8-letter words containing r, o, l, c
- occlusor — a muscle that closes an aperture when it contracts
- occulter — Any object, natural or man-made, that blocks the light of an object from an observer, typically used in reference to astronomical events.
- of color — person: not white
- olfactor — A smelling organ; a nose.
- oligarch — one of the rulers in an oligarchy.
- oliguric — of or relating to oliguria
- opercula — Botany, Zoology. a part or organ serving as a lid or cover, as a covering flap on a seed vessel.
- oracle 7 — (database) Version 7 of the Oracle relational database system software.
- oracling — Present participle of oracle.
- oracular — of the nature of, resembling, or suggesting an oracle: an oracular response.
- orichalc — a yellow alloy derived from gold or copper
- outcrawl — to crawl further than or faster than
- overcall — Cards. a bid higher than the previous bid.
- overclad — wearing too many clothes
- overcloy — to weary with excess
- overclub — to use a club which causes the shot to go too far
- overcoil — a fixed end of a spiral hairspring, consisting of an upwardly and inwardly bent continuation of the outermost coil of the spring: used to offset the asymmetry of the common spiral spring when tight, which impairs isochronism.
- overcold — too cold
- overcool — to cool too much
- overlock — to sew (a seam, hem, or edge) with a particular stitch that prevents fraying
- parclose — (in a church) a screen dividing one area from another, as a chapel from an aisle.
- parfocal — of or relating to different eyepieces (of telescopes or microscopes) that all focus their images in the same plane, so that they can be interchanged without readjusting the instrument.
- pectoral — of, in, on, or pertaining to the chest or breast; thoracic.
- perclose — parclose.
- percolin — a pain-relieving drug
- petrolic — of, relating to, containing, or obtained from petroleum
- picloram — a colorless powder, C 6 H 3 Cl 3 N 2 O 2 , used as a systemic herbicide for controlling annual weeds and deep-rooted perennials on noncrop land.
- plectron — plectrum.
- policier — French. a novel or film featuring detectives, crime, or the like.
- polyarch — (of a woody tissue) having multiple points of origin
- polycarp — Saint, a.d. 69?–155, bishop of Smyrna and a Christian martyr.
- preclose — to put (something) in a position to obstruct an entrance, opening, etc.; shut.
- proclaim — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
- proclive — having an inclination towards an action; prone
- prolific — producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful: a prolific pear tree.
- propylic — of, relating to, or characteristic of the propyl group.
- protocal — (spelling) It's spelled "protocol".
- protocol — the customs and regulations dealing with diplomatic formality, precedence, and etiquette.
- r-colour — an (r) quality imparted to certain vowels, usually by retroflexion
- reclothe — to clothe (someone or something) again or provide new clothing for (someone)
- recoiled — to draw back; start or shrink back, as in alarm, horror, or disgust.
- recollet — member of a particular Franciscan order
- recolour — to give a new colour to
- recouple — to couple (two people or things) again; reunite
- rectoral — of or relating to God's rule
- relocate — to move (a building, company, etc.) to a different location: plans to relocate the firm to Houston.
- replicon — any genetic element that can regulate and effect its own replication from initiation to completion.
- reschool — to school again; retrain
- rhopalic — (of poetry) in which each successive word has one more syllable than the word before
- rim lock — a lock nailed or screwed to one face of a door, gate, etc., as opposed to one built into its edge.