8-letter words containing c, l, o, i
- docility — easily managed or handled; tractable: a docile horse.
- dolichos — a genus of tropical vines
- dolmenic — of or relating to a dolmen
- domicile — a place of residence; abode; house or home.
- dulcitol — a water-soluble sugar alcohol, C 6 H 14 O 6 , isomeric with sorbitol, that is found in many plant species and is prepared in the laboratory by galactose reduction.
- eclogite — a rock consisting of a granular aggregate of green pyroxene and red garnet, often containing kyanite, silvery mica, quartz, and pyrite.
- eclosion — the emergence of an adult insect from its pupal case.
- ecocidal — the destruction of large areas of the natural environment by such activity as nuclear warfare, overexploitation of resources, or dumping of harmful chemicals.
- ecologic — the branch of biology dealing with the relations and interactions between organisms and their environment, including other organisms.
- election — A formal and organized process of electing or being elected, especially of members of a political body.
- elicitor — A person or thing that elicits.
- eolithic — denoting, relating to, or characteristic of the early part of the Stone Age, characterized by the use of crude stone tools
- epicotyl — The region of an embryo or seedling stem above the cotyledon.
- epifocal — situated or occurring at an epicentre
- epilogic — relating to an epilogue
- epiploic — relating to the epiploon
- epipolic — relating to epipolism
- epulotic — a substance that promotes the formation of scar tissue
- erotical — (obsolete) Erotic.
- escorial — a village in central Spain, northwest of Madrid: site of an architectural complex containing a monastery, palace, and college, built by Philip II between 1563 and 1584
- eusocial — (biology) Of or pertaining to certain social animals' societies (such as those of ants) in which sterile individuals work for reproductive individuals.
- falchion — a broad, short sword having a convex edge curving sharply to the point.
- fasciola — (anatomy) A band of grey matter bordering the fimbria in the brain; the dentate convolution.
- fasciole — one of the spine-bearing bands of tubercles found on spatangoid sea-urchins
- fecaloid — like or resembling feces.
- fecolith — A calcified fecal deposit.
- firelock — a gun having a lock in which the priming is ignited by sparks struck from flint and steel, as the flintlock musket.
- flection — the act of bending.
- flick-on — a manoeuvre in which a player receives an incoming pass and flicks it on with a gentle header or kick to another player.
- floccing — Also, flock. a tuftlike mass, as in a chemical precipitate.
- flocking — a lock or tuft of wool, hair, cotton, etc.
- florican — any of various smaller species of bustards.
- focalize — Focus (something), in particular.
- follicle — Anatomy. a small cavity, sac, or gland. one of the small ovarian sacs containing an immature ovum; Graafian follicle.
- follicly — (jocular) With respect to hair.
- forcible — done or effected by force: forcible entry into a house.
- forcibly — done or effected by force: forcible entry into a house.
- fornical — any of various arched or vaulted structures, as an arching fibrous formation in the brain.
- geologic — of, relating to, or based on geology.
- glacious — Characteristic, composed, or of the nature of icy; icy.“Gla
- glucosin — any of a class of compounds, some of which are highly toxic, derived from reactions of glucose with ammonia.
- glycolic — pertaining to or derived from glycol.
- glyconic — (of a line of verse) consisting of three trochees and one dactyl
- gnomical — Gnomic.
- godchild — a child for whom a godparent serves as sponsor at baptism.
- goidelic — Also called Q-Celtic. the subbranch of Celtic in which the Proto-Indo-European kw -sound remained a velar. Irish and Scottish Gaelic belong to Goidelic.
- gridlock — the stoppage of free vehicular movement in an urban area because key intersections are blocked by traffic.
- guaiacol — a slightly yellowish, aromatic, crystalline substance, C 7 H 8 O 2 , resembling creosote and usually obtained from guaiacum resin: used in medicine chiefly as an expectorant and local anesthetic.
- helicoid — coiled or curving like a spiral.
- helicons — Plural form of helicon.