8-letter words containing c, o, l, n
- leptonic — Of, pertaining to, or composed of leptons.
- leucosin — an albumin occurring in some cereal grains, such as wheat
- 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.
- linoleic — of or derived from linoleic acid.
- linstock — a staff with one end forked to hold a match, formerly used in firing cannon.
- lion cub — baby lion
- loanback — a facility offered by some life-assurance companies in which an individual can borrow from his pension fund
- locating — Present participle of locate.
- location — memory location
- lochearn — a city in N Maryland, near Baltimore.
- lock nut — a nut specially constructed to prevent its coming loose, usually having a means of providing extra friction between itself and the screw.
- lockdown — the confining of prisoners to their cells, as following a riot or other disturbance.
- lockings — Plural form of locking.
- locknuts — Plural form of locknut.
- locution — a particular form of expression; a word, phrase, expression, or idiom, especially as used by a particular person, group, etc.
- logician — a person who is skilled in logic.
- longcase — A longcase clock.
- longneck — a bottle of beer.
- lonicera — Any plant of the genus Lonicera, the honeysuckles.
- lunchbox — a small container, usually of metal or plastic and with a handle, for carrying one's lunch from home to school or work.
- luncheon — lunch, especially a formal lunch held in connection with a meeting or other special occasion: the alumni luncheon.
- lycaonia — an ancient country in S Asia Minor: later a Roman province.
- lycopene — a red crystalline substance, C 40 H 56 , that is the main pigment of certain fruits, as the tomato and paprika, and is a precursor to carotene in plant biosynthesis.
- man lock — an air lock serving as a decompression chamber for workers.
- mcdonald — David John, 1902–79, U.S. labor leader: president of the United Steelworkers of America 1952–65.
- miltonic — of or relating to the poet Milton or his writings.
- mindlock — (fantasy, scifi) A magic spell or technology that restricts a person's ability to think freely.
- moluccan — of or relating to a group of islands in the Malay Archipelago, between Sulawesi (Celebes) and New Guinea. Capital: Amboina. Pop: 2 223 000 (1999 est). Area: about 74 505 sq km (28 766 sq miles)
- monachal — of or relating to monks or their life; monastic.
- monclova — a city in NE Mexico.
- mongolic — Mongolian (def 4).
- monobloc — denoting or pertaining to the casting of a complex metal object as a single piece rather than in separate parts.
- monocled — an eyeglass for one eye.
- monocles — Plural form of monocle.
- monocule — (zoology) A small crustacean with one median eye.
- montcalm — Louis Joseph [lwee zhaw-zef] /lwi ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), 1712–59, French general in Canada.
- mooncalf — a congenitally grossly deformed and mentally defective person.
- neckmold — Alt form neckmould.
- neolocal — living or located away from both the husband's and the wife's relatives: a neolocal family.
- neologic — neologism.
- nicholas — (Thomas Parentucelli) 1397?–1455, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1447–55.
- nicolson — Sir Harold George, 1886–1968, English diplomat, biographer, and journalist (husband of Victoria Mary Sackville-West).
- nitrolic — of or noting a series of acids of the type RC(=NOH)NO 2 , whose salts form deep-red solutions.
- nocently — in a nocent manner; harmfully
- noctilio — any bat of the S American genus Noctilio
- noctules — Plural form of noctule.
- noetical — Alternative form of noetic.