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a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.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.
- lockhart — John 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.