8-letter words containing g, l, o, t
- glottals — Plural form of glottal.
- gluttons — Plural form of glutton.
- gluttony — excessive eating and drinking.
- goalpost — a post supporting a crossbar and, with it, forming the goal on a playing field in certain sports, as football.
- goatlike — any of numerous agile, hollow-horned ruminants of the genus Capra, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the sheep, found native in rocky and mountainous regions of the Old World, and widely distributed in domesticated varieties.
- goatling — a young goat
- goelette — A schooner.
- goethals — George Washington, 1858–1928, U.S. major general and engineer: chief engineer of the Panama Canal 1907–14; governor of the Canal Zone 1914–16.
- goldtone — gold-coloured
- golgotha — a hill near Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified; Calvary.
- goliaths — Plural form of goliath.
- gottlieb — Adolph, 1903–74, U.S. painter.
- gottwald — Klement [kle-ment] /ˈklɛ mɛnt/ (Show IPA), 1896–1953, Czech Communist leader: prime minister 1946–48; president 1948–53.
- grouplet — a small group
- gulfport — a city in SE Mississippi, on the Gulf of Mexico.
- gulosity — gluttony or greediness.
- gumbotil — a sticky clay formed by the thorough weathering of glacial drift, the thickness of the clay furnishing means for comparing relative lengths of interglacial ages.
- gyrolite — calcium silicate hydroxide in a hydrated form
- 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
- intaglio — incised carving, as opposed to carving in relief.
- jelutong — a tree, Dyera costulata, of the Malay Peninsula, from which a resinous latex is obtained.
- joktaleg — a large clasp knife or pocketknife; jackknife.
- jostling — to bump, push, shove, brush against, or elbow roughly or rudely.
- kingbolt — a vertical bolt connecting the body of a vehicle with the fore axle, the body of a railroad car with a truck, etc.
- 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.
- lag bolt — lag screw
- laghouat — a city in N Algeria.
- langosta — spiny lobster.
- langston — John Mercer, 1829–97, U.S. public official, diplomat, and educator.
- laughton — Charles, 1899–1962, U.S. actor, born in England.
- legation — a diplomatic minister and staff in a foreign mission.
- 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
- ligation — the act of ligating, especially of surgically tying up a bleeding artery.
- light on — to get down or descend, as from a horse or a vehicle.
- loathing — strong dislike or disgust; intense aversion.
- locating — Present participle of locate.
- lodgment — the act of lodging.
- logicist — (philosophy) An adherent of logicism.
- logistic — of or relating to logistic.
- logotype — Also called logo. a single piece of type bearing two or more uncombined letters, a syllable, or a word.
- long tin — a tall long loaf of bread
- long tom — a towed 155mm field cannon produced by the U.S. throughout World War II.
- long ton — a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- longboat — (formerly) the largest boat carried by a sailing ship.
- longlist — A first list, from which a shortlist is prepared.
- longmont — a city in N central Colorado.
- longshot — Alternative spelling of long shot.
- longtail — A common designation for an animal that has an unusually long tail relative to similar species.