8-letter words containing g, o, l, c
- gas coal — a soft coal suitable for the production of gas.
- gavelock — a spear or javelin
- geologic — of, relating to, or based on geology.
- glacious — Characteristic, composed, or of the nature of icy; icy.“Gla
- glaucoma — Ophthalmology. abnormally high fluid pressure in the eye, most commonly caused either by blockage of the channel through which aqueous humor drains (open-angle glaucoma or chronic glaucoma) or by pressure of the iris against the lens, which traps the aqueous humor (angle-closure glaucoma or acute glaucoma)
- glaucous — light bluish-green or greenish-blue.
- glooscap — (among the Micmac and other Native North American peoples) a traditional trickster hero
- glucagon — a hormone secreted by the pancreas that acts in opposition to insulin in the regulation of blood glucose levels.
- glucogen — Alternative form of glycogen.
- glucosan — any of a number of polysaccharides that yield glucose upon hydrolysis.
- glucosin — any of a class of compounds, some of which are highly toxic, derived from reactions of glucose with ammonia.
- glycerol — a colorless, odorless, syrupy, sweet liquid, C 3 H 8 O 3 , usually obtained by the saponification of natural fats and oils: used for sweetening and preserving food, in the manufacture of cosmetics, perfumes, inks, and certain glues and cements, as a solvent and automobile antifreeze, and in medicine in suppositories and skin emollients.
- glycogen — a white, tasteless polysaccharide, (C 6 H 10 O 5) n , molecularly similar to starch, constituting the principal carbohydrate storage material in animals and occurring chiefly in the liver, in muscle, and in fungi and yeasts.
- glycolic — pertaining to or derived from glycol.
- glyconic — (of a line of verse) consisting of three trochees and one dactyl
- glycosyl — (biochemistry) Any functional group derived from a sugar (especially from a monosaccharide) by removal of the hemiacetal hydroxy group.
- gnomical — Gnomic.
- godchild — a child for whom a godparent serves as sponsor at baptism.
- goidelic — Also called Q-Celtic. the subbranch of Celtic in which the Proto-Indo-European kw -sound remained a velar. Irish and Scottish Gaelic belong to Goidelic.
- golconda — a ruined city in S India, near the modern city of Hyderabad: capital of a former Muslim kingdom; famous for its diamond cutting.
- gralloch — the entrails of a deer
- gridlock — the stoppage of free vehicular movement in an urban area because key intersections are blocked by traffic.
- grockles — Plural form of grockle.
- guaiacol — a slightly yellowish, aromatic, crystalline substance, C 7 H 8 O 2 , resembling creosote and usually obtained from guaiacum resin: used in medicine chiefly as an expectorant and local anesthetic.
- gunlocks — Plural form of gunlock.
- hock leg — a leg similar to a cabriole leg, but having a straight perpendicular section between the upper, convex section and the foot.
- 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.
- lexicog. — lexicographical
- locating — Present participle of locate.
- lockings — Plural form of locking.
- log chip — the wooden chip of a chip log, for holding the end of the log line.
- logician — a person who is skilled in logic.
- logicise — to make logical; give logical form to: to logicize a sequence of events.
- logicism — the doctrine, developed chiefly by Gottlob Frege and Bertrand Russell, that mathematics can be reduced to logic.
- logicist — (philosophy) An adherent of logicism.
- logicize — to make logical; give logical form to: to logicize a sequence of events.
- logistic — of or relating to logistic.
- logjuice — poor quality port wine
- logomach — Someone who argues about the meaning of words.
- logperch — a darter, Percina caprodes, of eastern North American lakes and streams, having a piglike snout.
- longcase — A longcase clock.
- longneck — a bottle of beer.
- microlog — (architecture) A section of non-volitile memory used to record state information. Often used for retaining crash information after a reboot in embedded systems.
- mongolic — Mongolian (def 4).
- mycology — the branch of biology dealing with fungi.
- myologic — (medicine) Of or pertaining to the study of muscles or muscle tissue.
- neologic — neologism.
- noncling — having little or no tendency to stick to an object, surface, etc., as by static electricity.
- nonlogic — That which is not logic.
- ocmulgee — a river in NW Georgia, flowing SE to join the Oconee River and form the Altamaha River. 255 miles (410 km) long.