8-letter words containing a, e, n, o, l
- belmopan — (since 1973) the capital of Belize, about 50 miles inland: founded in 1970. Pop: 10 000 (2005 est)
- benthoal — relating to deep-sea plants and animals
- bioclean — free from harmful bacteria
- blazoned — to set forth conspicuously or publicly; display; proclaim: The pickets blazoned their grievances on placards.
- bodleian — the principal library of Oxford University: a copyright deposit library
- bondable — able to be bonded, fastened, or secured
- bonemeal — the product of dried and ground animal bones, used as a fertilizer or in stock feeds
- ca-telon — (application) A Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tool for designing, generating and maintaining COBOL and PL/I application programs. Telon was developed by Pansophic Systems who were bought by Computer Associates in 1991, whereupon it was renamed CA-Telon. It supports high-level, non-prodedural design and prototyping, combined with automatic code generation. There are mainframe and PC versions. The generated COBOL applications can execute in AIX, HP-UX, VSE, OS/400 for the AS/400, PC-DOS, or OS/2.
- caerleon — a town in SE Wales, in Newport county borough on the River Usk: traditionally the seat of King Arthur's court. Pop: 9392 (2001)
- calzones — Plural form of calzone.
- cameleon — Obsolete form of chameleon.
- candolle — Augustin Pyrame de. 1778–1841, Swiss botanist; his Théorie élémentaire de la botanique (1813) introduced a new system of plant classification
- cannelon — a dish consisting of a roll of puff pastry stuffed with minced meat or a sweet filling
- canoodle — If two people are canoodling, they are kissing and holding each other a lot.
- carleton — Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, 1724–1808, English general.
- carolean — characteristic of the time of Charles I and II of England: a Carolean costume.
- caroline — characteristic of or relating to Charles I or Charles II, kings of England, Scotland, and Ireland, the society over which they ruled, or their government
- cephalon — the head, especially of an arthropod.
- cleanout — the removal of something from a place
- coalmine — a system of excavations made for the extraction of coal
- cogenial — Alternative spelling of congenial.
- colamine — ethanolamine.
- colander — A colander is a container in the shape of a bowl with holes in it which you wash or drain food in.
- colinear — collinear.
- collagen — Collagen is a protein that is found in the bodies of people and animals. It is often used as an ingredient in cosmetics or is injected into the face in cosmetic surgery, in order to make the skin look younger.
- coltrane — John (William). 1926–67, US jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist and composer
- columnea — any plant belonging to the genus Columnea, a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae, with bright red, yellow, or orange tubular flowers and glossy leaves
- conceals — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conceal.
- conclave — A conclave is a meeting at which the discussions are kept secret. The meeting which is held to elect a new Pope is called a conclave.
- conelrad — a US defence and information system used between 1951 and 1963 in the event of air attack
- conepatl — a hog-nosed skunk
- conflate — If you conflate two or more descriptions or ideas, or if they conflate, you combine them in order to produce a single one.
- congeals — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of congeal.
- consuela — a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “consolation.”.
- conveyal — the act or means of conveying
- cornelia — a feminine name
- cornmeal — Cornmeal is a powder made from maize. It is used in cooking.
- covalent — the number of electron pairs that an atom can share with other atoms.
- de plano — without argument.
- delannoy — Marcel [mar-sel] /marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1898–1962, French composer.
- delation — Chiefly Scot. to inform against; denounce or accuse.
- denebola — the second brightest star in the constellation Leo. Visual magnitude: 2.14; spectral type: A3V
- donleavy — J(ames) P(atrick) born 1926, U.S. novelist.
- duodenal — of or relating to the duodenum.
- early on — in or during the first part of a period of time, a course of action, a series of events, etc.: early in the year.
- ecotonal — Relating to ecotones.
- el cajon — city in S Calif.: suburb of San Diego: pop. 95,000
- elations — Plural form of elation.
- elongate — Make (something) longer, especially unusually so in relation to its width.
- emblazon — Conspicuously inscribe or display (a design) on something.