8-letter words containing c, o, k, u
- luck out — the force that seems to operate for good or ill in a person's life, as in shaping circumstances, events, or opportunities: With my luck I'll probably get pneumonia.
- mock sun — parhelion.
- muck out — clear out: animal's living quarters
- muckworm — (not in technical use) the larva of any of several insects, as the dung beetle, which lives in or beneath manure.
- out back — (sometimes initial capital letter) the back country or remote settlements; the bush (usually preceded by the).
- out sick — If you are out sick, you are not at work because you are sick.
- outslick — to outsmart
- outtrick — to outdo in trickery
- pick out — to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
- pot luck — food or a meal that happens to be available without special preparation or purchase: to take potluck with a friend.
- puck hog — a player who is reluctant to pass the puck to other members of his or her team
- rack out — a framework of bars, wires, or pegs on which articles are arranged or deposited: a clothes rack; a luggage rack.
- rock out — listen enthusiastically to pop music
- sack out — a large bag of strong, coarsely woven material, as for grain, potatoes, or coal.
- scutwork — menial, routine work, as that done by an underling: the scutwork of scrubbing pots and pans.
- sick-out — a form of industrial action in which all workers in a factory, etc, report sick simultaneously
- slummock — to move heavily and awkwardly
- stickout — a person who is outstanding or conspicuous, usually for superior endowments, talents, etc.: Jimmy Brown is the stickout among running backs.
- stock up — buy a lot of sth for future use
- stockout — a state or instance of being out of stock of goods.
- stuck on — simple past tense and past participle of stick2 .
- subblock — a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more flat or approximately flat faces.
- suck off — to draw into the mouth by producing a partial vacuum by action of the lips and tongue: to suck lemonade through a straw.
- suck-off — to draw into the mouth by producing a partial vacuum by action of the lips and tongue: to suck lemonade through a straw.
- suckhole — a sycophant; toady
- sunblock — a substance that provides a high degree of protection against sunburn, often preventing most tanning as well as burning, as by obstructing the penetration of ultraviolet rays.
- sunchoke — Jerusalem artichoke (def 2).
- thurrock — unitary authority in Essex, SE England, on the N of the Thames River. 71 sq. mi. (184 sq. km).
- 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.
- turncock — (formerly) an official employed to turn on the water for the mains supply
- tussocky — abounding in tussocks.
- uncooked — not cooked; raw: a dessert made with uncooked eggs.
- unlocked — to undo the lock of (a door, chest, etc.), especially with a key.
- unsocket — to remove from a socket