8-letter words containing k, l
- bootlick — to seek favour by servile or ingratiating behaviour towards (someone, esp someone in authority); toady
- bowllike — resembling a bowl; bowl-shaped
- box keel — a keel in the form of a box beam and having internal space for pipes, ballast, etc.
- brinkley — David, 1920–2003, U.S. broadcast journalist.
- bro talk — Māori English
- brooklet — a small brook
- brooklyn — a borough of New York City, on the SW end of Long Island. Pop: 2 465 326 (2000)
- buckland — William. 1784–1856, English geologist; he became a proponent of the idea of catastrophic ice ages
- buckling — Buckling happens when a force presses on a slender structure and makes it collapse.
- bucktail — a fishing lure adorned with deer hair
- bulgakov — Mikhail Afanaseyev (ʌfʌˈnasjef). 1891–1940, Soviet novelist, dramatist, and short-story writer; his novels include The Master and Margerita (1966–67)
- bulk-buy — to buy (goods) in large quantities
- bulkhead — A bulkhead is a wall which divides the inside of a ship or aeroplane into separate sections.
- bulldyke — a mannish lesbian
- bulllike — the male of a bovine animal, especially of the genus Bos, with sexual organs intact and capable of reproduction.
- bullneck — an enlarged neck
- bullocky — the driver of a team of bullocks
- bushlike — resembling a bush
- bushwalk — to hike through bushland
- buzzkill — someone or something that stops people from enjoying themselves
- byrlakin — a mild oath
- cackling — Present participle of cackle.
- cagelike — resembling a cage
- cakehole — (slang) The mouth.
- cakewalk — If you say that something is a cakewalk, you mean that it is very easy to do or achieve.
- calakmul — a ruined Mayan city in SE Mexico.
- calflike — resembling a calf
- calfskin — Calfskin shoes and clothing are made from the skin of a calf.
- callback — A callback is an occasion when you are asked to return for a second interview for a job, or a second audition for a part in a show.
- cat-lick — a quick wash
- catwalks — Plural form of catwalk.
- caulking — to fill or close seams or crevices of (a tank, window, etc.) in order to make watertight, airtight, etc.
- cavelike — similar to or resembling a cave
- chackles — to chatter; jabber.
- chadlock — Alternative form of charlock.
- chalk up — If you chalk up a success, a victory, or a number of points in a game, you achieve it.
- chalking — a soft, white, powdery limestone consisting chiefly of fossil shells of foraminifers.
- chalkpit — a quarry for chalk
- chalukya — a dynasty of central India, ruling a.d. c500–753, and restored a.d. 973–1190.
- changkol — A type of hoe.
- charlock — a weedy Eurasian plant, Sinapis arvensis (or Brassica kaber), with hairy stems and foliage and yellow flowers: family: Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- cheekful — the quantity that can be held in or cover a cheek
- cheekily — impudent; insolent: a cheeky fellow; cheeky behavior.
- chicklet — A small or young chick.
- chockful — filled to capacity
- chuckled — to laugh softly or amusedly, usually with satisfaction: They chuckled at the child's efforts to walk.
- chuckler — Someone who chuckles.
- chuckles — Plural form of chuckle.
- chunkily — In a chunky way.
- clackbox — the casing enclosing a clack