8-letter words containing i, l, e, o
- mouldier — Comparative form of mouldy.
- moulinet — a portable pulley device for bending crossbow or turning the drum of a crane
- moulmein — a seaport in S Burma at the mouth of the Salween River.
- moultrie — William, 1730–1805, U.S. general.
- mylonite — Geology. a rock that has been crushed and sheared to such an extent that its original texture has been destroyed.
- neapolis — a port in E Greece, in Macedonia East and Thrace region on the Bay of Kaválla an important Macedonian fortress of the Byzantine empire; ceded to Greece by Turkey after the Balkan War (1912–13). Pop: 58 576 (1991)
- negrillo — a member of any of various small-statured, indigenous peoples of Africa, as a Pygmy.
- neologic — neologism.
- netlingo — (computing) An on-line dictionary of more than 3000 terms, started in 1995 and updated monthly. NetLingo contains simple explanations and comprehensive coverage, including chat acronyms and smilies. It is also available in dead tree form.
- neuropil — A dense network of interwoven nerve fibers and their branches and synapses, together with glial filaments.
- ninefold — nine times as great or as much.
- nobelist — a person who is awarded a Nobel prize.
- nobelium — a transuranic element in the actinium series. Symbol: No; atomic number: 102.
- nodalize — to make something nodal or concentrated at a point
- noetical — Alternative form of noetic.
- noiseful — characterized by loud noise; noisy
- nonelite — not elite
- nonideal — (of a gas or solution) differing in behavior from that of an ideal gas or solution.
- nontitle — (of a sporting match, esp in boxing) not played or fought for a title
- nooklike — resembling a nook
- novalike — Resembling a nova or some aspect of one.
- novelish — (esp of a name or a person) characteristic of a novel; having qualities like those of a character or scene in a novel; fanciful; romantic
- novelism — an innovative idea or concept; innovation; novelty
- novelist — a person who writes novels.
- novelize — to put into the form of a novel: He tried to novelize one of Shakespeare's plays.
- nucleoid — the central region in a prokaryotic cell, as a bacterium, that contains the chromosomes and that has no surrounding membrane.
- nucleoli — a conspicuous, rounded body within the nucleus of a cell.
- oakville — a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada, SW of Toronto, on Lake Ontario.
- obelised — to mark (a word or passage) with an obelus.
- obelisks — Plural form of obelisk.
- obelized — Simple past tense and past participle of obelize.
- obligate — to bind or oblige morally or legally: to obligate oneself to purchase a building.
- obligees — Plural form of obligee.
- obliqued — neither perpendicular nor parallel to a given line or surface; slanting; sloping.
- obliques — Collectively, the abdominal muscles responsible for rotation of the trunk.
- obviable — having the ability to be obviated
- ochlesis — any disease caused by overcrowding.
- oeillade — an amorous glance; ogle.
- oerlikon — a trade term that denotes a type of artillery and its accoutrements, in particular a type of cannon
- oestriol — a weak oestrogenic hormone secreted by the mammalian ovary: a synthetic form is used to treat oestrogen deficiency. Formula: C18H24O3
- off-line — Computers. operating independently of, or disconnected from, an associated computer.
- oil cake — a cake or mass of linseed, cottonseed, soybean, or the like, from which the oil has been extracted or expressed, used as food for livestock.
- oil meal — oil cake ground into small particles for livestock feed.
- oil well — a well that yields or has yielded oil.
- oilfield — an area in which there are large deposits of oil.
- oilfired — (of central heating) using oil as fuel
- oiliness — smeared or covered with oil; greasy: an oily road surface.
- oilpaper — a paper made waterproof and translucent by treatment with oil.
- oilseeds — Plural form of oilseed.
- oilstone — a block of fine-grained stone, usually oiled, for putting the final edge on certain cutting tools by abrasion.