8-letter words containing b, l, o, k
- flowback — return or redistribution of something that has been received or acquired.
- fly book — a booklike case for artificial flies.
- foldback — (in multitrack recording) a process for returning a signal to a performer instantly
- forkball — a pitch thrown with the ball inserted between the index and middle fingers, causing it to dip sharply near home plate.
- go blank — If your mind goes blank, you are suddenly unable to think of anything appropriate to say, for example in reply to a question.
- hackbolt — a European seabird, Puffinus major
- herblock — Herbert Lawrence (Herblock) 1909–2001, U.S. cartoonist.
- holbrook — Stewart H(all) 1893–1964, U.S. historian and editor.
- holdback — the iron or strap on the shaft of a horse-drawn vehicle to which the breeching of the harness is attached, enabling the horse to hold back or to back the vehicle.
- iceblock — An ice block, a block of ice.
- ink blot — a stain on paper, made by ink
- inkblots — Plural form of inkblot.
- kabeljou — a large marine sciaenid fish, Argyrosomus hololepidotus, that is an important food fish of South African waters
- kablooey — (colloquial) alternative spelling of kablooie.
- kablooie — (colloquial) A failure, meltdown; or explosion; a splat or splash.
- kabloona — a white man; a European.
- kaboodle — Alternative spelling of caboodle.
- keelboat — a roughly built, shallow freight boat, having a keel to permit sailing into the wind.
- kilobase — (in expressing the lengths of nucleic acid molecules) 1,000 bases.
- kilobaud — (unit) 1000 baud.
- kilobits — Plural form of kilobit.
- kilobyte — 1024 (2 10) bytes.
- kingbolt — a vertical bolt connecting the body of a vehicle with the fore axle, the body of a railroad car with a truck, etc.
- knobbles — Plural form of knobble.
- knoblike — a projecting part, usually rounded, forming the handle of a door, drawer, or the like.
- knowable — capable of being known.
- kohlrabi — a cultivated cabbage, Brassica oleracea gongylodes, whose stem above ground swells into an edible, bulblike formation.
- korfball — (uncountable) A non-contact unisex team sport originating from Holland, similar to netball, where players attempt to throw a ball into a basket atop a pole.
- lab book — a notebook used to note down experiments, hypotheses, etc, of the kind that may be carried out or formed in a laboratory
- loanback — a facility offered by some life-assurance companies in which an individual can borrow from his pension fund
- lobstick — lopstick.
- lock bay — a broadened section of a canal before the gates of a lock.
- lockable — capable of being locked; fitted with a lock: The car has a lockable glove compartment.
- lockbolt — A fastener in the form of a pin fitted with a collar placed over the locking bolt.
- log book — A log book is a book in which someone records details and events relating to something, for example a journey or period of their life, or a vehicle.
- logbooks — Plural form of logbook.
- lookbook — (fashion, colloquial) A comprehensive directory of fashion-related companies and people, such as fashion designers, industry figures, brands and retail stores.
- 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.
- lynbrook — a village on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- mockable — to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
- nonblack — (of a person) not black.
- obelisks — Plural form of obelisk.
- overbulk — to dwarf or loom over in an oppressive way
- piblokto — a culture-specific syndrome occurring among traditional Eskimo women, characterized by an outburst of cries or screams, the removal of clothing, and seeming possession by a bird or animal spirit.
- playbook — (in Elizabethan drama) the script of a play, used by the actors as an acting text.
- plowback — a reinvestment of earnings or profits in a business enterprise.
- pollbook — the official list of the registered voters in a given area.
- rockable — (of a chair, crib, etc) able to be rocked
- rollback — an act or instance of rolling back.
- skobelev — former name of Fergana.