8-letter words containing c, s, t, o, l
- eteocles — a son of Oedipus and Jocasta. He expelled his brother Polynices from Thebes; they killed each other in single combat when Polynices returned as leader of the Seven against Thebes
- fetlocks — Plural form of fetlock.
- 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.
- lacteous — milky; of the color of milk.
- lactones — Plural form of lactone.
- lections — Plural form of lection.
- linocuts — Plural form of linocut.
- linstock — a staff with one end forked to hold a match, formerly used in firing cannon.
- listproc — A mailing list processor owned and developed by BITNET which runs under Unix. See also Listserv, Majordomo.
- lobstick — lopstick.
- 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.
- locknuts — Plural form of locknut.
- lockouts — Plural form of lockout.
- lockstep — a way of marching in very close file, in which the leg of each person moves with and closely behind the corresponding leg of the person ahead.
- locustal — of or relating to locusts
- logicist — (philosophy) An adherent of logicism.
- logistic — of or relating to logistic.
- lopstick — a tree trimmed of all but its topmost branches to serve as a landmark or marker.
- low-cost — able to be purchased or acquired at relatively little cost: low-cost life insurance; low-cost housing.
- mesolect — any variety of language in a creole continuum that is intermediate between the basilect and the acrolect.
- molecast — the heap of earth excavated by a mole tunnelling underground
- noctules — Plural form of noctule.
- obstacle — something that obstructs or hinders progress.
- octuples — Plural form of octuple.
- oculists — Plural form of oculist.
- opticals — (India) spectacles.
- osculant — united by certain common characteristics.
- osculate — to come into close contact or union.
- outcalls — Plural form of outcall.
- outclass — to surpass in excellence or quality, especially by a wide margin; be superior: He far outclasses the other runners in the race.
- outscold — to outdo in scolding
- outslick — to outsmart
- pactolus — a small river in Asia Minor, in ancient Lydia: famous for the gold washed from its sands.
- pci slot — (hardware) A connector on Peripheral Component Interconnect and the associated physical space occupied by the installed PCI card.
- politics — the science or art of political government.
- postical — (of the position of plant parts) behind another part; posterior
- psilotic — of or relating to a disease of the small intestine
- salt cod — salted and dried cod that is desalted by soaking before use.
- sciolist — superficial knowledge.
- scolytid — any of various dark-coloured cylinder-shaped beetles, including the bark and ambrosia beetles
- scotland — a division of the United Kingdom in the N part of Great Britain. 30,412 sq. mi. (78,772 sq. km). Capital: Edinburgh.
- sculptor — artist who sculpts
- sectoral — Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- selcouth — strange; uncommon.
- selector — to choose in preference to another or others; pick out.
- slot car — a miniature, electrically-operated toy racing car that runs on a slotted track and is controlled by an operator with a handheld rheostat.
- slotback — an offensive back who lines up about one yard behind the gap in the line between a tackle and an end stationed a distance outside of the tackle.