8-letter words containing k, o, p
- kamloops — a city in S British Columbia, in SW Canada.
- kampongs — Plural form of kampong.
- kasparov — Gary or Garry, born 1963, Armenian chess player.
- keep off — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
- keep out — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
- kephalos — Cephalus.
- kickapoo — a river in SW Wisconsin, flowing SSW to the Wisconsin River. 130 miles (210 km) long.
- killcrop — a baby that is always hungry, thought to be a fairy changeling
- kilopond — the force exerted by one kilogram in standard gravity
- kinepock — (obsolete) cowpox.
- kingpost — vertical post connecting the apex of a triangular roof truss to the tie beam
- 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.
- kolhapur — a city in S Maharashtra, in SW India.
- kompiler — (language) An early system on the IBM 701. Versions: KOMPILER 2 for IBM 701, KOMPILER 3 for IBM 704.
- koopmans — Tjalling Charles [chah-ling] /ˈtʃɑ lɪŋ/ (Show IPA), 1910–85, U.S. economist, born in the Netherlands: Nobel Prize 1975.
- kopfring — a metal ring welded to the nose of a bomb to reduce its penetration in earth or water.
- kopiykas — Plural form of kopiyka.
- kyphosis — an abnormal, convex curvature of the spine, with a resultant bulge at the upper back.
- kyphotic — Relating to, or exhibiting, kyphosis.
- lakeport — a port city located on the shore of a lake, especially one of the Great Lakes.
- lampwork — (glassblowing) A method for working with blown glass that does not require a furnace.
- lip lock — Slang. a long and passionate kiss.
- lip-lock — Slang. a long and passionate kiss.
- liposuck — to subject to liposuction
- lockpick — a device that enables a burglar to open a lock.
- lockport — a city in W New York, on the New York State Barge Canal.
- lockstep — a way of marching in very close file, in which the leg of each person moves with and closely behind the corresponding leg of the person ahead.
- 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.
- lopstick — a tree trimmed of all but its topmost branches to serve as a landmark or marker.
- mesopeak — the level of maximum temperature in the mesophere, at an altitude of about 30 miles (48 km).
- milksops — Plural form of milksop.
- misspoke — Simple past form of misspeak.
- mokopuna — (NZ) In M\u0101ori culture, grandchildren, or sometimes children generally.
- mopstick — a mop handle
- morepork — (chiefly NZ) The vern boobook owl Ninox novaeseelandiae. (from 19th c.).
- nslookup — (networking) A Unix utility program, originally by Andrew Cherenson, for querying Internet domain name servers. The basic use is to find the IP address corresponding to a given hostname (or vice versa). By changing the query type (e.g. "set type=CNAME") other types of information can be obtained including CNAME - the canonical name for an alias; HINFO - the host CPU and operating system type; MINFO - mailbox or mail list information; MX - mail exchanger information; NS - the name server for the named zone; PTR - the hostname if the query is an IP address, otherwise the pointer to other information; SOA the domain's start-of-authority information; TXT - text information; UINFO - user information; WKS - supported well-known services. Other types (ANY, AXFR, MB, MD, MF, NULL) are described in RFC 1035.
- oak park — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- off-peak — of, relating to, or during a period of less than maximum frequency, demand, intensity, or use: the off-peak travel season; off-peak train fares.
- oldspeak — (sometimes initial capital letter) standard English, in contrast to English that is overly technical, politically correct, euphemistic, etc. Compare newspeak.
- openwork — any kind of work, especially ornamental, as of embroidery, lace, metal, stone, or wood, having a latticelike nature or showing openings through its substance.
- osipenko — former name of Berdyansk.
- outspeak — to outdo or excel in speaking.
- outspoke — Simple past form of outspeak.
- overkeep — to keep too long
- overpack — to pack or load too much into or onto
- overpark — an area of land, usually in a largely natural state, for the enjoyment of the public, having facilities for rest and recreation, often owned, set apart, and managed by a city, state, or nation.
- overskip — to skip over
- oxpecker — either of two African starlings of the genus Buphagus, characterized by their habit of riding on large, wild animals and domestic cattle to feed on ticks.
- pachinko — a Japanese pinball game played on a vertical machine in which slots struck by the player's ball release other balls that in turn are exchanged for noncash prizes.
- pack off — a group of things wrapped or tied together for easy handling or carrying; a bundle, especially one to be carried on the back of an animal or a person: a mule pack; a hiker's pack.