8-letter words containing o, s, k
- look see — a visual inspection or survey; look; examination: have a look-see.
- look-see — a visual inspection or survey; look; examination: have a look-see.
- lookouts — Plural form of lookout.
- looksist — Forming prejudices based on a person's physical appearance.
- lopstick — a tree trimmed of all but its topmost branches to serve as a landmark or marker.
- lovesick — languishing with love: a lovesick adolescent.
- low-risk — A low-risk customer, risk, occupation, or property is not very likely to be exposed to a danger.
- maddocks — Plural form of maddock.
- mammocks — Plural form of mammock.
- markhors — Plural form of markhor.
- matsuoka — Yosuke [yaw-soo-ke] /yɔˈsu kɛ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1946, Japanese statesman.
- mattocks — Plural form of mattock.
- merfolks — Plural form of merfolk.
- meshwork — meshed material or a structure of meshes; a network.
- mesopeak — the level of maximum temperature in the mesophere, at an altitude of about 30 miles (48 km).
- milksops — Plural form of milksop.
- misknown — Past participle of misknow.
- misknows — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misknow.
- misspoke — Simple past form of misspeak.
- mock sun — parhelion.
- modjeska — Helena [huh-ley-nuh] /həˈleɪ nə/ (Show IPA), (Helena Opid Modrzejewska) 1840–1909, Polish actress, in U.S. after 1876.
- moleskin — the soft, deep-gray, fragile fur of the mole.
- mollusks — any invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, typically having a calcareous shell of one, two, or more pieces that wholly or partly enclose the soft, unsegmented body, including the chitons, snails, bivalves, squids, and octopuses.
- monikers — Plural form of moniker.
- monkfish — angler (def 3).
- monotask — to perform one task at a time
- mopstick — a mop handle
- mossback — Informal. a person holding very antiquated notions; reactionary. a person living in the backwoods; rustic.
- mosslike — Resembling moss or some aspect of it.
- mousekin — a little mouse
- moussaka — a baked dish consisting of layers of sautéed slices of eggplant and ground lamb usually flavored with tomatoes, onions, and cinnamon, and covered with a custard sauce sprinkled with grated cheese.
- murksome — gloomy; dark
- musk hog — the collared peccary. See under peccary.
- muskegon — a port in W Michigan, on Lake Michigan.
- muskogee — a city in E Oklahoma.
- muskoxen — Plural form of muskox.
- muskroot — The root of Ferula sumbul, a tall umbelliferous plant, formerly used in medicine and as a substitute for musk.
- nainsook — a fine, soft-finished cotton fabric, usually white, used for lingerie and infants' wear.
- nakasone — Yasuhiro [yah-soo-hee-raw] /ˈyɑ sʊˈhi rɔ/ (Show IPA), born 1918, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1982–87.
- neckshot — a shot in the neck of an animal
- nekrasov — Nikolai Alekseyevich (nikaˈlaj alɪkˈsjejɪvitʃ). 1821–77, Russian poet, who wrote chiefly about the sufferings of the peasantry
- networks — Plural form of network.
- no-stick — nonstick: a no-stick skillet.
- noisenik — a rock musician who performs loud harsh music
- non-sked — a nonscheduled airline or plane: He got his training with the nonskeds.
- nonbanks — Plural form of nonbank.
- nonbooks — Plural form of nonbook.
- nonskier — a person who does not ski
- nonstick — having or providing a finish designed to prevent food from sticking during cooking or baking: a nonstick saucepan; a nonstick cooking spray.
- nonstock — (business) Not issuing capital stock.