8-letter words containing a, l, o, s
- bootlast — a foot-shaped piece of wood or metal inserted into a boot or shoe to help it keep its shape
- bresaola — (in Italian cookery) air-dried, salted beef
- cafestol — A diterpene molecule present in coffee.
- cagoules — Plural form of cagoule.
- caldrons — Plural form of caldron (Alternative spelling of cauldrons).
- calicoes — Plural form of calico.
- callboys — Plural form of callboy.
- callisto — a nymph who attracted the love of Zeus and was changed into a bear by Hera. Zeus then set her in the sky as the constellation Ursa Major
- callosal — of or relating to the corpus callosum.
- callosum — (anatomy) corpus callosum.
- calories — Thermodynamics. Also called gram calorie, small calorie. an amount of heat exactly equal to 4.1840 joules. Abbreviation: cal. (usually initial capital letter) kilocalorie. Abbreviation: Cal.
- calorist — a believer in caloric theory
- caltrops — Plural form of caltrop.
- calvados — a department of N France in the Basse-Normandie region. Capital: Caen. Pop: 659 893 (2003 est). Area: 5693 sq km (2198 sq miles)
- calypsos — Plural form of calypso.
- calzones — Plural form of calzone.
- camisole — A camisole is a short piece of clothing that women wear on the top half of their bodies underneath a shirt or blouse, for example.
- cannolis — Plural form of cannoli.
- capitols — Plural form of capitol.
- carioles — Plural form of cariole.
- carloads — Plural form of carload.
- carlsson — Ingvar [ing-vahr] /ˈɪŋ vɑr/ (Show IPA), born 1934, Swedish political leader: prime minister 1986–91, 1994–96.
- carolers — Plural form of caroler.
- carousal — a merry drinking party
- carousel — At an airport, a carousel is a moving surface from which passengers can collect their luggage.
- carpools — Plural form of carpool.
- caseload — The caseload of someone such as a doctor, social worker, or lawyer is the number of cases that they have to deal with.
- cashflow — Of or pertaining to a cash flow.
- castilho — Antonio Feliciano de [ahn-taw-n-yoo fuh-lees-yah-noo] /ɑ̃ˈtɔˈn yu fə lisˈyɑ nu/ (Show IPA), 1800–75, Portuguese poet.
- castillo — Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Antonio Cánovas del Castillo del Rey) 1908–1984, Spanish fashion designer.
- catalogs — Plural form of catalog.
- cattalos — Plural form of cattalo.
- chaebols — Plural form of chaebol.
- chloasma — the appearance on a person's skin, esp of the face, of patches of darker colour: associated with hormonal changes caused by liver disease or the use of oral contraceptives
- chorales — Plural form of chorale.
- cladodes — Plural form of cladode.
- clamours — Plural form of clamour.
- clangors — Plural form of clangor.
- clarions — Plural form of clarion.
- clarkson — Thomas. 1760–1846, British campaigner for the abolition of slavery
- classico — (of Italian wines) coming from the Chianti wine-growing region
- closable — to put (something) in a position to obstruct an entrance, opening, etc.; shut.
- coal gas — a mixture of gases produced by the distillation of bituminous coal and used for heating and lighting: consists mainly of hydrogen, methane, and carbon monoxide
- coaldust — fine particles of coal
- coalesce — If two or more things coalesce, they come together and form a larger group or system.
- coalfish — a dark-coloured gadoid food fish, Pollachius virens, occurring in northern seas
- coalless — without coal
- coalsack — a sack in which coal is carried
- coalshed — a shed in which coal is stored
- coarsely — composed of relatively large parts or particles: The beach had rough, coarse sand.