8-letter words containing o, i, l, e
- bowllike — resembling a bowl; bowl-shaped
- box file — a rigid file which opens like a box, usually made of strong cardboard and able to hold a large quantity of documents
- braciole — a flat piece of veal or beef rolled around a filling and baked in stock and wine.
- bromelia — any plant of the family Bromeliaceae of tropical American plants, characterized by a short stem and deeply cleft calyx
- bromelin — a protein-digesting enzyme (see endopeptidase) found in pineapple and extracted for use in treating joint pain and inflammation, hay fever, and various other conditions
- cabriole — a type of furniture leg, popular in the first half of the 18th century, in which an upper convex curve descends tapering to a concave curve
- calexico — a town in S California.
- calicoed — dressed in calico.
- calicoes — Plural form of calico.
- calliope — a steam organ
- calories — Thermodynamics. Also called gram calorie, small calorie. an amount of heat exactly equal to 4.1840 joules. Abbreviation: cal. (usually initial capital letter) kilocalorie. Abbreviation: Cal.
- calorize — to coat (a ferrous metal) by spraying with aluminium powder and then heating
- cameloid — a member of the camel family
- camisole — A camisole is a short piece of clothing that women wear on the top half of their bodies underneath a shirt or blouse, for example.
- camomile — Camomile is a scented plant with flowers like small daisies. The flowers can be used to make herbal tea.
- capriole — a high upward but not forward leap made by a horse with all four feet off the ground
- carioles — Plural form of cariole.
- 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
- carriole — cariole
- celloist — (rare) synonym of cellist.
- chipotle — a smoked and dried jalapeno chilli pepper that is used in Mexican dishes
- chloride — Chloride is a chemical compound of chlorine and another substance.
- chlorine — Chlorine is a strong-smelling gas that is used to clean water and to make cleaning products.
- chlorite — any of a group of green soft secondary minerals consisting of the hydrated silicates of aluminium, iron, and magnesium in monoclinic crystalline form: common in metamorphic rocks
- choicely — With care in choosing; with attention to preference.
- choiseul — an island in the SW Pacific Ocean, in the Solomon Islands: hilly and densely forested. Area: 3885 sq km (1500 sq miles)
- choleric — A choleric person gets angry very easily. You can also use choleric to describe a person who is very angry.
- chowline — A line of people waiting for food.
- cimolite — a soft, clayey mineral of white, grey, or reddish coloration
- cleidoic — isolated from the environment, as certain eggs enclosed within a shell or membrane.
- cloister — A cloister is a covered area round a square in a monastery or a cathedral.
- 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.
- clothier — a person who makes, sells, or deals in clothes or cloth
- cloudier — full of or overcast by clouds: a cloudy sky.
- clupeoid — of, relating to, or belonging to the Isospondyli (or Clupeiformes), a large order of soft-finned fishes, including the herrings, salmon, and tarpon
- coalmine — a system of excavations made for the extraction of coal
- cocklike — resembling a cock
- coelomic — Of, or relating to a coelom.
- cogenial — Alternative spelling of congenial.
- coistrel — a knave
- cokelike — resembling coke
- colamine — ethanolamine.
- colicine — an antibacterial protein
- colinear — collinear.
- coliseum — a large building, such as a stadium or theatre, used for entertainments, sports, etc
- collegia — Ecclesiastical. college (def 11).
- colletid — (zoology) Any member of the Colletidae.
- collided — to strike one another or one against the other with a forceful impact; come into violent contact; crash: The two cars collided with an ear-splitting crash.
- collider — a particle accelerator in which beams of particles are made to collide