8-letter words that end in lock
- air lock — an airtight compartment, with adjustable air pressure, between places that do not have the same air pressure, as between the working compartment of a caisson and the outside
- air-lock — to place in or confine to an air lock: to air-lock divers before they descend.
- alcolock — a breath-alcohol ignition-interlock device fitted to the ignition in certain motor vehicles. The driver must blow into a tube and, if his or her breath contains too much alcohol, a lock is activated to prevent the vehicle starting
- antilock — designed to prevent skidding and improve control by sensing and compensating for overbraking
- chadlock — Alternative form of charlock.
- charlock — a weedy Eurasian plant, Sinapis arvensis (or Brassica kaber), with hairy stems and foliage and yellow flowers: family: Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- deadlock — If a dispute or series of negotiations reaches deadlock, neither side is willing to give in at all and no agreement can be made.
- droplock — a variable-rate bank loan used on international markets that is automatically replaced by a fixed-rate long-term bond if the long-term interest rates fall to a specified level; it thus combines the advantages of a bank loan with those of a bond
- firelock — a gun having a lock in which the priming is ignited by sparks struck from flint and steel, as the flintlock musket.
- forelock — a pin or flat wedge passed through a hole near the end of a threadless bolt to fasten parts together.
- gavelock — a spear or javelin
- gridlock — the stoppage of free vehicular movement in an urban area because key intersections are blocked by traffic.
- havelock — a town in SE North Carolina.
- headlock — a hold in which a wrestler locks an arm around the opponent's head.
- herblock — Herbert Lawrence (Herblock) 1909–2001, U.S. cartoonist.
- iceblock — An ice block, a block of ice.
- landlock — (transitive) To enclose or nearly enclose (a harbour, vessel, etc.) with land.
- lip lock — Slang. a long and passionate kiss.
- lip-lock — Slang. a long and passionate kiss.
- livelock — (computing) A condition resembling deadlock in which various computational processes are constantly changing but never reach a point where any of them can proceed.
- lovelock — any lock of hair hanging or worn separately from the rest of the hair.
- man lock — an air lock serving as a decompression chamber for workers.
- mindlock — (fantasy, scifi) A magic spell or technology that restricts a person's ability to think freely.
- overlock — to sew (a seam, hem, or edge) with a particular stitch that prevents fraying
- picklock — a person who picks a lock, especially a burglar.
- rim lock — a lock nailed or screwed to one face of a door, gate, etc., as opposed to one built into its edge.
- sherlock — a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “fair-haired.”.
- sidelock — earlock.
- stenlock — a coal fish, Merlangus carbonarius
- subblock — a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more flat or approximately flat faces.
- sunblock — a substance that provides a high degree of protection against sunburn, often preventing most tanning as well as burning, as by obstructing the penetration of ultraviolet rays.
- wheelock — Eleazar, 1711–79, U.S. clergyman and educator: founded Dartmouth College.
- zip-lock — designating or of a plastic storage bag of the Ziploc type
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