8-letter words containing o, s, i, c, l
- lichanos — (in Greek music) a note played using the forefinger
- linocuts — Plural form of linocut.
- linstock — a staff with one end forked to hold a match, formerly used in firing cannon.
- liposuck — to subject to liposuction
- lipscomb — William Nunn [nuhn] /nʌn/ (Show IPA), Jr. 1919–2011, U.S. chemist: Nobel Prize 1976.
- listproc — A mailing list processor owned and developed by BITNET which runs under Unix. See also Listserv, Majordomo.
- lobstick — lopstick.
- localise — (transitive) alternative spelling of localize.
- localism — a word, phrase, pronunciation, or manner of speaking that is peculiar to one locality.
- localist — a word, phrase, pronunciation, or manner of speaking that is peculiar to one locality.
- lockings — Plural form of locking.
- 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.
- logistic — of or relating to logistic.
- lopstick — a tree trimmed of all but its topmost branches to serve as a landmark or marker.
- lovesick — languishing with love: a lovesick adolescent.
- luscious — highly pleasing to the taste or smell: luscious peaches.
- lycopsid — Any primitive plant of the division Lycopodiophyta.
- melodics — the branch of musical science concerned with the pitch and succession of tones.
- miscolor — to give a wrong color to.
- mosaical — of or relating to Moses or the writings, laws, and principles attributed to him: Mosaic ethics.
- nicholas — (Thomas Parentucelli) 1397?–1455, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1447–55.
- nicolson — Sir Harold George, 1886–1968, English diplomat, biographer, and journalist (husband of Victoria Mary Sackville-West).
- ochlesis — any disease caused by overcrowding.
- oculists — Plural form of oculist.
- opticals — (India) spectacles.
- ossicles — Plural form of ossicle.
- ossicula — Plural form of ossiculum.
- outslick — to outsmart
- pci slot — (hardware) A connector on Peripheral Component Interconnect and the associated physical space occupied by the installed PCI card.
- polemics — a controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine, etc.
- poli sci — political science: to major in poli sci.
- policies — the enclosed grounds and gardens surrounding a large country house or mansion
- politics — the science or art of political government.
- poly sci — poli sci
- popsicle — ice lolly
- postical — (of the position of plant parts) behind another part; posterior
- psilocin — a psilocybin metabolite with strong hallucinogenic potency, produced after ingestion of the mushroom Psilocybe mexicana.
- psilotic — of or relating to a disease of the small intestine
- salpicon — a mixture of chopped fish, meat, or vegetables in a sauce, used as fillings for croquettes, pastries, etc
- saxicole — living on or among rocks
- scaldino — an Italian earthen brazier
- scallion — any onion that does not form a large bulb; green onion.
- scholium — Often, scholia. an explanatory note or comment. an ancient annotation upon a passage in a Greek or Latin text.
- schoolie — a fish that swims within a school.
- sciolism — superficial knowledge.
- sciolist — superficial knowledge.
- sciolous — pretending to have knowledge on a subject, having incomplete knowledge
- scleroid — hard or indurated.