8-letter words containing ook
- overbook — to accept reservations for in excess of the number that can be accommodated: The airline routinely overbooks its flights so as to fill its planes even if there are last-minute cancellations.
- overcook — Cook too much or for too long.
- overlook — to fail to notice, perceive, or consider: to overlook a misspelled word.
- overtook — simple past tense of overtake.
- passbook — a bankbook.
- playbook — (in Elizabethan drama) the script of a play, used by the actors as an acting text.
- pollbook — the official list of the registered voters in a given area.
- pothooks — a hook for suspending a pot or kettle over an open fire.
- reaphook — a sickle
- red book — 1.
Informal name for one of the four standard references on PostScript. The other three official guides are known as the Blue Book, the Green Book, and the White Book. 2. (publication) Informal name for one of the three standard references on Smalltalk. This book also has blue and green siblings. 3. Any of the 1984 standards issued by the ITU-T eighth plenary assembly. These include, among other things, the X.400 electronic mail specification, the Group 1 through 4 fax standards, ISDN, the R2 signalling system (Q.400 series recommendations), data communication via the PSTN (the V series recommendations) and tariffs and metering principles (the D series). 4. The new version of the Green Book - IEEE 1003.1-1990, also known as ISO 9945-1 - is (because of the colour and the fact that it is printed on A4 paper) known in the USA. as "the Ugly Red Book That Won't Fit On The Shelf" and in Europe as "the Ugly Red Book That's A Sensible Size". 5. The NSA "Trusted Network Interpretation" companion to the Orange Book. See also book titles. - shook up — to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
- shook-up — upset
- songbook — a book of songs with words and music.
- spookery — matters relating to spies and espionage
- spookily — like or befitting a spook or ghost; suggestive of spooks.
- stooking — shock2 (def 1).
- studbook — a genealogical register of a stud or studs; a book giving the pedigree of animals, especially horses.
- textbook — a book used by students as a standard work for a particular branch of study.
- the book — the Bible
- unbooked — not reserved or booked
- uncooked — not cooked; raw: a dessert made with uncooked eggs.
- unlooked — not examined, investigated, or heeded (usually followed by into, on, or at): a crime that remains unlooked into.
- wet look — a shiny finish given to certain clothing and footwear materials, esp plastic and leather
- wordbook — a book of words, usually with definitions, explanations, etc.; a dictionary.
- workbook — a manual of operating instructions.
- yearbook — a book published annually, containing information, statistics, etc., about the past year: an encyclopedia yearbook.