8-letter words containing o, t, l, i
- liftoffs — Plural form of liftoff.
- ligation — the act of ligating, especially of surgically tying up a bleeding artery.
- light on — to get down or descend, as from a horse or a vehicle.
- limation — The act of filing or polishing.
- limonite — an amorphous hydrated ferric oxide, varying in color from dark brown to yellow, used as an ore of iron.
- line out — a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page.
- line-out — a procedure for putting an out-of-bounds ball back in play, whereby a player outside the touchline tosses the ball high and between two lines of opposing forwards lined up perpendicular to the touchline.
- lineouts — Plural form of lineout.
- link rot — (web) The process by which links on a web page became unusable as the pages they point to change location or are removed.
- linocuts — Plural form of linocut.
- linotype — to typeset on a Linotype machine.
- linstock — a staff with one end forked to hold a match, formerly used in firing cannon.
- lipoates — Plural form of lipoate.
- lipocyte — fat cell.
- lipomata — a benign tumor consisting of fat tissue.
- listproc — A mailing list processor owned and developed by BITNET which runs under Unix. See also Listserv, Majordomo.
- literose — affectedly literary
- lithosol — a group of shallow soils lacking well-defined horizons, especially an entisol consisting of partially weathered rock fragments, usually on steep slopes.
- littoral — of or relating to the shore of a lake, sea, or ocean.
- litvinov — Maksim Maksimovich [muh-ksyeem muh-ksyee-muh-vyich] /mʌˈksyim mʌˈksyi mə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1951, Russian Communist leader and diplomat.
- live out — residing away from the place of one's employment: a live-out cook.
- live-out — residing away from the place of one's employment: a live-out cook.
- loaf tin — a tin that is used for baking bread
- loathing — strong dislike or disgust; intense aversion.
- lobation — lobate formation.
- lobbyist — a person who tries to influence legislation on behalf of a special interest; a member of a lobby.
- lobstick — lopstick.
- localist — a word, phrase, pronunciation, or manner of speaking that is peculiar to one locality.
- localite — one who lives in a particular locality.
- locality — a place, spot, or district, with or without reference to things or persons in it or to occurrences there: They moved to another locality.
- locating — Present participle of locate.
- location — memory location
- locative — (in certain inflected languages) noting a case whose distinctive function is to indicate place in or at which, as Latin domī “at home.”.
- locution — a particular form of expression; a word, phrase, expression, or idiom, especially as used by a particular person, group, etc.
- loftiest — extending high in the air; of imposing height; towering: lofty mountains.
- loftlike — Resembling a loft.
- logicist — (philosophy) An adherent of logicism.
- logistic — of or relating to logistic.
- loitered — to linger aimlessly or as if aimless in or about a place: to loiter around the bus terminal.
- loiterer — to linger aimlessly or as if aimless in or about a place: to loiter around the bus terminal.
- long tin — a tall long loaf of bread
- longlist — A first list, from which a shortlist is prepared.
- longtail — A common designation for an animal that has an unusually long tail relative to similar species.
- longtime — existing, occurring, or continuing for a long period of time; longstanding: longtime friends celebrating 50 years of association.
- looksist — Forming prejudices based on a person's physical appearance.
- lootings — Plural form of looting.
- lopolith — a mass of igneous rock similar to a laccolith but concave downward rather than upward.
- lopstick — a tree trimmed of all but its topmost branches to serve as a landmark or marker.
- loquitur — (he or she) speaks (with the speaker’s name following, as a stage direction or to inform the reader).
- lordotic — Pathology. an abnormal forward curvature of the spine in the lumbar region, resulting in a swaybacked posture. Compare kyphosis, scoliosis.