8-letter words containing g, e, l, o
- ligroine — a flammable mixture of hydrocarbons that boils at from 20°C to 135°C, obtained from petroleum by distillation and used as a solvent.
- lilongwe — Formerly Nyasaland. a republic in SE Africa, on the W and S shores of Lake Malawi: formerly a British protectorate and part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland; gained independence July 6, 1964; a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 49,177 sq. mi. (127,368 sq. km). Capital: Lilongwe.
- liveblog — a blog containing entries about an event that are written and posted while the event is taking place.
- livelong — (of time) whole or entire, especially when tediously long, slow in passing, etc.: We picked apples the livelong day.
- lodgeing — Obsolete form of lodging.
- lodgment — the act of lodging.
- log file — a file that records all the activity that has occurred on a system
- log fire — a fire on which logs are burned
- log line — the line by which a log or patent log is streamed.
- log reel — a reel from which the line of a log chip runs.
- logicise — to make logical; give logical form to: to logicize a sequence of events.
- logicize — to make logical; give logical form to: to logicize a sequence of events.
- logjuice — poor quality port wine
- logotype — Also called logo. a single piece of type bearing two or more uncombined letters, a syllable, or a word.
- logperch — a darter, Percina caprodes, of eastern North American lakes and streams, having a piglike snout.
- long ess — a style of the letter s, suggesting a lowercase f in form, formerly common in handwriting and as a type character.
- long leg — a fielding position on the leg side near the boundary almost directly behind the batsman's wicket
- long one — Informal. tall one.
- longcase — A longcase clock.
- longeron — a main longitudinal brace or support on an airplane.
- longeval — Long-lived; longevous.
- longhead — a dolichocephalic person.
- longleaf — A longleaf pine, Pirus palustris, or the wood of this tree.
- longlegs — A daddy longlegs.
- longline — A type of deep-sea fishing gear consisting of a long main line anchored to the bottom to which shorter lines with baited hooks are fastened at intervals.
- longneck — a bottle of beer.
- longness — (rare) length, lengthiness.
- longsome — tiresomely long; so protracted as to weary or cause boredom.
- longterm — covering a relatively long period of time: a long-term lease.
- longtime — existing, occurring, or continuing for a long period of time; longstanding: longtime friends celebrating 50 years of association.
- longueur — a long and boring passage in a literary work, drama, musical composition, or the like: The longueurs in this book make it almost unreadable.
- longview — a city in NE Texas.
- longwave — (of radio waves) Having a wavelength of greater than 1000 meters.
- longwise — lengthwise
- loungers — Plural form of lounger.
- lovesong — Alternative spelling of love song.
- low gear — the arrangement of gears providing little speed but great torque
- lowering — comparative of low1 .
- lozenged — decorated with lozenges
- lozenges — Plural form of lozenge.
- lugholes — Plural form of lughole.
- lungeous — (of a person) violent; rough.
- lysogens — Plural form of lysogen.
- lysogeny — the state of being lysogenic.
- malegaon — a city in NW Maharashtra state in W India.
- mangonel — (formerly) any of various military engines for throwing large stones, darts, and other missiles.
- megaflop — A unit of computing speed equal to one million floating-point operations per second.
- megalops — the larval stage of marine crabs immediately prior to and resembling the adult stage.
- megavolt — a unit of electromotive force, equal to one million volts. Abbreviation: MV.
- megillot — Slang. a lengthy, detailed explanation or account: Just give me the facts, not the whole megillah. a lengthy and tediously complicated situation or matter.