8-letter words containing s, l, o, c
- scrolled — sawn into scrolls
- scroller — a person or thing that scrolls
- scullion — a kitchen servant who does menial work.
- sculptor — artist who sculpts
- secalose — a sugar which occurs in green rye and oats
- secondly — in the second place; second.
- sectoral — Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- selcouth — strange; uncommon.
- selector — to choose in preference to another or others; pick out.
- sherlock — a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “fair-haired.”.
- shockley — William Bradford, 1910–1989, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1956.
- shoelace — a string or lace for fastening a shoe.
- sidelock — earlock.
- silicone — any of a number of polymers containing alternate silicon and oxygen atoms, as (–Si–O–Si–O–) n, whose properties are determined by the organic groups attached to the silicon atoms, and that are fluid, resinous, rubbery, extremely stable in high temperatures, and water-repellent: used as adhesives, lubricants, and hydraulic oils and in electrical insulation, cosmetics, etc.
- sillcock — hosecock.
- skelloch — a shriek
- slavonic — Slavonian.
- slob ice — sludge (def 5).
- slommock — to walk assertively with a hip-rolling gait
- 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.
- slotback — an offensive back who lines up about one yard behind the gap in the line between a tackle and an end stationed a distance outside of the tackle.
- slouched — to sit or stand with an awkward, drooping posture.
- sloucher — to sit or stand with an awkward, drooping posture.
- slowback — a laggard, idler or lazy person
- slummock — to move heavily and awkwardly
- sociable — inclined to associate with or be in the company of others.
- sociably — inclined to associate with or be in the company of others.
- socially — relating to, devoted to, or characterized by friendly companionship or relations: a social club.
- societal — noting or pertaining to large social groups, or to their activities, customs, etc.
- sockless — having or wearing no socks
- solecism — a nonstandard or ungrammatical usage, as unflammable and they was.
- solecize — to commit a solecism
- solicits — to seek for (something) by entreaty, earnest or respectful request, formal application, etc.: He solicited aid from the minister.
- solicity — a request
- solstice — Astronomy. either of the two times a year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator: about June 21, when the sun reaches its northernmost point on the celestial sphere, or about December 22, when it reaches its southernmost point. Compare summer solstice, winter solstice. either of the two points in the ecliptic farthest from the equator.
- solvency — solvent condition; ability to pay all just debts.
- splotchy — marked or covered with splotches.
- st-cloud — city in NC France: suburb of Paris: pop. 29,000
- stenlock — a coal fish, Merlangus carbonarius
- stilicho — Flavius [fley-vee-uh s] /ˈfleɪ vi əs/ (Show IPA), a.d. 359?–408, Roman general and statesman.
- subblock — a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more flat or approximately flat faces.
- subvocal — mentally formulated as words, especially without vocalization.
- suckhole — a sycophant; toady
- sulfonic — sulfo.
- sunblock — a substance that provides a high degree of protection against sunburn, often preventing most tanning as well as burning, as by obstructing the penetration of ultraviolet rays.
- suo loco — in a person or thing's own or rightful place
- symbolic — serving as a symbol of something (often followed by of).
- symploce — the simultaneous use of anaphora and epistrophe.
- syncopal — Grammar. the contraction of a word by omitting one or more sounds from the middle, as in the reduction of never to ne'er.
- systolic — (of blood pressure) indicating the maximum arterial pressure occurring during contraction of the left ventricle of the heart.