8-letter words containing a, b, k, n
- lubyanka — a prison and secret-police headquarters in central Moscow.
- mbandaka — a city in the W Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- medibank — the national health-insurance program instituted in Australia.
- mudbanks — Plural form of mudbank.
- nebraska — a state in the central United States. 77,237 sq. mi. (200,044 sq. km). Capital: Lincoln. Abbreviation: NE (for use with zip code), Nebr., Neb.
- neckband — a band of cloth at the neck of a garment.
- netbacks — Plural form of netback.
- ninebark — any of several shrubs belonging to the genus Physocarpus, of the rose family, having bark that separates into thin layers.
- nonbanks — Plural form of nonbank.
- nonblack — (of a person) not black.
- overbank — to have the balance staff oscillate so greatly that the fork of the lever fails to engage, rendering the escapement inoperative.
- red bank — a borough in E central New Jersey.
- ringbark — girdle (def 11).
- run back — to carry (a football) toward the opponent's goal, as after receiving a kickoff
- sandbank — a large mass of sand, as on a shoal or hillside.
- sinkable — to displace part of the volume of a supporting substance or object and become totally or partially submerged or enveloped; fall or descend into or below the surface or to the bottom (often followed by in or into): The battleship sank within two hours. His foot sank in the mud. Her head sinks into the pillows.
- snakebit — bitten by a snake.
- snapback — a sudden rebound or recovery.
- sneaksby — an insignificant or cowardly person
- snowbank — a mound of snow, as a snowdrift or snow shoveled from a road or sidewalk.
- stopbank — an embankment to prevent flooding
- sunbaked — baked by exposure to the sun, as bricks.
- sunbreak — a projection from the side of a building for intercepting part of the sunlight falling upon the adjacent surface.
- turnback — a part of a garment or similar item that is folded or turned back
- unbacked — without backing or support.
- unbanked — not having been banked or protected with a bank
- wabanaki — Abenaki.
- win back — retrieve, recover
- wingback — an offensive back who lines up outside an end.