8-letter words containing r, o, l, c
- robocall — a telephone call placed to large numbers of people by a computerized device that automatically dials the telephone numbers and plays a recorded message: Many but not all robocalls are illegal.
- 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.
- rochdale — a borough of Greater Manchester, in N England: site of one of the earliest cooperative societies 1844.
- rochelle — a seaport in and the capital of Charente Maritime, in W France; besieged while a Huguenot stronghold 1627–29.
- rock elm — an elm, Ulmus thomasii, of eastern North America, having deeply furrowed, grayish-brown bark.
- rock oil — petroleum.
- rock-eel — rock blenny.
- rockable — (of a chair, crib, etc) able to be rocked
- rockfall — an act or instance of the falling of rock, as in a cave-in or an avalanche.
- rockland — a city in SE Massachusetts.
- rockless — lacking rocks
- rocklike — Something that is rocklike is very strong or firm, and is unlikely to change.
- rockling — any of several small cods of the genera Enchalyopus and Gaidropsarus, found in the North Atlantic.
- rockwell — Norman, 1894–1978, U.S. illustrator.
- rollback — an act or instance of rolling back.
- rolliche — roulade (def 2).
- rollicky — rollicking or merry
- rollneck — (of a garment) having a high neck that may be rolled over
- rollocks — rowlock.
- s-scroll — an ornamental motif in the form of the letter S .
- schooler — an institution where instruction is given, especially to persons under college age: The children are at school.
- scleroid — hard or indurated.
- scleroma — a tumorlike hardening of tissue.
- sclerose — to undergo sclerosis; to harden
- sclerous — hard; firm; bony.
- scornful — full of scorn; derisive; contemptuous: He smiled in a scornful way.
- scrobble — (of an online music service) to record a listener's musical preferences and recommend similar music that he or she might enjoy
- scrofula — primary tuberculosis of the lymphatic glands, especially those of the neck.
- scrolled — sawn into scrolls
- scroller — a person or thing that scrolls
- sculptor — artist who sculpts
- sectoral — Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- selector — to choose in preference to another or others; pick out.
- sherlock — a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “fair-haired.”.
- slot car — a miniature, electrically-operated toy racing car that runs on a slotted track and is controlled by an operator with a handheld rheostat.
- sloucher — to sit or stand with an awkward, drooping posture.
- thoracal — of or relating to the thorax.
- torchlit — illuminated by the light of a torch or torches
- torcular — a tourniquet or bandage
- tricolor — Also, tricolored; especially British, tricoloured. having three colors.
- trifocal — Optics. having three foci.
- trochlea — a pulleylike structure or arrangement of parts.
- tropical — pertaining to, characteristic of, occurring in, or inhabiting the tropics, especially the humid tropics: tropical flowers.
- ulcerous — of the nature of an ulcer; characterized by the formation of ulcers.
- unicolor — having only one color.
- urceolus — a plant organ shaped like an urn
- victrola — a gramophone
- vortical — of or relating to a vortex.
- warlocks — Plural form of warlock.
- welcomer — a kindly greeting or reception, as to one whose arrival gives pleasure: to give someone a warm welcome.