8-letter words containing e, o, l
- borazole — a colorless liquid, B 3 N 3 H 6 , that hydrolyzes with water to form boron hydrides. It is the inorganic analogue of benzene with similar physical properties.
- bordello — A bordello is a brothel.
- borecole — kale (def 1).
- borehole — A borehole is a deep round hole made by a special tool or machine, especially one that is made in the ground when searching for oil or water.
- borrelia — a genus of helical spirochete bacteria, some causing relapsing fever
- bothwell — Earl of, title of James Hepburn. 1535–78, Scottish nobleman; third husband of Mary Queen of Scots. He is generally considered to have instigated the murder of Darnley (1567)
- bottle-o — a dealer in empty bottles
- boulogne — a port in N France, on the English Channel. Pop: 45 036 (2006)
- bow legs — a condition in which the legs curve outwards like a bow between the ankle and the thigh
- boweling — Anatomy. Usually, bowels. the intestine. a part of the intestine.
- bowllike — resembling a bowl; bowl-shaped
- box file — a rigid file which opens like a box, usually made of strong cardboard and able to hold a large quantity of documents
- box keel — a keel in the form of a box beam and having internal space for pipes, ballast, etc.
- braciole — a flat piece of veal or beef rolled around a filling and baked in stock and wine.
- breloque — an ornament or charm attached to a watch chain
- bresaola — (in Italian cookery) air-dried, salted beef
- brocatel — a brocade in which the design is woven in high relief.
- bromelia — any plant of the family Bromeliaceae of tropical American plants, characterized by a short stem and deeply cleft calyx
- bromelin — a protein-digesting enzyme (see endopeptidase) found in pineapple and extracted for use in treating joint pain and inflammation, hay fever, and various other conditions
- brooklet — a small brook
- browless — without eyebrows
- bulldoze — If people bulldoze something such as a building, they knock it down using a bulldozer.
- bullnose — a rounded exterior angle, as where two walls meet
- bunghole — a hole in a cask, barrel, etc, through which liquid can be poured or drained
- bunuelos — a thin, round, fried pastry, often dusted with cinnamon sugar.
- burleson — a city in N Texas.
- butthole — anus.
- bye-blow — by-blow (def 2).
- 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)
- 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
- 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.
- cakehole — (slang) The mouth.
- calexico — a town in S California.
- calicoed — dressed in calico.
- calicoes — Plural form of calico.
- calliope — a steam organ
- calories — Thermodynamics. Also called gram calorie, small calorie. an amount of heat exactly equal to 4.1840 joules. Abbreviation: cal. (usually initial capital letter) kilocalorie. Abbreviation: Cal.
- calorize — to coat (a ferrous metal) by spraying with aluminium powder and then heating
- calotype — an early photographic process invented by W. H. Fox Talbot, in which the image was produced on paper treated with silver iodide and developed by sodium thiosulphite
- calzones — Plural form of calzone.
- cameleon — Obsolete form of chameleon.
- cameloid — a member of the camel family
- camelpox — A poxviral disease of camels that causes skin lesions.
- cameltoe — the outline of a vulva as sometimes seen when a woman is wearing tight pants.
- camisole — A camisole is a short piece of clothing that women wear on the top half of their bodies underneath a shirt or blouse, for example.
- camomile — Camomile is a scented plant with flowers like small daisies. The flowers can be used to make herbal tea.