8-letter words containing o, l, g
- mortling — wool obtained from dead sheep.
- moslings — shavings or pieces from an animal skin that is being prepared
- mottling — to mark or diversify with spots or blotches of a different color or shade.
- moulding — a growth of minute fungi forming on vegetable or animal matter, commonly as a downy or furry coating, and associated with decay or dampness.
- moulting — Present participle of moult.
- movingly — capable of or having movement: a moving object.
- mycology — the branch of biology dealing with fungi.
- myologic — (medicine) Of or pertaining to the study of muscles or muscle tissue.
- n-prolog — Prolog extended with explicit negation. Dov Gabbay <[email protected]>.
- nasology — the scientific study of noses.
- negrillo — a member of any of various small-statured, indigenous peoples of Africa, as a Pygmy.
- neologic — neologism.
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- nightowl — a person who often stays up late at night; nighthawk.
- nobbling — to drug or disable (a race horse) to prevent its winning a race.
- nomology — the science of law or laws.
- noncling — having little or no tendency to stick to an object, surface, etc., as by static electricity.
- nonglare — (of a colour, paint, or surface) dull rather than shiny
- nonguilt — the state of being innocent or not guilty
- nonlegal — not related to, qualified for, or phrased in the manner of the practice of law (distinguished from illegal): a nonlegal explanation.
- nonlogic — That which is not logic.
- noodling — to improvise a musical passage in a casual manner, especially as a warm-up exercise.
- nosology — the systematic classification of diseases.
- nostalgy — nostalgia.
- oak gall — any of various rounded galls produced on oaks, especially the horned oak gall.
- obligant — a person who promises or is obliged to pay a sum or carry out a task
- obligate — to bind or oblige morally or legally: to obligate oneself to purchase a building.
- obligato — Alternative spelling of obbligato.
- obligees — Plural form of obligee.
- obliging — willing or eager to do favors, offer one's services, etc.; accommodating: The clerk was most obliging.
- obligors — Plural form of obligor.
- oblongly — In an oblong orientation.
- oblongum — (geometry, archaic) A prolate spheroid; a figure described by the revolution of an ellipse about its greater axis.
- ocmulgee — a river in NW Georgia, flowing SE to join the Oconee River and form the Altamaha River. 255 miles (410 km) long.
- octalogy — (rare) # A set of eight works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as eight individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.
- octangle — octangular.
- oecology — the branch of biology dealing with the relations and interactions between organisms and their environment, including other organisms.
- oenology — the science of viniculture.
- oiltight — constructed to be impervious to oil: an oiltight bulkhead.
- okmulgee — a city in E Oklahoma.
- old fogy — a person who is excessively old-fashioned in attitude, ideas, manners, etc.
- old girl — Chiefly British. a former student at a girl's school, especially a preparatory school.
- old goat — an elderly man who is disliked, especially for being mean to or disapproving of younger people.
- old gold — a color ranging in hue from medium yellow to light olive brown.
- oldening — Present participle of olden.
- oligarch — one of the rulers in an oligarchy.
- oligemia — Alt form olig\u00e6mia.
- oligomer — a polymer molecule consisting of a small number of monomers.
- oliguria — scantiness of urine due to diminished secretion.
- oliguric — of or relating to oliguria