8-letter words containing c, l, o, s
- fuculose — (carbohydrate) A deoxysugar related to tagatose.
- gas coal — a soft coal suitable for the production of gas.
- glacious — Characteristic, composed, or of the nature of icy; icy.“Gla
- glaucous — light bluish-green or greenish-blue.
- glooscap — (among the Micmac and other Native North American peoples) a traditional trickster hero
- glucosan — any of a number of polysaccharides that yield glucose upon hydrolysis.
- glucosin — any of a class of compounds, some of which are highly toxic, derived from reactions of glucose with ammonia.
- glycosyl — (biochemistry) Any functional group derived from a sugar (especially from a monosaccharide) by removal of the hemiacetal hydroxy group.
- grockles — Plural form of grockle.
- gunlocks — Plural form of gunlock.
- halcyons — Plural form of halcyon.
- helicons — Plural form of helicon.
- hemlocks — Plural form of hemlock.
- hillocks — Plural form of hillock.
- holistic — incorporating the concept of holism, or the idea that the whole is more than merely the sum of its parts, in theory or practice: holistic psychology.
- holocost — Misspelling of holocaust.
- inclosed — enclose.
- incloser — Archaic form of encloser.
- incloses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inclose.
- inscroll — enscroll.
- isocline — a fold of strata so tightly compressed that both limbs dip in the same direction.
- isocolon — a figure of speech or sentence having a parallel structure formed by the use of two or more clauses, or cola, of similar length, as “The bigger they are, the harder they fall.”.
- jocosely — given to or characterized by joking; jesting; humorous; playful: a jocose and amusing manner.
- kolaches — Plural form of kolache.
- laconism — laconic brevity.
- lacrosse — a game, originated by Indians of North America, in which two 10-member teams attempt to send a small ball into each other's netted goal, each player being equipped with a crosse or stick at the end of which is a netted pocket for catching, carrying, or throwing the ball.
- lacteous — milky; of the color of milk.
- lactones — Plural form of lactone.
- lacunose — full of or having lacunae.
- lections — Plural form of lection.
- leucosin — an albumin occurring in some cereal grains, such as wheat
- leucosis — any of several diseases occurring chiefly in chickens, involving proliferation of the leukocytes and characterized by paralysis, blindness, formation of tumors in the internal organs, and bone calcification.
- lexicons — Plural form of lexicon.
- licensor — formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
- lichanos — (in Greek music) a note played using the forefinger
- linocuts — Plural form of linocut.
- linstock — a staff with one end forked to hold a match, formerly used in firing cannon.
- liposuck — to subject to liposuction
- lipscomb — William Nunn [nuhn] /nʌn/ (Show IPA), Jr. 1919–2011, U.S. chemist: Nobel Prize 1976.
- listproc — A mailing list processor owned and developed by BITNET which runs under Unix. See also Listserv, Majordomo.
- lobstick — lopstick.
- localise — (transitive) alternative spelling of localize.
- localism — a word, phrase, pronunciation, or manner of speaking that is peculiar to one locality.
- localist — a word, phrase, pronunciation, or manner of speaking that is peculiar to one locality.
- locators — Plural form of locator.
- lockfast — (Scottish) Fastened or secured with a lock.
- lockings — Plural form of locking.
- lockless — without locks
- locknuts — Plural form of locknut.
- lockouts — Plural form of lockout.