8-letter words containing m, o, k
- hummocks — Plural form of hummock.
- hummocky — Also, hammock. an elevated tract of land rising above the general level of a marshy region.
- humoresk — humorous musical composition
- hymnbook — (British) A book containing a collection of hymns.
- imbosked — Simple past tense and past participle of imbosk.
- impocket — to put in a pocket
- jerksome — Indicative of quick, rapid movements; jerky.Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed. (1989).
- jokesome — Joky, humorous.
- jumprock — any of several freshwater suckers of the genus Moxostoma, of the southeastern U.S.
- kakemono — a vertical hanging scroll containing either text or a painting, intended to be viewed on a wall and rolled when not in use.
- kakiemon — a Japanese porcelain design credited to Kakiemon Sakaida, first produced in the 17th century and widely collected and imitated in the West
- kamaboko — Any of various processed seafood products made from surimi, in which whitefish is pureed, formed into loaves, and steamed until firm.
- kamloops — a city in S British Columbia, in SW Canada.
- kamokamo — a New Zealand marrow of the family Cucurbitaceae
- kampongs — Plural form of kampong.
- kemerovo — a city in the S Russian Federation in Asia, NE of Novosibirsk.
- kemijoki — the longest river in Finland, flowing SW from Lapland to the Gulf of Bothnia. 345 miles (555 km) long.
- keratoma — keratosis.
- ketoxime — (organic chemistry) Any oxime derived from an ketone; general formula R2C=NOH.
- keurboom — (South Africa) A species of tree, Virgilia oroboides, noted for it's pretty lilac flowers.
- key move — the correct initial move in the solution of a set problem
- khartoum — a region in N Africa, S of the Sahara and Libyan deserts, extending from the Atlantic to the Red Sea.
- khomeini — Ayatollah Ruhollah [roo-hoh-luh;; Persian roo-haw-lah] /ruˈhoʊ lə;; Persian ˌru hɔˈlɑ/ (Show IPA), 1900?–89, Islamic leader of Iran 1979–89.
- kilogram — a unit of mass equal to 1000 grams: the basic unit of mass in the International System of Units (SI), equal to the mass of the international prototype of the kilogram, a platinum-iridium cylinder kept in Sèvres, France. Abbreviation: kg.
- kilomole — one thousand moles
- kingdome — Obsolete spelling of kingdom.
- kingdoms — Plural form of kingdom.
- kino gum — the reddish or black, catechulike inspissated juice or gum of certain tall trees belonging to the genus Pterocarpus, of the legume family, native to India and Sri Lanka, used in medicine, tanning, etc.
- kir moab — ancient name of Kerak.
- kneeroom — space to put one's knees
- kombucha — Also called kombucha mushroom. a live culture of multiple species of yeast and bacteria, grown to make a mildly alcoholic fermented beverage.
- komensky — Jan Amos [Czech yahn ah-maws] /Czech yɑn ˈɑ mɔs/ (Show IPA), Comenius, John Amos.
- komitaji — a rebel or revolutionary belonging to a guerrilla group in Macedonia or the Balkans
- komondor — one of a Hungarian breed of large dogs having a long, matted, white coat, used for herding sheep and as a watchdog.
- kompiler — (language) An early system on the IBM 701. Versions: KOMPILER 2 for IBM 701, KOMPILER 3 for IBM 704.
- komsomol — a communist organization in the Soviet Union for youths 16 years of age and older.
- koopmans — Tjalling Charles [chah-ling] /ˈtʃɑ lɪŋ/ (Show IPA), 1910–85, U.S. economist, born in the Netherlands: Nobel Prize 1975.
- koriyama — a city on E central Honshu, in Japan.
- koromiko — a flowering New Zealand shrub, Hebe salicifolia
- kostroma — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Moscow, on the Volga.
- kromesky — a croquette consisting of a piece of bacon wrapped round minced meat or fish
- krumhorn — crumhorn.
- kumamoto — a city on W central Kyushu, in SW Japan.
- kymogram — the graphic record produced by a diagnostic kymograph.
- lampwork — (glassblowing) A method for working with blown glass that does not require a furnace.
- larksome — mischievous or fond of larking
- leukomas — Plural form of leukoma.
- loo mask — a half-mask worn during the 18th century for masquerades, etc
- maddocks — Plural form of maddock.
- makarova — Natalia [nuh-tal-yuh,, -tahl-;; Russian nuh-tah-lyuh] /nəˈtæl yə,, -ˈtɑl-;; Russian nʌˈtɑ lyə/ (Show IPA), born 1940, Soviet ballerina, in the U.S. and England since 1970.