8-letter words containing i, l, e, o
- live-out — residing away from the place of one's employment: a live-out cook.
- liveblog — a blog containing entries about an event that are written and posted while the event is taking place.
- livelock — (computing) A condition resembling deadlock in which various computational processes are constantly changing but never reach a point where any of them can proceed.
- livelong — (of time) whole or entire, especially when tediously long, slow in passing, etc.: We picked apples the livelong day.
- lobefins — Plural form of lobefin.
- lobeline — a crystalline, poisonous alkaloid, C 22 H 27 NO 2 , obtained by extraction from lobelia: used chiefly in the form of its sulfate or hydrochloride as a respiratory stimulant and, because of its nicotinelike pharmacological action, as an agent to discourage tobacco smoking.
- lobsided — Archaic form of lopsided.
- localise — (transitive) alternative spelling of localize.
- localite — one who lives in a particular locality.
- localize — to make local; fix in, or assign or restrict to, a particular place, locality, etc.
- locative — (in certain inflected languages) noting a case whose distinctive function is to indicate place in or at which, as Latin domī “at home.”.
- lodgeing — Obsolete form of lodging.
- lodicule — one of the specialized scales at the base of the ovary of certain grass flowers.
- loessial — a loamy deposit formed by wind, usually yellowish and calcareous, common in the Mississippi Valley and in Europe and Asia.
- loftiest — extending high in the air; of imposing height; towering: lofty mountains.
- loftlike — Resembling a loft.
- 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.
- 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
- loitered — to linger aimlessly or as if aimless in or about a place: to loiter around the bus terminal.
- loiterer — to linger aimlessly or as if aimless in or about a place: to loiter around the bus terminal.
- lonelier — affected with, characterized by, or causing a depressing feeling of being alone; lonesome.
- lonelily — affected with, characterized by, or causing a depressing feeling of being alone; lonesome.
- 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.
- longtime — existing, occurring, or continuing for a long period of time; longstanding: longtime friends celebrating 50 years of association.
- longview — a city in NE Texas.
- longwise — lengthwise
- lonicera — Any plant of the genus Lonicera, the honeysuckles.
- lopsided — heavier, larger, or more developed on one side than on the other; unevenly balanced; unsymmetrical.
- loricate — covered with a lorica.
- lorikeet — any of various small lories.
- lorimers — Plural form of lorimer.
- lorraine — Also, Lorrain. Claude (Claude Gelée) 1600–82, French painter.
- lossiest — Superlative form of lossy.
- lovebird — any of various small parrots, especially of the genus Agapornis, of Africa, noted for the affection shown one another and often kept as pets.
- lovebite — Alternative spelling of love bite.
- lovelier — charmingly or exquisitely beautiful: a lovely flower.
- lovelies — charmingly or exquisitely beautiful: a lovely flower.
- lovelily — charmingly or exquisitely beautiful: a lovely flower.
- loveship — The act of falling in or making love; courtship.
- lovesick — languishing with love: a lovesick adolescent.
- lovevine — a leafless parasitic vine of the genus Cuscuta
- low life — People sometimes use low life to refer in a disapproving way to people who are involved in criminal, dishonest, or immoral activities, or to these activities.
- low tide — the tide at the point of maximum ebb.
- low wine — Often, low wines. Distilling. the weak spirits obtained from the first distillation; the result of the first run of the still from the fermented mash.
- low-life — a despicable person, especially a degenerate or immoral person.
- low-rise — having a comparatively small number of floors, as a motel or townhouse, and usually no elevator.