8-letter words that end in ck
- feedback — Electronics. the process of returning part of the output of a circuit, system, or device to the input, either to oppose the input (negative feedback) or to aid the input (positive feedback) acoustic feedback.
- fireback — a piece, lining the rear of a fireplace, usually of cast iron.
- firelock — a gun having a lock in which the priming is ignited by sparks struck from flint and steel, as the flintlock musket.
- flapjack — a pancake or griddlecake.
- flatback — a short name for the flatback turtle, Natator depressa, which is native to Australasia and characterized by the flatness of its back
- flatpack — A package for an integrated circuit consisting of a rectangular sealed unit with a number of horizontal metal pins protruding from its sides.
- flatpick — a plectrum
- flowback — return or redistribution of something that has been received or acquired.
- fly kick — a kick at the ball on the ground made by a running player
- flyspeck — a speck or tiny stain from the excrement of a fly.
- foldback — (in multitrack recording) a process for returning a signal to a performer instantly
- foredeck — the fore part of a weather deck, especially between a bridge house or superstructure and a forecastle superstructure.
- forehock — The hock from the foreleg of a pig.
- forelock — a pin or flat wedge passed through a hole near the end of a threadless bolt to fasten parts together.
- forslack — to neglect or be neglectful
- fullback — a running back who lines up behind the quarterback and is farthest from the line of scrimmage.
- gamecock — a rooster of a fighting breed, or one bred and trained for fighting.
- gastrick — Obsolete form of gastric.
- gavelock — a spear or javelin
- gemsbuck — gemsbok.
- get back — situated at or in the rear: at the back door; back fence.
- get sick — fall ill, become unwell
- gimcrack — a showy, useless trifle; gewgaw.
- giveback — (in union negotiations) a reduction in employee wages or benefits conceded by a union in exchange for other benefits or in recognition of depressed economic conditions: Givebacks have not slowed the number of shutdowns.
- gladbeck — a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, W central Germany.
- gobsmack — (transitive, slang) To astonish.
- grayback — any of various marine and aquatic animals that are dark gray above and light-colored or white below, as the gray whale, the alewife, certain whitefish, and certain sandpipers.
- greenock — a seaport in the Strathcylde region, in SW Scotland, on the Firth of Clyde.
- greyback — grayback.
- gridlock — the stoppage of free vehicular movement in an urban area because key intersections are blocked by traffic.
- gripsack — a traveling bag; grip.
- gritrock — Gritstone.
- gun deck — (formerly, on a warship) any deck, other than the weather deck, having cannons from end to end.
- gunstick — a ramrod
- gunstock — the stock or support in which the barrel of a shoulder weapon is fixed.
- halfback — Football. one of two backs who typically line up on each side of the fullback. the position played by such a back.
- halfcock — The position when the cock of a gun as at the first notch.
- handpick — to pick by hand.
- hardback — A book with a solid binding.
- hardhack — a woolly-leaved North American shrub, Spiraea tomentosa, of the rose family, having short, spikelike clusters of rose-colored flowers.
- hardpack — a bag that has a rigid shell
- hardrock — the original form of rock-'n'-roll, basically dependent on a consistently loud and strong beat.
- hardtack — a hard, saltless biscuit, formerly much used aboard ships and for army rations.
- hardwick — Elizabeth, 1916–2007, U.S. novelist and critic.
- hatcheck — of, noting, or engaged in the checking of hats, coats, umbrellas, etc., into temporary safekeeping: a hatcheck girl.
- hattrick — Alternative spelling of hat trickt; three goals in one game.
- haulback — (in lumbering) a small line for pulling a cable back to its original position after it has been used to haul a log away.
- havelock — a town in SE North Carolina.
- haystack — a stack of hay with a conical or ridged top, built up in the mowed field so as to prevent the accumulation of moisture and promote drying.
- headfuck — an experience that is wildly exciting or impressive