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8-letter words containing o, l, g

  • long run — happening or presented over a long period of time or having a long course of performances: a long-run hit play.
  • long tin — a tall long loaf of bread
  • long tom — a towed 155mm field cannon produced by the U.S. throughout World War II.
  • long ton — a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
  • long-ago — of or relating to the distant past or to remote events; ancient: long-ago exploits remembered only in folk tales.
  • long-day — requiring a long photoperiod in order to flower.
  • long-off — a fielding position on the off side near the boundary almost directly behind the bowler
  • long-run — happening or presented over a long period of time or having a long course of performances: a long-run hit play.
  • longboat — (formerly) the largest boat carried by a sailing ship.
  • longbows — Plural form of longbow.
  • longcase — A longcase clock.
  • longeron — a main longitudinal brace or support on an airplane.
  • longeval — Long-lived; longevous.
  • longford — a county in Leinster, in the N Republic of Ireland. 403 sq. mi. (1044 sq. km). County seat: Longford.
  • longhair — Sometimes Disparaging. an intellectual.
  • longhand — writing of the ordinary kind, in which words are written out in full (distinguished from shorthand).
  • longhead — a dolichocephalic person.
  • longhorn — any of numerous, often brightly colored beetles of the family Cerambycidae, usually with long antennae, the larva of which bores into the wood of living or decaying trees.
  • longings — Plural form of longing.
  • longinus — Dionysius Cassius [kash-uh s] /ˈkæʃ əs/ (Show IPA), a.d. 213?–273, Greek philosopher and rhetorician.
  • longjump — jumping contest decided by length
  • longkang — (Singapore, Malaysia) drain.
  • longleaf — A longleaf pine, Pirus palustris, or the wood of this tree.
  • longlegs — A daddy longlegs.
  • longline — A type of deep-sea fishing gear consisting of a long main line anchored to the bottom to which shorter lines with baited hooks are fastened at intervals.
  • longlist — A first list, from which a shortlist is prepared.
  • longmont — a city in N central Colorado.
  • longneck — a bottle of beer.
  • longness — (rare) length, lengthiness.
  • longship — a medieval ship used in northern Europe especially by the Norse, having a long, narrow, open hull, a single square sail, and a large number of oars, which provided most of the propulsion.
  • longshot — Alternative spelling of long shot.
  • longsome — tiresomely long; so protracted as to weary or cause boredom.
  • longspur — any of several fringillid birds of the genus Calcarius of tundra or prairie regions of North America, characterized by a long spurlike hind claw on each foot.
  • longtail — A common designation for an animal that has an unusually long tail relative to similar species.
  • longterm — covering a relatively long period of time: a long-term lease.
  • longtime — existing, occurring, or continuing for a long period of time; longstanding: longtime friends celebrating 50 years of association.
  • longueur — a long and boring passage in a literary work, drama, musical composition, or the like: The longueurs in this book make it almost unreadable.
  • longview — a city in NE Texas.
  • longwall — noting or pertaining to a means of extracting coal or other minerals in an underground mine from a continuous face, the roof before the face being supported at intervals by temporary or movable artificial supports. Compare room-and-pillar.
  • longwave — (of radio waves) Having a wavelength of greater than 1000 meters.
  • longways — longwise.
  • longwise — lengthwise
  • longwood — a city in central Florida.
  • longword — (computing) A type of unsigned integer variable that is longer than a word (specific number of bits depends upon architecture).
  • lootings — Plural form of looting.
  • lopgrass — a species of smooth-bladed grass, Bromus mollis
  • lordling — a minor, unimportant, or petty lord.
  • losingly — in a losing manner
  • louganisGregory ("Greg") born 1960, U.S. diver.
  • loungers — Plural form of lounger.
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