8-letter words containing s, l, o, c
- creolist — a student of creole languages
- criollos — Plural form of criollo.
- cropless — without a crop or crops
- crosland — Anthony. 1918–77, British Labour politician and socialist theorist, author of The Future of Socialism (1957)
- crosslet — a cross having a smaller cross near the end of each arm
- crousely — in a crouse manner
- cuckolds — Plural form of cuckold.
- cullions — Plural form of cullion.
- culottes — Culottes are knee-length women's trousers that look like a skirt.
- cumulose — abounding in heaps or cumuli
- cumulous — resembling or consisting of cumulus clouds
- cycloids — Plural form of cycloid.
- cyclones — Plural form of cyclone.
- cyclopes — Plural form of cyclops.
- cyclosis — the circulation of cytoplasm or cell organelles, such as food vacuoles in some protozoans
- cytosols — Plural form of cytosol.
- damocles — a sycophant forced by Dionysius, tyrant of Syracuse, to sit under a sword suspended by a hair to demonstrate that being a king was not the happy state Damocles had said it was
- deschool — to separate education from the institution of school and operate through the pupil's life experience as opposed to a set curriculum
- disclose — to make known; reveal or uncover: to disclose a secret.
- discolor — to change or spoil the color of; fade or stain.
- dolichos — a genus of tropical vines
- echelons — Plural form of echelon.
- echoless — Without echo.
- eclogues — a pastoral poem, often in dialogue form.
- eclosion — the emergence of an adult insect from its pupal case.
- electors — Plural form of elector.
- electros — Plural form of electro.
- elflocks — A tangled mass of hair.
- enclosed — Surround or close off on all sides.
- encloser — (now, chiefly, historical) Someone who appropriates common land.
- encloses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enclose.
- ensorcel — Alternative form of ensorcell.
- escallop — A scallop shell as a charge.
- escalope — A thin slice of meat without any bone, typically a special cut of veal from the leg that is coated, fried, and served in a sauce.
- escarole — An endive of a variety with broad undivided leaves and a slightly bitter flavor, used in salads.
- eschalot — Archaic form of shallot.
- escolars — Plural form of escolar.
- escorial — a village in central Spain, northwest of Madrid: site of an architectural complex containing a monastery, palace, and college, built by Philip II between 1563 and 1584
- eteocles — a son of Oedipus and Jocasta. He expelled his brother Polynices from Thebes; they killed each other in single combat when Polynices returned as leader of the Seven against Thebes
- eusocial — (biology) Of or pertaining to certain social animals' societies (such as those of ants) in which sterile individuals work for reproductive individuals.
- fasciola — (anatomy) A band of grey matter bordering the fimbria in the brain; the dentate convolution.
- fasciole — one of the spine-bearing bands of tubercles found on spatangoid sea-urchins
- fetlocks — Plural form of fetlock.
- floccose — Botany. consisting of or bearing woolly tufts or long soft hairs.
- floscule — a floret; a single blossom of a composite flower
- flounces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flounce.
- fo'c'sle — a superstructure at or immediately aft of the bow of a vessel, used as a shelter for stores, machinery, etc., or as quarters for sailors.
- foolscap — a type of inexpensive writing paper, especially legal-size, lined, yellow sheets, bound in tablet form.
- forclose — Alternative form of foreclose.
- forslack — to neglect or be neglectful