8-letter words containing o, a, k, c
- katowice — a city in S Poland.
- kazachoc — a traditional Cossack dance
- kazachok — a lively, Slavic folk dance for a solo male dancer, marked especially by the prisiadka.
- kiabooca — padouk.
- kiaochow — a former German-leased territory (1898–1914) on the Shandong peninsula, in E China, around Jiaozhou Bay. 200 sq. mi. (518 sq. km). Chief city, Tsingtao.
- kickapoo — a river in SW Wisconsin, flowing SSW to the Wisconsin River. 130 miles (210 km) long.
- kolaches — Plural form of kolache.
- kombucha — Also called kombucha mushroom. a live culture of multiple species of yeast and bacteria, grown to make a mildly alcoholic fermented beverage.
- kootchar — any of several small, stingless Australian honeybees of the genus Trigona.
- lacework — lace (def 1).
- landlock — (transitive) To enclose or nearly enclose (a harbour, vessel, etc.) with land.
- laverock — a lark, especially a skylark.
- loanback — a facility offered by some life-assurance companies in which an individual can borrow from his pension fund
- lock bay — a broadened section of a canal before the gates of a lock.
- lock-jaw — tetanus in which the jaws become firmly locked together; trismus.
- lockable — capable of being locked; fitted with a lock: The car has a lockable glove compartment.
- lockaway — an investment intended to be held for a relatively long time
- lockfast — (Scottish) Fastened or secured with a lock.
- lockhart — John Gibson, 1794–1854, Scottish biographer and novelist.
- lokacara — an action in accordance with socially accepted rules.
- 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.
- maddocks — Plural form of maddock.
- mammocks — Plural form of mammock.
- man lock — an air lock serving as a decompression chamber for workers.
- mattocks — Plural form of mattock.
- mockable — to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
- mocktail — a nonalcoholic cocktail.
- mooncake — A rich, dense Chinese pastry with a variety of fillings, usually to eat in Zhongqiu Festival.
- mossback — Informal. a person holding very antiquated notions; reactionary. a person living in the backwoods; rustic.
- nonblack — (of a person) not black.
- oarlocks — Plural form of oarlock.
- oatcakes — Plural form of oatcake.
- offtrack — occurring or carried on away from a racetrack: offtrack betting.
- oil cake — a cake or mass of linseed, cottonseed, soybean, or the like, from which the oil has been extracted or expressed, used as food for livestock.
- on track — heading for sth
- out back — (sometimes initial capital letter) the back country or remote settlements; the bush (usually preceded by the).
- overpack — to pack or load too much into or onto
- overrack — to strain too much
- 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.
- packfong — a Chinese cupronickel alloy
- packwood — Bob, born 1932, U.S. politician: senator 1969–95.
- pak-choi — bok choy.
- peacocky — of or resembling a peacock; ostentatious
- plowback — a reinvestment of earnings or profits in a business enterprise.
- pockmark — Usually, pockmarks. scars or pits left by a pustule in smallpox or the like.
- rack off — to go away; depart
- rack out — a framework of bars, wires, or pegs on which articles are arranged or deposited: a clothes rack; a luggage rack.
- rackwork — a mechanism utilizing a rack, as a rack and pinion.
- rock art — painting or engraving on rock