8-letter words containing s, o, a, k
- hassocks — Plural form of hassock.
- hassocky — Having or characterised by hassocks, or clumps of vegetation.
- hawknose — a nose curved like the beak of a hawk.
- haycocks — Plural form of haycock.
- hayforks — Plural form of hayfork.
- hoecakes — Plural form of hoecake.
- hogbacks — Plural form of hogback.
- hotcakes — Plural form of hotcake.
- jackpots — Plural form of jackpot.
- jakobson — Roman [roh-mahn,, -muh n] /ˈroʊ mɑn,, -mən/ (Show IPA), 1896–1982, U.S. linguist and scholar, born in Russia.
- kalathos — a fruit basket having a conventionalized shape of a lily, often used in ancient art as a symbol of fertility.
- kallisto — Callisto (def 1).
- kamloops — a city in S British Columbia, in SW Canada.
- kampongs — Plural form of kampong.
- karosses — Plural form of kaross.
- kasparov — Gary or Garry, born 1963, Armenian chess player.
- kephalos — Cephalus.
- keratose — having a skeleton formed of horny fibers, as certain sponges.
- khaskovo — a city in S Bulgaria.
- kilobase — (in expressing the lengths of nucleic acid molecules) 1,000 bases.
- kitasato — Shibasaburo [shee-bah-sah-boo-raw] /ʃiˈbɑ sɑˈbu rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1852–1931, Japanese bacteriologist.
- kokanees — Plural form of kokanee.
- kolaches — Plural form of kolache.
- konstanz — German name of Constance.
- koolhaas — Rem. born 1944, Dutch architect and theorist, co-founder of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (1975); buildings include the Grand Palais and associated developments in Lille, France (1989–96); books include S, M, L, XL (1996)
- koopmans — Tjalling Charles [chah-ling] /ˈtʃɑ lɪŋ/ (Show IPA), 1910–85, U.S. economist, born in the Netherlands: Nobel Prize 1975.
- kopiykas — Plural form of kopiyka.
- kostroma — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Moscow, on the Volga.
- kourbash — to whip with a kurbash.
- kurosawa — Akira [ah-kee-rah] /ɑˈki rɑ/ (Show IPA), 1910–1998, Japanese film director.
- larksome — mischievous or fond of larking
- leukomas — Plural form of leukoma.
- lockfast — (Scottish) Fastened or secured with a lock.
- loo mask — a half-mask worn during the 18th century for masquerades, etc
- 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.
- mesopeak — the level of maximum temperature in the mesophere, at an altitude of about 30 miles (48 km).
- modjeska — Helena [huh-ley-nuh] /həˈleɪ nə/ (Show IPA), (Helena Opid Modrzejewska) 1840–1909, Polish actress, in U.S. after 1876.
- monotask — to perform one task at a time
- mossback — Informal. a person holding very antiquated notions; reactionary. a person living in the backwoods; rustic.
- 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.
- 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.
- nekrasov — Nikolai Alekseyevich (nikaˈlaj alɪkˈsjejɪvitʃ). 1821–77, Russian poet, who wrote chiefly about the sufferings of the peasantry
- nonbanks — Plural form of nonbank.
- oarlocks — Plural form of oarlock.
- oatcakes — Plural form of oatcake.