8-letter words containing c, o, a, l
- arcology — a type of architecture concerned with the design of enormous vertical cities that maximize population density and so preserve the surrounding countryside
- armlocks — Plural form of armlock.
- arvicole — a mouse or water vole that belongs to the genus Arvicola
- atomical — of, pertaining to, resulting from, or using atoms, atomic energy, or atomic bombs: an atomic explosion.
- bachelor — A bachelor is a man who has never married.
- back lot — an outdoor area, usually adjoining a studio, used for the shooting of exterior scenes.
- backflow — a reverse flow, the movement (of a liquid) in the opposite direction to its previous, natural or intended direction
- backload — a load carried by a lorry on a return journey
- backlogs — Plural form of backlog.
- baclofen — a muscle-relaxing drug used to treat muscle spasms
- balconet — a small ornamental balcony which does not extend far beyond the window, essentially a guardrail
- ballcock — A valve that automatically fills a tank after liquid has been drawn from it. Used, for example, in a flush toilet, a ballcock has a float on the end of a pivoting arm that opens the valve when the arm drops.
- ballocks — (nonce, used only by James Joyce) Alternative form of bollocks.
- beclamor — clamour excessively
- bifocals — Bifocals are glasses with lenses made in two halves. The top part is for looking at things some distance away, and the bottom part is for reading and looking at things that are close.
- biocidal — destructive of living organisms
- bioclean — free from harmful bacteria
- biotical — pertaining to life.
- black op — Often, black ops. a secret mission or campaign carried out by a military, governmental, or other organization, typically one in which the organization conceals or denies its involvement: Some national intelligence agencies use black ops to undermine enemy governments. The company even resorted to an industrial black op to steal secrets from its competitor.
- blackcod — sablefish.
- blackout — A blackout is a period of time during a war in which towns and buildings are made dark so that they cannot be seen by enemy planes.
- blacktop — Blacktop is a hard black substance which is used as a surface for roads.
- blockade — A blockade of a place is an action that is taken to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving it.
- blockage — A blockage in a pipe, tube, or tunnel is an object which blocks it, or the state of being blocked.
- blowback — the escape to the rear of gases formed during the firing of a weapon or in a boiler, internal-combustion engine, etc
- bluecoat — a person who wears a blue coat, such as a sailor or policeman
- boldface — (of type) having this weight
- bootlace — A bootlace is a long thin cord which is used to fasten a boot.
- box calf — black calfskin leather, tanned with chromium salts, having a pattern of fine creases formed by boarding
- braciola — (in Italian cooking) a thin slice of pan-fried beef
- braciole — a flat piece of veal or beef rolled around a filling and baked in stock and wine.
- brocatel — a brocade in which the design is woven in high relief.
- ca-telon — (application) A Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tool for designing, generating and maintaining COBOL and PL/I application programs. Telon was developed by Pansophic Systems who were bought by Computer Associates in 1991, whereupon it was renamed CA-Telon. It supports high-level, non-prodedural design and prototyping, combined with automatic code generation. There are mainframe and PC versions. The generated COBOL applications can execute in AIX, HP-UX, VSE, OS/400 for the AS/400, PC-DOS, or OS/2.
- caboodle — a lot, bunch, or group (esp in the phrases the whole caboodle, the whole kit and caboodle)
- cabrillo — Juan Rodríguez [rod-ree-ges] /rɒdˈri gɛs/ (Show IPA), (Joao Rodrigues Cabrilho) 1499?–1543, Spanish explorer, born in Portugal: discovered California.
- cabriole — a type of furniture leg, popular in the first half of the 18th century, in which an upper convex curve descends tapering to a concave curve
- cachalot — sperm whale
- cacology — a bad choice of words; faulty speech
- cacomixl — The ring-tailed civet cat, Bassaris astuta.
- caerleon — a town in SE Wales, in Newport county borough on the River Usk: traditionally the seat of King Arthur's court. Pop: 9392 (2001)
- cafestol — A diterpene molecule present in coffee.
- cagoules — Plural form of cagoule.
- cajolery — persuasion by flattery or promises; wheedling; coaxing.
- cajoling — Present participle of cajole.
- cakehole — (slang) The mouth.
- calbayog — a city in the Philippines, on NW Samar.
- caldrons — Plural form of caldron (Alternative spelling of cauldrons).
- calexico — a town in S California.
- calicoed — dressed in calico.
- calicoes — Plural form of calico.