8-letter words containing o, r, i, a, l
- proximal — situated toward the point of origin or attachment, as of a limb or bone. Compare distal (def 1).
- railroad — a permanent road laid with rails, commonly in one or more pairs of continuous lines forming a track or tracks, on which locomotives and cars are run for the transportation of passengers, freight, and mail.
- rape oil — a brownish-yellow oil obtained by expression from rapeseed and used chiefly as a lubricant, an illuminant, and in the manufacture of rubber substitutes.
- rasorial — given to scratching the ground for food, as chickens; gallinaceous.
- rational — agreeable to reason; reasonable; sensible: a rational plan for economic development.
- regional — of or relating to a region of considerable extent; not merely local: a regional meeting of the Boy Scouts.
- relation — an existing connection; a significant association between or among things: the relation between cause and effect.
- retailor — to make (clothing) suitable for a new person or purpose by changing the details
- rhopalic — (of poetry) in which each successive word has one more syllable than the word before
- rio azul — an archaeological site in the jungles of northern Guatemala, where a 1500-year-old painted Mayan tomb was discovered intact in 1984.
- roadkill — Informal. the body of an animal killed on a road by a motor vehicle.
- rocaille — Fine Arts. any of the fantastic ornamental, often asymmetrical, combinations characteristic of the Rococo period, consisting of rock, shell, and plant forms combined with artificial forms, esp C -curves.
- rolamite — (sometimes initial capital letter) an almost frictionless mechanical device consisting of a flexible metal band formed in an S-shaped loop around moving rollers.
- rosalind — a female given name.
- roumelia — a division of the former Turkish Empire, in the Balkan Peninsula: included Albania, Macedonia, and Thrace.
- royalism — the principles of royal government; monarchism
- royalist — a supporter or adherent of a king or royal government, especially in times of rebellion or civil war.
- royalize — make royal
- sailroom — the space on a ship for storing sails
- seraglio — the part of a Muslim house or palace in which the wives and concubines are secluded; harem.
- solarism — the interpretation of myths by reference to the sun, especially such interpretation carried to an extreme.
- solarium — a glass-enclosed room, porch, or the like, exposed to the sun's rays, as at a seaside hotel or for convalescents in a hospital.
- solarize — Photography. to reverse (an image) partially, as from negative to positive, by exposure to light during development.
- solidare — an old coin
- solidary — characterized by or involving community of responsibilities and interests.
- solitary — alone; without companions; unattended: a solitary passer-by.
- soralium — (in a lichen) a group of soredia.
- soredial — pertaining to or resembling a soredium.
- soterial — relating to salvation
- strobila — the body of a tapeworm exclusive of the head and neck region. Compare scolex.
- sutorial — relating to sewing or cobbling
- taileron — an aileron located on the tailplane of an aircraft
- tailor's — a shop where clothes can be repaired or altered
- tailored — (of a woman's garment) in a simple or plain style with fitted lines. Compare dressmaker (def 2).
- tiraspol — a city in E Moldavia (Moldova), NW of Odessa.
- tirolean — of, relating to, or characteristic of the Tyrol or its inhabitants.
- tonsilar — of or relating to the tonsils
- torminal — of or relating to tormina
- toroidal — of or relating to a toroid.
- tortilla — a thin, round, unleavened bread prepared from cornmeal or sometimes wheat flour, baked on a flat plate of iron, earthenware, or the like.
- triazole — any of a group of four compounds containing three nitrogen and two carbon atoms arranged in a five-membered ring and having the formula C 2 H 3 N 3 .
- trifocal — Optics. having three foci.
- trigonal — of, relating to, or shaped like a triangle; having three angles; triangular.
- trimodal — (of a distribution) having three modes.
- trinodal — having three nodes or joints.
- tripodal — pertaining to or having the form of a tripod.
- trizonal — formed or arranged in three layers or zones
- tropical — pertaining to, characteristic of, occurring in, or inhabiting the tropics, especially the humid tropics: tropical flowers.
- troupial — any of several American birds of the family Icteridae, especially one with brilliantly colored plumage, as Icterus icterus, of South America.
- tutorial — pertaining to or exercised by a tutor: tutorial functions or authority.