7-letter words containing l, o
- goolies — (slang, British) The testicles.
- gorilla — the largest of the anthropoid apes, Gorilla gorilla, terrestrial and vegetarian, of western equatorial Africa and the Kivu highlands, comprising the subspecies G. g. gorilla (western lowland gorilla) G. g. graueri (eastern lowland gorilla) and G. g. beringei (mountain gorilla) now rare.
- gorlitz — a city in E Germany, on the Neisse River, at the Polish boundary.
- gormley — Sir Antony. born 1950, British sculptor, noted for Angel of the North (1998) and Another Place (1997), an installation of cast-iron figures facing out to sea on Crosby beach, near Liverpool
- gosling — a young goose.
- gospels — the teachings of Jesus and the apostles; the Christian revelation.
- gosplan — the official planning organization, which drew up projects embracing trade and industry, agriculture, education, and public health.
- gotland — an island in the Baltic, forming a province of Sweden. 1212 sq. mi. (3140 sq. km). Capital: Visby.
- goulash — Also called Hungarian goulash. a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, with paprika and other seasoning.
- goulden — Obsolete form of golden.
- goutfly — a fly whose larvae infect crops
- granola — a breakfast food consisting of rolled oats, brown sugar, nuts, dried fruit, etc., usually served with milk.
- grockle — (slang, British, various parts of the South West) A tourist from elsewhere in the country.
- grolier — pertaining to a decorative design (Grolier design) in bookbinding, consisting of bands interlaced in geometric forms.
- grossly — without deductions; total, as the amount of sales, salary, profit, etc., before taking deductions for expenses, taxes, or the like (opposed to net2. ): gross earnings; gross sales.
- grovels — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of grovel.
- growled — to utter a deep guttural sound of anger or hostility: The dog growled at the mail carrier.
- growler — a person or thing that growls.
- gullion — (obsolete) A worthless wretch.
- gumboil — a small abscess on the gum, originating in an abscess in the pulp of a tooth.
- gunlock — the mechanism of a firearm by which the charge is exploded.
- gwalior — a former state in central India, now part of Madhya Pradesh.
- h-block — a name for the Maze Prison in Northern Ireland, closed in 2000
- halcyon — calm; peaceful; tranquil: halcyon weather.
- halfgod — A demigod.
- halicot — haricot2 .
- halidom — a holy place, as a church or sanctuary.
- halimot — the court held by a lord
- hallion — a disreputable or useless lout
- halloed — Simple past tense and past participle of hallo.
- hallows — to make holy; sanctify; consecrate.
- halogen — any of the electronegative elements, fluorine, chlorine, iodine, bromine, and astatine, that form binary salts by direct union with metals.
- haloing — Also called nimbus. a geometric shape, usually in the form of a disk, circle, ring, or rayed structure, traditionally representing a radiant light around or above the head of a divine or sacred personage, an ancient or medieval monarch, etc.
- haloumi — a salty cheese originating in Cyprus and made from sheep’s or goat’s milk: often grilled or fried because it melts very slowly.
- haploid — single; simple.
- haplont — the haploid individual in a life cycle that has a diploid and a haploid phase.
- harlots — Plural form of harlot.
- hayloft — a loft in a stable or barn for the storage of hay.
- helcoid — Of or pertaining to an ulcer; ulcerous.
- helico- — spiral or helical
- helicon — a mountain in S central Greece. 5738 feet (1749 meters): regarded by ancient Greeks as the abode of Apollo and the Muses.
- hellbox — hell (def 9).
- hellion — a disorderly, troublesome, rowdy, or mischievous person.
- helmont — Jan Baptista van [yahn bahp tis-tah-vahn] /yɑn bɑp ˈtɪs tɑ vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1579–1644, Flemish chemist and physician.
- heloise — 1101?–64, French abbess: pupil of and secretly married to Pierre Abélard. Compare Abélard.
- helotry — serfdom; slavery.
- hemiola — a rhythmic pattern of syncopated beats with two beats in the time of three or three beats in the time of two.
- hemlock — a poisonous plant, Conium maculatum, of the parsley family, having purple-spotted stems, finely divided leaves, and umbels of small white flowers, used medicinally as a powerful sedative.
- hengelo — a city in the E Netherlands.
- hidalgo — a man of the lower nobility in Spain.