8-letter words containing l, a, t
- boattail — a large species of blackbird, Quiscalus major, found in coastal areas of the southeastern US
- bobfloat — a small buoyant float, usually consisting of a quill stuck through a piece of cork
- bolthead — the head of a bolt
- boltonia — any North American plant of the genus Boltonia, having daisy-like flowers with white, violet, or pinkish rays: family Compositae (composites)
- bonytail — a fish, Gila elegans, found in the Colorado River, having flaring fins and a thin caudal peduncle.
- bootable — containing software used to boot a computer
- bootlace — A bootlace is a long thin cord which is used to fasten a boot.
- bootlast — a foot-shaped piece of wood or metal inserted into a boot or shoe to help it keep its shape
- bracelet — A bracelet is a chain or band, usually made of metal, which you wear around your wrist as jewellery.
- bractlet — a small or secondary bract at the base of a flower
- brantail — a redstart
- bratling — a small badly-behaved child
- bro talk — Māori English
- brocatel — a brocade in which the design is woven in high relief.
- brutally — savage; cruel; inhuman: a brutal attack on the village.
- bucktail — a fishing lure adorned with deer hair
- bull ant — any large Australian ant of the genus Myrmecia, having a powerful stinging bite: subfamily Ponerinae
- bullboat — a lightweight, shallow-draft boat made of hides stretched over a wooden frame and used by Plains Indians.
- bultmann — Rudolf Karl. 1884–1976, German theologian, noted for his demythologizing approach to the New Testament
- burletta — a type of comic opera
- butylate — to introduce butyl into (a compound)
- ca-telon — (application) A Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tool for designing, generating and maintaining COBOL and PL/I application programs. Telon was developed by Pansophic Systems who were bought by Computer Associates in 1991, whereupon it was renamed CA-Telon. It supports high-level, non-prodedural design and prototyping, combined with automatic code generation. There are mainframe and PC versions. The generated COBOL applications can execute in AIX, HP-UX, VSE, OS/400 for the AS/400, PC-DOS, or OS/2.
- cabalist — a member of a cabal.
- cable tv — a television system in which a high antenna and one or more dish antennas receive signals from distant and local stations, electronic satellite relays, etc. and transmit them by direct cable to the receivers of persons subscribing to the system
- cachalot — sperm whale
- cafestol — A diterpene molecule present in coffee.
- calamint — any aromatic Eurasian plant of the genus Satureja (or Calamintha), having clusters of purple or pink flowers: family Lamiaceae (labiates)
- calamite — any extinct treelike plant of the genus Calamites, of Carboniferous times, related to the horsetails
- calamity — A calamity is an event that causes a great deal of damage, destruction, or personal distress.
- calanthe — any of various orchids of the genus Calanthe of the family Orchidaceae, found in tropical areas and having long-lasting yellow, white, or pink flowers
- calathea — any plant of the S. American perennial genus Calathea, many species of which are grown as greenhouse or house plants for their decorative variegated leaves, esp the zebra plant (C. zebrina), the leaves of which are purplish below and dark green with lighter stripes above: family Marantaceae
- calathus — a vase-shaped basket represented in ancient Greek art, used as a symbol of fruitfulness
- calceate — to shoe
- calcitic — Pertaining to, resembling, or composed of calcite.
- calcrete — A sedimentary rock, a hardened deposit of calcium carbonate, capable of cementing together with other materials.
- calcutta — Kolkata
- calebite — a member of a tribe descended from Caleb.
- calidity — warmth
- caliduct — a pipe or duct for conveying a heating medium, as hot air or steam.
- califate — the rank, jurisdiction, or government of a caliph.
- califont — a gas water heater
- calixtus — (Alfonso de Borja; Alfonso Borgia) 1378–1458, Spanish ecclesiastic: pope 1455–58.
- call out — If you call someone out, you order or request that they come to help, especially in an emergency.
- call-out — an act or instance of calling out.
- callisto — a nymph who attracted the love of Zeus and was changed into a bear by Hera. Zeus then set her in the sky as the constellation Ursa Major
- calltime — time available for making calls on a mobile phone
- calorist — a believer in caloric theory
- calotype — an early photographic process invented by W. H. Fox Talbot, in which the image was produced on paper treated with silver iodide and developed by sodium thiosulphite
- calthrop — any of several plants having spiny heads or fruit, as those of the genera Tribulus and Kallstroemia, or the star thistle, Centaurea calcitrapa.
- caltrops — Plural form of caltrop.