8-letter words containing n, o, l
- carniola — a region of N Slovenia: a former duchy and crownland of Austria (1335–1919); divided between Yugoslavia and Italy in 1919; part of Yugoslavia (1947–92)
- carolean — characteristic of the time of Charles I and II of England: a Carolean costume.
- carolina — a former English colony on the E coast of North America, first established in 1663: divided in 1729 into North and South Carolina, which are often referred to as the Carolinas
- caroline — characteristic of or relating to Charles I or Charles II, kings of England, Scotland, and Ireland, the society over which they ruled, or their government
- caroling — a song, especially of joy.
- cauldron — A cauldron is a very large, round metal pot used for cooking over a fire. In stories and fairy tales, a cauldron is used by witches for their spells.
- caulonia — a town in S Calabria, in S Italy: ruins of ancient Achaean colony.
- cephalon — the head, especially of an arthropod.
- chaldron — a unit of capacity equal to 36 bushels. Formerly used in the US for the measurement of solids, being equivalent to 1.268 cubic metres. Used in Britain for both solids and liquids, it is equivalent to 1.309 cubic metres
- chalonic — of or relating to a chalone
- changkol — A type of hoe.
- charlton — Bobby, full name Sir Robert Charlton. born 1937, English footballer; played for Manchester United (1956–73) and England (1958–70) for whom he played 106 times, scoring 49 goals
- chingola — a town in N central Zambia.
- chlorine — Chlorine is a strong-smelling gas that is used to clean water and to make cleaning products.
- cholinic — Relating to, or obtained from, bile; cholic.
- chondral — of or relating to cartilage
- chowline — A line of people waiting for food.
- ciclaton — an expensive cloth used in medieval times
- cilantro — Cilantro is the leaves of the coriander plant that are used as an herb.
- clairton — a city in SW Pennsylvania.
- clangbox — a device fitted to a jet-engine to change the direction of thrust
- clangors — Plural form of clangor.
- clangour — a loud resonant often-repeated noise
- clarions — Plural form of clarion.
- clarkson — Thomas. 1760–1846, British campaigner for the abolition of slavery
- clayborn — a male given name.
- cleanout — the removal of something from a place
- clip-ons — sunglasses designed to be clipped on to a person's spectacles
- cloaking — Present participle of cloak.
- clock in — When you clock in at work, you arrive there or put a special card into a device to show what time you arrived.
- clock on — When workers clock on at a factory or office, they put a special card into a device to show what time they arrived.
- clocking — Present participle of clock.
- clogging — to hinder or obstruct with thick or sticky matter; choke up: to clog a drain.
- cloisonn — Alternative spelling of cloisonne.
- clomping — Present participle of clomp.
- clonally — (chiefly, botany) By means of asexual reproduction. (from 20th c.).
- clonebot — (chat) (Or "clone") A bot meant to replicate itself en masse on a talk network (generally IRC). A bot appears on the network as several agents, and then carries out some task, typically that of flooding another user. Compare ghost.
- clopping — a sound made by or as if by a horse's hoof striking the ground.
- clorinda — a female given name.
- close in — If a group of people close in on a person or place, they come nearer and nearer to them and gradually surround them.
- close-in — near, as to a common center; adjacent, especially to a city: The city is enveloping its close-in suburbs.
- closings — Plural form of closing.
- clothing — Clothing is the things that people wear.
- clotting — Present participle of clot.
- clouding — a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usually at an elevation above the earth's surface.
- clouting — Present participle of clout.
- clownery — clownish behavior.
- clowning — clownish behaviour
- clownish — If you describe a person's appearance or behaviour as clownish, you mean that they look or behave rather like a clown, and often that they appear rather foolish.
- cloyment — satiety