8-letter words containing t, o, k, u
- 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.
- make out — 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.
- mark out — delineate, define: boundaries
- matsuoka — Yosuke [yaw-soo-ke] /yɔˈsu kɛ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1946, Japanese statesman.
- muck out — clear out: animal's living quarters
- muskroot — The root of Ferula sumbul, a tall umbelliferous plant, formerly used in medicine and as a substitute for musk.
- out back — (sometimes initial capital letter) the back country or remote settlements; the bush (usually preceded by the).
- out sick — If you are out sick, you are not at work because you are sick.
- out-take — a segment of film or videotape edited out of the final version, as because of a technical error.
- outbreak — a sudden breaking out or occurrence; eruption: the outbreak of war.
- outbroke — Simple past form of outbreak.
- outdrink — To drink more than someone else.
- outflank — to go or extend beyond the flank of (an opposing military unit); turn the flank of.
- outlooks — Plural form of outlook.
- outranks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outrank.
- outskate — (ice hockey, skating) To skate better than another skater.
- outskirt — Often, outskirts. the outlying district or region, as of a city, metropolitan area, or the like: to live on the outskirts of town; a sparsely populated outskirt.
- outslick — to outsmart
- outsmoke — to smoke more than
- outspeak — to outdo or excel in speaking.
- outspoke — Simple past form of outspeak.
- outtakes — Plural form of outtake.
- outthank — to outdo in thanking
- outthink — to excel in thinking; think faster, more accurately, or more perceptively than: outthinking most of her contemporaries in the field of human relations.
- outtrick — to outdo in trickery
- outworks — Plural form of outwork.
- pick out — to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
- postpunk — of or related to a style of music that followed punk rock
- pot luck — food or a meal that happens to be available without special preparation or purchase: to take potluck with a friend.
- rack out — a framework of bars, wires, or pegs on which articles are arranged or deposited: a clothes rack; a luggage rack.
- rock out — listen enthusiastically to pop music
- sack out — a large bag of strong, coarsely woven material, as for grain, potatoes, or coal.
- scutwork — menial, routine work, as that done by an underling: the scutwork of scrubbing pots and pans.
- seek out — search, hunt
- shakeout — an elimination or winnowing out of some competing businesses, products, etc., as a result of intense competition in a market of declining sales or rising standards of quality.
- sick-out — a form of industrial action in which all workers in a factory, etc, report sick simultaneously
- skip out — leave, flee
- smokeout — a day during which smokers are encouraged to abstain from smoking as part of a campaign to emphasize the hazards of the practice.
- soak out — to draw out (dirt, etc.) by or as by soaking
- speakout — a firm or brave statement of one's beliefs
- stakeout — the surveillance of a location by the police, as in anticipation of a crime or the arrival of a wanted person.
- stickout — a person who is outstanding or conspicuous, usually for superior endowments, talents, etc.: Jimmy Brown is the stickout among running backs.
- stock up — buy a lot of sth for future use
- stockout — a state or instance of being out of stock of goods.
- stoke up — to feed and tend (a fire, etc) with fuel
- stuck on — simple past tense and past participle of stick2 .
- studbook — a genealogical register of a stud or studs; a book giving the pedigree of animals, especially horses.
- studwork — the act or process of building with studding.
- take out — the act of taking.
- talk out — to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.