golf; golfer.
- linkspan — a hinged bridge on a quay, used to move vehicles on or off a vessel
- lisptalk — "Concurrent Programming Language Lisptalk", C. Li, SIGPLAN Notices 23(4):71-80 (Apr 1988).
- 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.
- lubyanka — a prison and secret-police headquarters in central Moscow.
- lukewarm — moderately warm; tepid.
- lunkhead — a dull or stupid person; blockhead.