8-letter words containing t, a, l, e, o
- flameout — burning gas or vapor, as from wood or coal, that is undergoing combustion; a portion of ignited gas or vapor.
- fleawort — a European plantain, Plantago psyllium, having seeds that are used in medicine.
- floatage — an act of floating.
- floaters — a person or thing that floats.
- flowrate — The flowrate is the speed at which fluid in a pipe moves, or the speed at which it moves from a reservoir into a wellbore.
- foliated — covered with or having leaves.
- folktale — a tale or legend originating and traditional among a people or folk, especially one forming part of the oral tradition of the common people.
- fontanel — one of the spaces, covered by membrane, between the bones of the fetal or young skull.
- forestal — a large tract of land covered with trees and underbrush; woodland.
- gantlope — gauntlet2 .
- gatefold — foldout (def 1).
- gelation — the process of gelling.
- geolatry — the worship of the earth
- goatlike — any of numerous agile, hollow-horned ruminants of the genus Capra, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the sheep, found native in rocky and mountainous regions of the Old World, and widely distributed in domesticated varieties.
- goethals — George Washington, 1858–1928, U.S. major general and engineer: chief engineer of the Panama Canal 1907–14; governor of the Canal Zone 1914–16.
- halftone — Also called middle-tone. (in painting, drawing, graphics, photography, etc.) a value intermediate between light and dark.
- hazleton — a city in E Pennsylvania.
- helotage — a member of the lowest class in ancient Laconia, constituting a body of serfs who were bound to the land and were owned by the state. Compare Perioeci, Spartiate.
- hexaglot — a book written in six languages
- hotelman — hotelkeeper.
- hotplate — a portable appliance for cooking, formerly heated by a gas burner placed underneath it, now heated chiefly by an electrical unit in the appliance.
- hylobate — Any of the genus Hylobates of gibbons.
- idolater — Also, idolist [ahyd-l-ist] /ˈaɪd l ɪst/ (Show IPA). a worshiper of idols.
- immolate — to sacrifice.
- insolate — to expose to the sun's rays; treat by exposure to the sun's rays.
- iolanthe — an operetta (1882) by Sir William S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan.
- isolated — compact
- isolates — to set or place apart; detach or separate so as to be alone.
- joktaleg — a large clasp knife or pocketknife; jackknife.
- jolthead — (archaic) A dunce; a blockhead.
- keelboat — a roughly built, shallow freight boat, having a keel to permit sailing into the wind.
- la porte — a city in NW Indiana.
- laborite — a member of a political party promoting the interests of labor.
- labornet — An IGC network serving groups, unions and labour advocates interested in information sharing and collaboration with the intent of enhancing the human rights and economic justice of workers. Issues covered include workplace and community health and safety issues, trade issues and international union solidarity and collaboration.
- lacteous — milky; of the color of milk.
- lactogen — (biochemistry) A polypeptide placental hormone, part of the somatotropin family, with structure and function similar to those of growth hormone. It modifies the metabolic state of the mother during pregnancy to facilitate the energy supply of the fetus.
- lactones — Plural form of lactone.
- lakeport — a port city located on the shore of a lake, especially one of the Great Lakes.
- lancelot — Arthurian Romance. the greatest of Arthur's knights and the lover of Queen Guinevere.
- lapstone — A stone for the lap, on which shoemakers used to beat leather.
- later on — a comparative of late: Her later years were not happy.
- latewood — Wood formed in a tree relatively late in the season.
- leadfoot — a person who drives a motor vehicle too fast, especially habitually.
- leadwort — any plant or shrub of the genus Plumbago, having spikes of blue, white, or red flowers.
- legation — a diplomatic minister and staff in a foreign mission.
- lekgotla — a meeting place for village assemblies, court cases, and meetings of village leaders
- lentando — becoming slower.
- leotards — A close-fitting one-piece garment, made of a stretchy fabric, which covers a person's body from the shoulders to the top of the thighs and typically the arms, worn by dancers or people exercising indoors.
- levation — The act of raising; elevation or upward motion, such as that produced by the action of a levator muscle.
- levators — Plural form of levator.