8-letter words containing a, n, c, o, l
- conveyal — the act or means of conveying
- convival — (obsolete) Relating to a feast or festivity; convivial.
- coolamon — a shallow dish of wood or bark, used for carrying water
- coolants — Plural form of coolant.
- coplanar — lying in the same plane
- corn law — any of the laws regulating domestic and foreign trading of grain, the last of which was repealed in 1846.
- cornball — Cornball means the same as corny.
- cornelia — a feminine name
- cornflag — a gladiolus, any iridaceous plant of the genus Gladiolus
- cornland — the type of land that is suitable for growing corn or grain
- cornmeal — Cornmeal is a powder made from maize. It is used in cooking.
- cornwall — a former administrative county of SW England; became a unitary authority in 2009: hilly, with a deeply indented coastline. Administrative centre: Truro. Pop: 513 500 (2003 est). Area: 3564 sq km (1376 sq miles)
- coronial — of or relating to a coroner
- cortland — a variety of large, dark-red apple
- coupland — Douglas. born 1961, Canadian novelist and journalist; novels include Generation X (1991), Girlfriend in a Coma (1998), and City of Glass (2000)
- courland — a region of Latvia, between the Gulf of Riga and the Lithuanian border
- covalent — the number of electron pairs that an atom can share with other atoms.
- cromalin — a colour proofing system
- cropland — an area of land on which crops are grown
- crosland — Anthony. 1918–77, British Labour politician and socialist theorist, author of The Future of Socialism (1957)
- crotalin — a protein in the venom of pit vipers, used as an antigen in the preparation of snake antivenins.
- crunodal — of or relating to a crunode
- cyclonal — of or like a cyclone.
- daltonic — color blindness, especially the inability to distinguish red from green.
- diaconal — of or associated with a deacon or the diaconate
- dockland — the land or area surrounding a commercial port.
- ecotonal — Relating to ecotones.
- el cajon — city in S Calif.: suburb of San Diego: pop. 95,000
- eulachon — A small edible fish of North America, Thaleichthys pacificus; the candlefish.
- falchion — a broad, short sword having a convex edge curving sharply to the point.
- falconer — a person who hunts with falcons or follows the sport of hawking.
- falconet — any of several small Asian falcons, especially of the genus Microhierax.
- falconry — the sport of hunting with falcons, hawks, eagles, etc.; hawking.
- flamenco — a style of dancing, characteristic of the Andalusian Gypsies, that is strongly rhythmic and involves vigorous actions, as clapping the hands and stamping the feet.
- florican — any of various smaller species of bustards.
- fornical — any of various arched or vaulted structures, as an arching fibrous formation in the brain.
- glucagon — a hormone secreted by the pancreas that acts in opposition to insulin in the regulation of blood glucose levels.
- glucosan — any of a number of polysaccharides that yield glucose upon hydrolysis.
- gnomical — Gnomic.
- golconda — a ruined city in S India, near the modern city of Hyderabad: capital of a former Muslim kingdom; famous for its diamond cutting.
- halcyone — a third-magnitude star in the constellation Taurus: brightest star in the Pleiades.
- halcyons — Plural form of halcyon.
- iconical — Pertaining to or consisting of images or icons.
- ironclad — covered or cased with iron plates, as a ship for naval warfare; armor-plated.
- ironical — pertaining to, of the nature of, exhibiting, or characterized by irony or mockery: an ironical compliment; an ironical smile.
- laconian — an ancient country in the S part of Greece. Capital: Sparta.
- laconica — the sudatorium of an ancient Roman bath.
- laconism — laconic brevity.
- lactogen — (biochemistry) A polypeptide placental hormone, part of the somatotropin family, with structure and function similar to those of growth hormone. It modifies the metabolic state of the mother during pregnancy to facilitate the energy supply of the fetus.
- lactones — Plural form of lactone.