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8-letter words containing o, c, l, k

  • lacework — lace (def 1).
  • landlock — (transitive) To enclose or nearly enclose (a harbour, vessel, etc.) with land.
  • laverock — a lark, especially a skylark.
  • leukotic — any of several diseases occurring chiefly in chickens, involving proliferation of the leukocytes and characterized by paralysis, blindness, formation of tumors in the internal organs, and bone calcification.
  • linstock — a staff with one end forked to hold a match, formerly used in firing cannon.
  • lip lock — Slang. a long and passionate kiss.
  • lip-lock — Slang. a long and passionate kiss.
  • liposuck — to subject to liposuction
  • livelock — (computing) A condition resembling deadlock in which various computational processes are constantly changing but never reach a point where any of them can proceed.
  • loanback — a facility offered by some life-assurance companies in which an individual can borrow from his pension fund
  • lobstick — lopstick.
  • lock bay — a broadened section of a canal before the gates of a lock.
  • lock nut — a nut specially constructed to prevent its coming loose, usually having a means of providing extra friction between itself and the screw.
  • lock out — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
  • 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
  • lockbolt — A fastener in the form of a pin fitted with a collar placed over the locking bolt.
  • lockdown — the confining of prisoners to their cells, as following a riot or other disturbance.
  • lockfast — (Scottish) Fastened or secured with a lock.
  • lockhartJohn Gibson, 1794–1854, Scottish biographer and novelist.
  • lockings — Plural form of locking.
  • lockless — without locks
  • locknuts — Plural form of locknut.
  • lockouts — Plural form of lockout.
  • 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.
  • lockwood — Belva Ann Bennett [bel-vuh] /ˈbɛl və/ (Show IPA), 1830–1917, U.S. lawyer and women's-rights activist.
  • lokacara — an action in accordance with socially accepted rules.
  • longneck — a bottle of beer.
  • 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.
  • lovelock — any lock of hair hanging or worn separately from the rest of the hair.
  • lovesick — languishing with love: a lovesick adolescent.
  • luck out — the force that seems to operate for good or ill in a person's life, as in shaping circumstances, events, or opportunities: With my luck I'll probably get pneumonia.
  • man lock — an air lock serving as a decompression chamber for workers.
  • milk cow — a cow that is raised for its milk rather than for beef.
  • mindlock — (fantasy, scifi) A magic spell or technology that restricts a person's ability to think freely.
  • mockable — to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
  • mocktail — a nonalcoholic cocktail.
  • neckmold — Alt form neckmould.
  • nonblack — (of a person) not black.
  • oarlocks — Plural form of oarlock.
  • ockodols — one's feet when wearing boots
  • 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.
  • old nick — the devil; Satan.
  • outslick — to outsmart
  • overlock — to sew (a seam, hem, or edge) with a particular stitch that prevents fraying
  • picklock — a person who picks a lock, especially a burglar.
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