8-letter words containing a, r, o, l
- glabrous — having a surface devoid of hair or pubescence.
- glamours — Plural form of glamour.
- glamoury — (obsolete) magic.
- glareous — growing in gravel
- glendora — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- globular — globe-shaped; spherical.
- gloriosa — any plant of the bulbous tropical African genus Gloriosa, some species of which are grown as ornamental greenhouse climbers for their showy flowers of yellow, orange, and red: family Liliaceae
- glossary — a list of terms in a special subject, field, or area of usage, with accompanying definitions.
- go viral — If a video, image, or story goes viral, it spreads quickly and widely on the Internet through social media and e-mail.
- goalward — relating to a move towards a goal
- goldmark — Karl [kahrl] /kɑrl/ (Show IPA), 1830–1915, Hungarian composer.
- gorillas — Plural form of gorilla.
- gorlovka — a city in SE Ukraine, N of Donetsk.
- gralloch — the entrails of a deer
- groanful — sad or marked by groaning
- growable — able to be cultivated or grown
- gyroidal — having a spiral arrangement.
- hair oil — hairstyling product
- half-rod — a unit of length equal to 2.75 yards or 8.25 feet (2.52 meters).
- halfword — (computing) An area of storage one half the size of the word in a particular system; usually two bytes.
- haloform — A compound derived from methane by substituting three hydrogen atoms for halogen atoms, e.g., chloroform.
- halosere — a plant community that originates and develops in conditions of high salinity
- handroll — a Japanese dish consisting of a large cone of dried seaweed filled with cold rice and other ingredients, eaten with the fingers rather than chopsticks
- hardboil — Alternative form of hard-boil.
- harlotry — prostitution.
- harold i — ("Harefoot") died 1040, king of England 1035–40 (son of Canute).
- hoarsely — having a vocal tone characterized by weakness of intensity and excessive breathiness; husky: the hoarse voice of the auctioneer.
- holarchy — a system composed of interacting holons
- holiatry — holism (def 2).
- hologram — a negative produced by exposing a high-resolution photographic plate, without camera or lens, near a subject illuminated by monochromatic, coherent radiation, as from a laser: when it is placed in a beam of coherent light a true three-dimensional image of the subject is formed.
- holy ark — a cabinet in a synagogue set into or against the wall that faces eastward toward Jerusalem, for keeping the scrolls of the Torah.
- holy war — a war waged for what is supposed or proclaimed to be a holy purpose, as the defense of faith.
- hordeola — sty2 .
- hormonal — Biochemistry. any of various internally secreted compounds, as insulin or thyroxine, formed in endocrine glands, that affect the functions of specifically receptive organs or tissues when transported to them by the body fluids.
- horntail — any of various wasplike insects of the family Siricidae, the females of which have a hornlike ovipositor.
- hortulan — (obsolete) Belonging to a garden.
- hydrolat — An aromatic hydrosol, especially one made by steam distillation of a plant extract.
- idolater — Also, idolist [ahyd-l-ist] /ˈaɪd l ɪst/ (Show IPA). a worshiper of idols.
- idolator — Alternative spelling of idolater.
- idolatry — the religious worship of idols.
- immortal — not mortal; not liable or subject to death; undying: our immortal souls.
- inflator — to distend; swell or puff out; dilate: The king cobra inflates its hood.
- informal — without formality or ceremony; casual: an informal visit.
- iraklion — a seaport in N Crete.
- 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.
- isolator — to set or place apart; detach or separate so as to be alone.
- jackroll — to force (a woman) to submit to sexual intercourse with a number of young men at the same time
- jargonel — a type of pear that ripens early
- jillaroo — (Australia) A female jackaroo, a woman who does the job of a jackaroo.