8-letter words containing l, a, c, t, o
- crotalin — a protein in the venom of pit vipers, used as an antigen in the preparation of snake antivenins.
- crotalum — a type of castanet, often used in religious dances in ancient Greece
- dactylo- — finger or toe
- daltonic — color blindness, especially the inability to distinguish red from green.
- doctoral — a person licensed to practice medicine, as a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian.
- ecotonal — Relating to ecotones.
- erotical — (obsolete) Erotic.
- eschalot — Archaic form of shallot.
- falconet — any of several small Asian falcons, especially of the genus Microhierax.
- foucault — Jean Bernard Léon [zhahn ber-nar ley-awn] /ʒɑ̃ bɛrˈnar leɪˈɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1819–68, French physicist.
- galacto- — milk or milky
- hackbolt — a European seabird, Puffinus major
- lab coat — long white garment worn in laboratory
- lacteous — milky; of the color of milk.
- 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.
- lactones — Plural form of lactone.
- lactonic — any of a group of internal esters derived from hydroxy acids.
- lancelot — Arthurian Romance. the greatest of Arthur's knights and the lover of Queen Guinevere.
- latch on — a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
- lawcourt — a court of law
- localist — a word, phrase, pronunciation, or manner of speaking that is peculiar to one locality.
- localite — one who lives in a particular locality.
- locality — a place, spot, or district, with or without reference to things or persons in it or to occurrences there: They moved to another locality.
- locatect — an architect whose buildings are designed to use local materials and labour and which are sensitive to the needs of the local environment and community
- locating — Present participle of locate.
- location — memory location
- locative — (in certain inflected languages) noting a case whose distinctive function is to indicate place in or at which, as Latin domī “at home.”.
- locators — Plural form of locator.
- loch tay — a lake in central Scotland, in Stirling council area. Length: 23 km (14 miles)
- lockfast — (Scottish) Fastened or secured with a lock.
- lockhart — John Gibson, 1794–1854, Scottish biographer and novelist.
- loculate — having one or more locules.
- locustal — of or relating to locusts
- loricate — covered with a lorica.
- mocktail — a nonalcoholic cocktail.
- molecast — the heap of earth excavated by a mole tunnelling underground
- montcalm — Louis Joseph [lwee zhaw-zef] /lwi ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), 1712–59, French general in Canada.
- noetical — Alternative form of noetic.
- obstacle — something that obstructs or hinders progress.
- ocellate — (of a spot or marking) eyelike.
- octalogy — (rare) # A set of eight works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as eight individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.
- octaloop — (genetics) An eight-base hairpin loop motif.
- octangle — octangular.
- octantal — relating to an octant
- olfactor — A smelling organ; a nose.
- opticals — (India) spectacles.
- osculant — united by certain common characteristics.
- osculate — to come into close contact or union.
- outcalls — Plural form of outcall.
- outcavil — to exceed in cavilling