10-letter words containing ack
- hackneying — Present participle of hackney.
- hackneyman — a man who rents out carriages and horses
- hacktivism — the practice of gaining unauthorized access to a computer system and carrying out various disruptive actions as a means of achieving political or social goals: In this form of hacktivism, the hacker tries to alter or deface a government website.
- hacktivist — the practice of gaining unauthorized access to a computer system and carrying out various disruptive actions as a means of achieving political or social goals: In this form of hacktivism, the hacker tries to alter or deface a government website.
- hacky sack — (lowercase) a game in which a footbag is juggled with the feet.
- half-track — a caterpillar tread that runs over and under the rear or driving wheels of a vehicle but is not connected with the forward wheels: used especially on military vehicles.
- hamshackle — to hobble (a cow, horse, etc) by tying a rope around the head and one of the legs
- handy-pack — a pack of a product that is useful or convenient in some way, because, for example, it is easy to transport, or because it contains a variety of flavours, colours, etc
- hardbacked — (of a book) Having a solid binding; hardback.
- hatchbacks — Plural form of hatchback.
- haversacks — Plural form of haversack.
- heart back — a chair back having a form resembling that of a somewhat heart-shaped medieval shield.
- highjacker — a person who hijacks.
- hijackings — Plural form of hijacking.
- hog-backed — cambered, as the ridge of a roof, a hill, etc.
- hopsacking — bagging made chiefly of hemp and jute.
- hotel rack — rack6 (def 2).
- humpbacked — having a hump on the back.
- hunchbacks — Plural form of hunchback.
- hydrocrack — to crack (petroleum or the like) in the presence of hydrogen.
- ike jacket — Eisenhower jacket.
- in back of — the rear part of the human body, extending from the neck to the lower end of the spine.
- jack benny — Jack (Benjamin Kubelsky) 1894–1974, U.S. comedian.
- jack block — a block used in raising or lowering a topgallant yard.
- jack chain — a chain having open links in the form of a figure 8, with one loop at right angles to the other.
- jack frost — frost or freezing cold personified.
- jack ketch — a public hangman.
- jack kilby — (person) (1924 - 2005-06-20) The electronics engineer who invented the integrated circuit in 1958 at Texas Instruments.
- jack plane — a plane for rough surfacing.
- jack staff — a flagstaff at the bow of a vessel, on which a jack is flown.
- jack towel — a long towel with the ends sewed together, for hanging on a roller.
- jack truss — any of a number of trapezoidal trusses for supporting those areas of a hip roof not beneath the peak or ridge, parallel to the truss or trusses that meet at the peak or ridge.
- jack-knife — a large pocketknife.
- jackanapes — an impertinent, presumptuous person, especially a young man; whippersnapper.
- jackassery — The foolish or obnoxious behaviour of a jackass.
- jackbooted — wearing jackboots.
- jacketless — Without a jacket (coat).
- jackhammer — a portable drill operated by compressed air and used to drill rock, break up pavement, etc.
- jackie tar — jackatar.
- jackknifed — Simple past tense and past participle of jackknife.
- jackknifes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jackknife.
- jackknives — Plural form of jackknife.
- jackrabbit — resembling a jack rabbit, as in suddenness or rapidity of movement: The car made a jackrabbit start when the traffic light turned green.
- jackscrews — Plural form of jackscrew.
- jackshafts — Plural form of jackshaft.
- jacksonian — of or relating to Andrew Jackson, his ideas, the period of his presidency, or the political principles or social values associated with him: Jacksonian democracy.
- jacksonism — the group of political principles or attitudes associated with Andrew Jackson.
- jackstones — Plural form of jackstone.
- jackstraws — one of a group of strips of wood or similar objects, as straws or toothpicks, used in the game of jackstraws.
- jacky howe — (formerly) a sleeveless flannel shirt worn by sheep shearers