8-letter words containing g, e, o, l
- helotage — a member of the lowest class in ancient Laconia, constituting a body of serfs who were bound to the land and were owned by the state. Compare Perioeci, Spartiate.
- hexaglot — a book written in six languages
- hexalogy — A set of six works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as six individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.
- highhole — flicker2 .
- hock leg — a leg similar to a cabriole leg, but having a straight perpendicular section between the upper, convex section and the foot.
- hog fuel — wood chips or shavings, residue from sawmills, etc., used for fuel, landfill, animal feed, and surfacing paths and running tracks.
- hoggerel — a sheep in its second or third year
- holliger — Heinz (haints). born 1939, Swiss oboist and composer
- homegirl — a girl or woman from the same locality as oneself.
- horngeld — a feudal tax levied on horned cattle
- horologe — any instrument for indicating the time, especially a sundial or an early form of clock.
- hyalogen — any of several insoluble substances found in many animal structures such as cartilage which yield sugars on hydrolysis structures
- hydrogel — a gel whose liquid constituent is water.
- hypergol — any hypergolic agent.
- hypogeal — underground; subterranean.
- idealogy — Misspelling of ideology.
- ideology — the body of doctrine, myth, belief, etc., that guides an individual, social movement, institution, class, or large group.
- isologue — one of two or more isologous compounds.
- jagiello — Jagello.
- jargonel — a type of pear that ripens early
- jelutong — a tree, Dyera costulata, of the Malay Peninsula, from which a resinous latex is obtained.
- joktaleg — a large clasp knife or pocketknife; jackknife.
- jongleur — (in medieval France and Norman England) an itinerant minstrel or entertainer who sang songs, often of his own composition, and told stories.
- kidglove — diplomatic, careful or tactful
- killogie — a sheltered place in front of a kiln or fireplace
- knowledg — Obsolete form of knowledge.
- la hogue — La [la] /la/ (Show IPA), La Hogue.
- lactogen — (biochemistry) A polypeptide placental hormone, part of the somatotropin family, with structure and function similar to those of growth hormone. It modifies the metabolic state of the mother during pregnancy to facilitate the energy supply of the fetus.
- laforgue — Jules (ʒyl). 1860–87, French symbolist poet. An originator of free verse, he had a considerable influence on modern poetry
- lagerlof — Selma (Ottiliana Lovisa) [sel-mah awt-ti-lee-ah-nah loo-vi-sah] /ˈsɛl mɑ ˌɔt tɪ liˈɑ nɑ ˈlu vɪˌsɑ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1940, Swedish novelist and poet: Nobel Prize 1909.
- leapfrog — a game in which players take turns in leaping over another player bent over from the waist.
- leave go — to stop holding
- leg bone — a bone of the leg
- leg drop — a narrow scenery flat or drop, often used in a pair to form an inverted U .
- leg iron — a shackle for a prisoner's leg
- leg room — space to move one's legs
- leg rope — a rope used to secure an animal by its hind leg
- leg work — work or research involving extensive walking or traveling about, usually away from one's office, as in gathering data for a book, a legal action, etc.
- leg-work — work or research involving extensive walking or traveling about, usually away from one's office, as in gathering data for a book, a legal action, etc.
- legation — a diplomatic minister and staff in a foreign mission.
- leggiero — Misspelling of leggero.
- leghorns — Plural form of leghorn.
- legioned — arranged in legions
- leighton — Frederick (Baron Leighton of Stretton) 1830–96, English painter and sculptor.
- lekgotla — a meeting place for village assemblies, court cases, and meetings of village leaders
- levogyre — an anticlockwise spiral
- lexicog. — lexicographical
- liegedom — the state of being a liege
- lifelong — lasting or continuing through all or much of one's life: lifelong regret.
- ligneous — of the nature of or resembling wood; woody.