6-letter words containing l, o, i
- ocelli — a type of simple eye common to invertebrates, consisting of retinal cells, pigments, and nerve fibers.
- octile — (statistics) Any of the quantiles which divide an ordered sample population into eight equally numerous subsets.
- odylic — od.
- ogival — Having the curved, pointed shape of an ogive.
- ogling — to look at amorously, flirtatiously, or impertinently.
- oilcan — a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
- oilcup — a closed cup or can supplying lubricant to a bearing or bearings.
- oilers — Plural form of oiler.
- oilery — The business or goods of a dealer in oils.
- oilgas — a gaseous mixture of hydrocarbons used as a fuel, obtained by the destructive distillation of mineral oils
- oilier — Comparative form of oily.
- oilily — In an oily way.
- oiling — any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- oillet — eyelet (def 5).
- oilman — a person who owns or operates oil wells or an executive in the petroleum industry.
- oilmen — Plural form of oilman.
- oilnut — a nut from which oil is extracted
- oilrig — A rig, consisting of platform and machinery, used to drill for oil and other petroleum products like natural gas.
- oilway — a hole in a machine which allows oil to be inserted for lubrication
- olaf i — (Olaf Tryggvessön) a.d. 969–1000, king of Norway 995–1000.
- oldies — a popular song, joke, movie, etc., that was in vogue at a time in the past.
- oldish — somewhat old: an oldish man.
- olefin — any member of the alkene series.
- oligo- — indicating a few or little
- olinda — a city in NE Brazil, N suburb of Recife, on the Atlantic coast: beach resort.
- olingo — any raccoonlike, nocturnal, fruit-eating mammal of the genus Bassaricyon, inhabiting tropical jungles from Nicaragua to Peru and Bolivia and having large eyes and a long, ringed tail.
- oliver — one of the 12 paladins of Charlemagne. Compare Roland.
- olives — a female given name.
- olivet — a large floodlight having a single bulb.
- olivia — a female given name, form of Olive.
- ollies — Plural form of ollie.
- online — located on major routes or rail lines: online industries.
- ooidal — Egg-shaped.
- oolite — a limestone composed of minute rounded concretions resembling fish roe, in some places altered to ironstone by replacement with iron oxide.
- oolith — any of the component concretions of a piece of oolite.
- oorali — a tribe of people found in the Idukki District in India
- oorial — a wild, horned Himalayan sheep, a subspecies of Ovis orientalis, with a red coat
- opilio — The snow crab Chionoecetes opilio.
- orchil — a violet coloring matter obtained from certain lichens, chiefly species of Roccella.
- oriels — Plural form of oriel.
- oriole — any of several usually brightly colored, passerine birds of the family Oriolidae, of the Old World. Compare golden oriole.
- orlich — Francisco J [frahn-sees-kaw] /frɑnˈsis kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1906–69, Costa Rican engineer and statesman: president 1962–66.
- ostial — relating to an ostium
- ourali — a plant from which curare comes
- outlie — (rare, transitive) To tell more or better lies than.
- owlish — resembling or characteristic of an owl: His thick glasses give him an owlish appearance.
- oxalic — of or derived from oxalic acid.
- oxalis — any plant of the genus Oxalis, comprising the wood sorrels.
- oxisol — a thick, weathered soil of the humid tropics, largely depleted in the minerals that promote fertility, and characteristic of the Amazon and Congo basins.
- oxlike — the adult castrated male of the genus Bos, used chiefly as a draft animal.