8-letter words containing b, o, k
- kiabooca — padouk.
- kiboshed — Simple past tense and past participle of kibosh.
- kilobase — (in expressing the lengths of nucleic acid molecules) 1,000 bases.
- kilobaud — (unit) 1000 baud.
- kilobits — Plural form of kilobit.
- kilobyte — 1024 (2 10) bytes.
- kinboshi — (sumo) an honour awarded to a rikishi of maegashira rank upon beating a yokozuna.
- kingbolt — a vertical bolt connecting the body of a vehicle with the fore axle, the body of a railroad car with a truck, etc.
- kir moab — ancient name of Kerak.
- knobbing — Present participle of knob.
- knobbles — Plural form of knobble.
- knobhead — a stupid person
- knoblike — a projecting part, usually rounded, forming the handle of a door, drawer, or the like.
- knowable — capable of being known.
- knowbots — Plural form of knowbot.
- kohlrabi — a cultivated cabbage, Brassica oleracea gongylodes, whose stem above ground swells into an edible, bulblike formation.
- kombucha — Also called kombucha mushroom. a live culture of multiple species of yeast and bacteria, grown to make a mildly alcoholic fermented beverage.
- korfball — (uncountable) A non-contact unisex team sport originating from Holland, similar to netball, where players attempt to throw a ball into a basket atop a pole.
- kornberg — Arthur, 1918–2007, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1959.
- kotzebue — August Friedrich Ferdinand von [ou-goo st free-drikh fer-di-nahnt fuh n] /ˈaʊ gʊst ˈfri drɪx ˈfɛr dɪˌnɑnt fən/ (Show IPA), 1761–1819, German dramatist.
- kourbash — to whip with a kurbash.
- kwyjibos — Plural form of kwyjibo.
- lab book — a notebook used to note down experiments, hypotheses, etc, of the kind that may be carried out or formed in a laboratory
- loanback — a facility offered by some life-assurance companies in which an individual can borrow from his pension fund
- lobstick — lopstick.
- lock bay — a broadened section of a canal before the gates of a lock.
- lockable — capable of being locked; fitted with a lock: The car has a lockable glove compartment.
- lockbolt — A fastener in the form of a pin fitted with a collar placed over the locking bolt.
- log book — A log book is a book in which someone records details and events relating to something, for example a journey or period of their life, or a vehicle.
- logbooks — Plural form of logbook.
- lookbook — (fashion, colloquial) A comprehensive directory of fashion-related companies and people, such as fashion designers, industry figures, brands and retail stores.
- loopback — The routing of a signal, data stream, etc. from its origin back to the origin, primarily as a means of testing the transmission or transportation infrastructure.
- lynbrook — a village on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- megabook — An extremely large book.
- mockable — to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
- mossback — Informal. a person holding very antiquated notions; reactionary. a person living in the backwoods; rustic.
- netrebko — Anna. born 1971, Russian operatic soprano
- nonbanks — Plural form of nonbank.
- nonblack — (of a person) not black.
- nonbooks — Plural form of nonbook.
- notebook — a book of or for notes.
- obelisks — Plural form of obelisk.
- out back — (sometimes initial capital letter) the back country or remote settlements; the bush (usually preceded by the).
- outbreak — a sudden breaking out or occurrence; eruption: the outbreak of war.
- outbroke — Simple past form of outbreak.
- overbake — (transitive) To bake for too long.
- overbank — to have the balance staff oscillate so greatly that the fork of the lever fails to engage, rendering the escapement inoperative.
- 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.
- overbulk — to dwarf or loom over in an oppressive way
- passbook — a bankbook.