8-letter words containing c, o, k, n
- crooking — a bent or curved implement, piece, appendage, etc.; hook.
- cryobank — a facility for storing living tissue, such as sperm, embryos, cells, etc, at a low temperature
- cytokine — any of various proteins, secreted by cells, that carry signals to neighbouring cells. Cytokines include interferon
- dockhand — a dockworker.
- dockings — Plural form of docking.
- dockland — the land or area surrounding a commercial port.
- dominick — Animal Husbandry. Dominique.
- donicker — bathroom; toilet.
- dornicks — Plural form of dornick.
- downtick — a decline or deterioration in business activity, in mood, etc.
- flick-on — a manoeuvre in which a player receives an incoming pass and flicks it on with a gentle header or kick to another player.
- flocking — a lock or tuft of wool, hair, cotton, etc.
- frocking — a gown or dress worn by a girl or woman.
- greenock — a seaport in the Strathcylde region, in SW Scotland, on the Firth of Clyde.
- gunlocks — Plural form of gunlock.
- gunstock — the stock or support in which the barrel of a shoulder weapon is fixed.
- honecker — Erich [er-ik;; German ey-rikh] /ˈɛr ɪk;; German ˈeɪ rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1912–94, East German Communist leader: chairman of the Council of State 1976–89.
- in stock — a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
- kickdown — a method of changing gear in a car with automatic transmission, by fully depressing the accelerator
- kinepock — (obsolete) cowpox.
- kingchow — former name of Jiangling.
- knock up — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- knock-on — If there is a knock-on effect, one action or event causes several other events to happen one after the other.
- knockers — a person or thing that knocks.
- knocking — Present participle of knock.
- knockoff — an act or instance of knocking off.
- knockout — Informal. a person or thing overwhelmingly attractive, appealing, or successful.
- korchnoi — Victor. 1931–2016, Soviet-born chess player: Soviet champion 1960, 1962, and 1964: defected to the West in 1976
- landlock — (transitive) To enclose or nearly enclose (a harbour, vessel, etc.) with land.
- linstock — a staff with one end forked to hold a match, formerly used in firing cannon.
- loanback — a facility offered by some life-assurance companies in which an individual can borrow from his pension fund
- lock nut — a nut specially constructed to prevent its coming loose, usually having a means of providing extra friction between itself and the screw.
- lockdown — the confining of prisoners to their cells, as following a riot or other disturbance.
- lockings — Plural form of locking.
- locknuts — Plural form of locknut.
- longneck — a bottle of beer.
- man lock — an air lock serving as a decompression chamber for workers.
- mckinnon — Sir Don(ald) (Charles). born 1939, New Zealand politician; secretary-general of the Commonwealth (2000–08); deputy prime minister of New Zealand (1990–96)
- mindlock — (fantasy, scifi) A magic spell or technology that restricts a person's ability to think freely.
- mock sun — parhelion.
- monicker — a person's name, especially a nickname or alias.
- mooncake — A rich, dense Chinese pastry with a variety of fillings, usually to eat in Zhongqiu Festival.
- moonrock — a sample of lunar material.
- neckdown — An angled narrowing of the roadway and widening of the pavement, used as a traffic calming measure.
- neckmold — Alt form neckmould.
- neckshot — a shot in the neck of an animal
- neckyoke — A yoke which touches or surrounds the carrier's neck, rather then just resting on the shoulders.
- nektonic — the aggregate of actively swimming aquatic organisms in a body of water, able to move independently of water currents.
- no-knock — antiknock.
- no-stick — nonstick: a no-stick skillet.