8-letter words containing o, a, k, l
- dekalogy — a series of ten related works
- dockland — the land or area surrounding a commercial port.
- dorkland — an offensive name for Auckland
- dronklap — a drunkard
- fanakalo — a lingua franca based on English, Afrikaans, Xhosa, and Zulu, used especially in the mines of South Africa.
- flatwork — sheets, tablecloths, etc., that are ordinarily ironed mechanically, as on a mangle, rather than by hand.
- flokatis — Plural form of flokati.
- flowback — return or redistribution of something that has been received or acquired.
- foldback — (in multitrack recording) a process for returning a signal to a performer instantly
- folk art — artistic works, as paintings, sculpture, basketry, and utensils, produced typically in cultural isolation by untrained often anonymous artists or by artisans of varying degrees of skill and marked by such attributes as highly decorative design, bright bold colors, flattened perspective, strong forms in simple arrangements, and immediacy of meaning.
- folkland — a former type of land tenure
- folktale — a tale or legend originating and traditional among a people or folk, especially one forming part of the oral tradition of the common people.
- folkways — The traditional behavior or way of life of a particular community or group of people.
- forkball — a pitch thrown with the ball inserted between the index and middle fingers, causing it to dip sharply near home plate.
- forktail — Any of various small insectivorous birds in the genus Enicurus.
- forslack — to neglect or be neglectful
- gavelock — a spear or javelin
- go blank — If your mind goes blank, you are suddenly unable to think of anything appropriate to say, for example in reply to a question.
- goatlike — any of numerous agile, hollow-horned ruminants of the genus Capra, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the sheep, found native in rocky and mountainous regions of the Old World, and widely distributed in domesticated varieties.
- goldmark — Karl [kahrl] /kɑrl/ (Show IPA), 1830–1915, Hungarian composer.
- gorlovka — a city in SE Ukraine, N of Donetsk.
- hackbolt — a European seabird, Puffinus major
- halakoth — Halakhah.
- halfcock — The position when the cock of a gun as at the first notch.
- halolike — resembling a halo.
- havelock — a town in SE North Carolina.
- hawk owl — a gray and white diurnal owl, Surnia ulula, of northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere, resembling a hawk in appearance and actions.
- headlock — a hold in which a wrestler locks an arm around the opponent's head.
- holdback — the iron or strap on the shaft of a horse-drawn vehicle to which the breeching of the harness is attached, enabling the horse to hold back or to back the vehicle.
- holm oak — an evergreen oak, Quercus ilex, of southern Europe, having foliage resembling that of the holly.
- holy ark — a cabinet in a synagogue set into or against the wall that faces eastward toward Jerusalem, for keeping the scrolls of the Torah.
- holyoake — Sir Keith Jacka [jak-uh] /ˈdʒæk ə/ (Show IPA), 1904–83, New Zealand political leader: prime minister 1957, 1960–72; governor general 1977–80.
- hookload — The hookload is the total force pulling down on the hook (= a high-capacity J-shaped piece of equipment).
- iraklion — a seaport in N Crete.
- jackroll — to force (a woman) to submit to sexual intercourse with a number of young men at the same time
- joktaleg — a large clasp knife or pocketknife; jackknife.
- kabeljou — a large marine sciaenid fish, Argyrosomus hololepidotus, that is an important food fish of South African waters
- kablooey — (colloquial) alternative spelling of kablooie.
- kablooie — (colloquial) A failure, meltdown; or explosion; a splat or splash.
- kabloona — a white man; a European.
- kaboodle — Alternative spelling of caboodle.
- kalathos — a fruit basket having a conventionalized shape of a lily, often used in ancient art as a symbol of fertility.
- kalliope — calliope (def 2).
- kallisto — Callisto (def 1).
- kamloops — a city in S British Columbia, in SW Canada.
- kaoliang — a variety of grain sorghum.
- karoline — a female given name.
- keelboat — a roughly built, shallow freight boat, having a keel to permit sailing into the wind.
- keloidal — Of or pertaining to keloids.
- kephalos — Cephalus.