9-letter words containing o, k, l, a
- lock away — put in prison
- lock gate — one of the two gates of a lock
- lock rail — the rail of a door that meets the shutting stile at the level of the lock.
- lock seam — a joint between two pieces of sheet metal, made by folding up the overlapping edges against each other, then folding them over in the same direction a number of times.
- lockmaker — a person who makes locks
- lok sabha — the lower house of parliament in India.
- look back — to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- lookahead — (computing) The analysis in advance of subsequent decisions that would be made if a particular branch of an algorithm was followed.
- lookalike — a person or thing that looks like or closely resembles another; double.
- lookaside — (computing) The technique of searching for something in a precalculated cache before attempting a more time-consuming search elsewhere.
- lossmaker — a business that consistently operates at a loss.
- lovemaker — Someone who makes love.
- make bold — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- make love — a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
- matchlock — an old form of gunlock in which the priming was ignited by a slow match.
- metalwork — objects made of metal.
- milktoast — milquetoast.
- milkwoman — A woman who delivers milk to households and sometimes businesses early in the morning.
- mocktails — Plural form of mocktail.
- molluskan — (rare) alternative spelling of molluscan.
- mollyhawk — the juvenile of the southern black-backed gull, Larus dominicanus
- mollymawk — any of various oceanic birds, as the fulmar or albatross.
- monk seal — a small, dark brown, subtropical seal of the genus Monachus: the three species, M. tropicalis of the Caribbean, M. schauinslandi of Hawaiian island regions, and M. monachus of the Mediterranean, are endangered.
- moon walk — a walk on the moon
- moonwalks — Plural form of moonwalk.
- mykolayiv — Nikolayev.
- nikolayev — a city in S Ukraine, in the SW on the Bug River.
- non-black — a person who is not of a Black race
- nonblacks — Plural form of nonblack.
- nontalker — a person who does not talk, whether a small child who does not yet talk or an adult who is not talkative
- northlake — a city in NE Illinois: suburb of Chicago.
- nukualofa — a Polynesian kingdom consisting of three groups of islands in the S Pacific, NE of New Zealand: a former British protectorate. About 270 sq. mi. (700 sq. km). Capital: Nukualofa.
- oak apple — oak gall.
- oklahoman — a state in the S central U.S. 69,919 sq. mi. (181,090 sq. km). . Capital: Oklahoma City. Abbreviation: OK (for use with zip code), Okla.
- opa-locka — a town in S Florida.
- oskaloosa — a city in SE central Iowa.
- outflanks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outflank.
- over-talk — to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.
- packcloth — a cloth used for packing
- peak load — the maximum load on an electrical power-supply system
- phylakopi — an archaeological site on the Greek island of Melos, in the Cyclades group: excavations have revealed the remains of three successive ancient cities erected on a primitive Cycladic settlement.
- plainwork — simple needlework, such as hemming, as distinct from fancywork
- plekhanov — Georgi (or Georgy) Valentinovich [gyi-awr-gyee-vuh-lyin-tyee-nuh-vyich] /gyɪˈɔr gyi və lyɪnˈtyi nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1857–1918, Russian philosopher and leader of the Mensheviks.
- plow back — an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
- pokelogan — marshy or stagnant water that has branched off from a stream or lake.
- poliakoff — Stephen. born 1952, British playwright and film director; work includes the stage plays Breaking the Silence (1984) and Blinded by the Sun (1996) and the television serials The Lost Prince (2003), Friends and Crocodiles (2005), and Dancing on the Edge (2013)
- polka dot — a dot or round spot (printed, woven, or embroidered) repeated to form a pattern on a textile fabric.
- polltaker — a person or organization that conducts polls; pollster.
- polokwane — a town in NE South Africa, the capital of Limpopo province: commercial and agricultural centre. Pop: 90 398 (2001)
- psalmbook — a book containing psalms for liturgical or devotional use.