8-letter words containing o, l, g
- lilongwe — Formerly Nyasaland. a republic in SE Africa, on the W and S shores of Lake Malawi: formerly a British protectorate and part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland; gained independence July 6, 1964; a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 49,177 sq. mi. (127,368 sq. km). Capital: Lilongwe.
- limbourg — a medieval duchy in W Europe: now divided into a province in the SE Netherlands (Limburg) and a province in NE Belgium (Limbourg)
- lipgloss — Alternative spelling of lip gloss.
- lipogram — a written work composed of words chosen so as to avoid the use of one or more specific alphabetic characters.
- liveblog — a blog containing entries about an event that are written and posted while the event is taking place.
- livelong — (of time) whole or entire, especially when tediously long, slow in passing, etc.: We picked apples the livelong day.
- loadings — Plural form of loading.
- loathing — strong dislike or disgust; intense aversion.
- lobbygow — an errand boy, as formerly in the Chinatown section of a city.
- lobbying — an entrance hall, corridor, or vestibule, as in a public building, often serving as an anteroom; foyer.
- locating — Present participle of locate.
- lockings — Plural form of locking.
- lodgeing — Obsolete form of lodging.
- lodgings — accommodation in a house, especially in rooms for rent: to furnish board and lodging.
- lodgment — the act of lodging.
- log book — A log book is a book in which someone records details and events relating to something, for example a journey or period of their life, or a vehicle.
- log chip — the wooden chip of a chip log, for holding the end of the log line.
- log file — a file that records all the activity that has occurred on a system
- log fire — a fire on which logs are burned
- log line — the line by which a log or patent log is streamed.
- log reel — a reel from which the line of a log chip runs.
- log roll — to procure the passage of (a bill) by logrolling.
- log ship — log chip.
- log-wood — a portion or length of the trunk or of a large limb of a felled tree.
- logboard — a board used for logging a ship's records
- logbooks — Plural form of logbook.
- loggings — the process, work, or business of cutting down trees and transporting the logs to sawmills.
- logician — a person who is skilled in logic.
- logicise — to make logical; give logical form to: to logicize a sequence of events.
- logicism — the doctrine, developed chiefly by Gottlob Frege and Bertrand Russell, that mathematics can be reduced to logic.
- logicist — (philosophy) An adherent of logicism.
- logicize — to make logical; give logical form to: to logicize a sequence of events.
- logining — a username and password that allows a person to log in to a computer system, network, mobile device, or user account.
- logistic — of or relating to logistic.
- logjuice — poor quality port wine
- logogram — a conventional, abbreviated symbol for a frequently recurring word or phrase, as the symbol & for the word and. Also called logograph [law-guh-graf, -grahf, log-uh-] /ˈlɔ gəˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf, ˈlɒg ə-/ (Show IPA).
- logology — (obsolete) Scientific study of words.
- logomach — Someone who argues about the meaning of words.
- logotype — Also called logo. a single piece of type bearing two or more uncombined letters, a syllable, or a word.
- logperch — a darter, Percina caprodes, of eastern North American lakes and streams, having a piglike snout.
- logrolls — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of logroll.
- logwoods — Plural form of logwood.
- lollygag — lallygag.
- long ago — of or relating to the distant past or to remote events; ancient: long-ago exploits remembered only in folk tales.
- long arm — a long pole fitted with any of various devices, as a hook or clamp, for performing tasks otherwise out of reach.
- long ess — a style of the letter s, suggesting a lowercase f in form, formerly common in handwriting and as a type character.
- long hop — a short-pitched ball, which can easily be hit
- long leg — a fielding position on the leg side near the boundary almost directly behind the batsman's wicket
- long one — Informal. tall one.
- long pig — (among the Maori and Polynesian peoples) human flesh as food for cannibals.