8-letter words containing l, o, c, a
- ecocidal — the destruction of large areas of the natural environment by such activity as nuclear warfare, overexploitation of resources, or dumping of harmful chemicals.
- ecotonal — Relating to ecotones.
- egg coal — anthracite in sizes ranging from 2.44 to 3.25 inches (8 to 8 cm), intermediate between broken coal and stove coal.
- el cajon — city in S Calif.: suburb of San Diego: pop. 95,000
- epifocal — situated or occurring at an epicentre
- erotical — (obsolete) Erotic.
- escallop — A scallop shell as a charge.
- escalope — A thin slice of meat without any bone, typically a special cut of veal from the leg that is coated, fried, and served in a sauce.
- escarole — An endive of a variety with broad undivided leaves and a slightly bitter flavor, used in salads.
- eschalot — Archaic form of shallot.
- escolars — Plural form of escolar.
- escorial — a village in central Spain, northwest of Madrid: site of an architectural complex containing a monastery, palace, and college, built by Philip II between 1563 and 1584
- eulachon — A small edible fish of North America, Thaleichthys pacificus; the candlefish.
- eusocial — (biology) Of or pertaining to certain social animals' societies (such as those of ants) in which sterile individuals work for reproductive individuals.
- evocable — That can be evoked.
- falchion — a broad, short sword having a convex edge curving sharply to the point.
- falconer — a person who hunts with falcons or follows the sport of hawking.
- falconet — any of several small Asian falcons, especially of the genus Microhierax.
- falconry — the sport of hunting with falcons, hawks, eagles, etc.; hawking.
- fasciola — (anatomy) A band of grey matter bordering the fimbria in the brain; the dentate convolution.
- fasciole — one of the spine-bearing bands of tubercles found on spatangoid sea-urchins
- fecaloid — like or resembling feces.
- flamenco — a style of dancing, characteristic of the Andalusian Gypsies, that is strongly rhythmic and involves vigorous actions, as clapping the hands and stamping the feet.
- florican — any of various smaller species of bustards.
- flowback — return or redistribution of something that has been received or acquired.
- focalize — Focus (something), in particular.
- foldback — (in multitrack recording) a process for returning a signal to a performer instantly
- foolscap — a type of inexpensive writing paper, especially legal-size, lined, yellow sheets, bound in tablet form.
- fornical — any of various arched or vaulted structures, as an arching fibrous formation in the brain.
- forslack — to neglect or be neglectful
- foucault — Jean Bernard Léon [zhahn ber-nar ley-awn] /ʒɑ̃ bɛrˈnar leɪˈɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1819–68, French physicist.
- galacto- — milk or milky
- gas coal — a soft coal suitable for the production of gas.
- gavelock — a spear or javelin
- 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.
- glucosan — any of a number of polysaccharides that yield glucose upon hydrolysis.
- gnomical — Gnomic.
- 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
- 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.
- hackbolt — a European seabird, Puffinus major
- halcyone — a third-magnitude star in the constellation Taurus: brightest star in the Pleiades.
- halcyons — Plural form of halcyon.
- halfcock — The position when the cock of a gun as at the first notch.
- havelock — a town in SE North Carolina.
- headlock — a hold in which a wrestler locks an arm around the opponent's head.