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8-letter words containing a, t, c, k

  • tackless — a short, sharp-pointed nail, usually with a flat, broad head.
  • tackling — equipment, apparatus, or gear, especially for fishing: fishing tackle.
  • tacksman — a leaseholder, esp a tenant in the Highlands who sublets
  • tailback — the offensive back who lines up farthest behind the line of scrimmage, as in a single wingback or double wingback formation.
  • takeback — something taken back or withdrawn, especially an employee benefit previously gained in a union contract; takeaway.
  • talkback — a system of telephone links enabling spoken directions to be given during the production of a programme
  • tamarack — an American larch, Larix laricina, of the pine family, having a reddish-brown bark and crowded clusters of blue-green needles and yielding a useful timber.
  • tank car — Railroads. a car containing one or more tanks for the transportation of liquids, gases, or granular solids.
  • the jack — venereal disease
  • the rack — an instrument of torture that stretched the body of the victim
  • the sack — dismissal from employment
  • ticklace — (in Newfoundland) a kittiwake
  • ticktack — a repetitive sound, as of ticking, tapping, knocking, or clicking: the ticktack of high heels in the corridor.
  • tie tack — a pin having an ornamental head, pinned through the ends of a necktie to hold it against a shirt.
  • trackage — the whole quantity of track owned by a railroad.
  • trackbed — the foundation on which railway tracks are laid
  • trackies — loose-fitting trousers with elasticated cuffs, designed to be worn as part of a tracksuit
  • tracking — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
  • trackman — a person who assists in inspecting, installing, or maintaining railroad tracks.
  • trackpad — touchpad.
  • trackway — railway (def 3).
  • traprock — trap3 .
  • truckage — conveyance by a truck or trucks.
  • truckman — a truckdriver.
  • tuckahoe — Also called Indian bread. the edible, underground sclerotium of the fungus Poria cocos, found on the roots of trees in the southern United States.
  • turnback — a part of a garment or similar item that is folded or turned back
  • two-pack — (of a paint, filler, etc) supplied as two separate components, for example a base and a catalyst, that are mixed together immediately before use
  • untackle — to free from tackle or trappings; unfasten
  • wackiest — Superlative form of wacky.
  • wet pack — a type of bath in which wet sheets are applied to the patient.
  • wetbacks — Plural form of wetback; a slur towards persons of Mexican descent in the United States.
  • whitrack — a weasel; ermine or stoat.
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