7-letter words containing lo
- holloed — Simple past tense and past participle of hollo.
- hollows — Plural form of hollow.
- holonym — (semantics) A term that denotes a whole whose part is denoted by another term, such as 'face' in relation to 'eye'.
- homolog — something homologous.
- hoolock — a type of gibbon (genus Hoolock) of Northeastern India and parts of Myanmar and Bangladesh, the males of which have black fur and white brows
- humulon — a bitter constituent of hops, C 21 H 30 O 5 , having antibiotic properties.
- hyaloid — hyaloid membrane.
- hyloist — an adherent of hylotheism
- illogic — the state or quality of being illogical; illogicality: His speech was full of illogic.
- ilocano — a member of a people of Luzon in the Philippines.
- ilokano — Ilocano.
- implode — to burst inward (opposed to explode).
- implore — to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat: They implored him to go.
- in loco — in place; in the proper place.
- in love — a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
- inclose — enclose.
- inflows — Plural form of inflow.
- ingelow — Jean, 1820–97, English poet and novelist.
- inglobe — to enclose as in a globe; encompass; fix within a sphere
- inkblot — A blot of ink.
- j-cloth — a light, absorbent, reusable cloth used for wiping household surfaces
- jagello — a member of a dynasty ruling in Bohemia, Hungary, Lithuania, and Poland in the 14th to 16th centuries.
- jalouse — (Scotland) To suspect.
- jealous — feeling resentment against someone because of that person's rivalry, success, or advantages (often followed by of): He was jealous of his rich brother.
- jiulong — Kowloon.
- job lot — a large, often assorted quantity of goods sold or handled as a single transaction.
- kalooki — a form of rummy played with two packs of cards
- karloff — Boris (William Henry Pratt) 1887–1969, British actor in the U.S.
- keitloa — a variety of the black rhinoceros having the posterior horn equal to or longer than the anterior horn.
- kellogg — Frank Billings, 1856–1937, U.S. statesman: secretary of state 1925–29; Nobel Peace Prize 1929.
- keloids — Plural form of keloid.
- kelowna — a city in S British Columbia, in SW Canada.
- kerflop — with or as if with a flop: He fell kerflop.
- keylock — any lock unlocked with a key.
- keyslot — a short, curved slot cut into a shaft for a Woodruff key. Compare keyway (def 1).
- kilobar — a unit of pressure, equal to 1000 bars (14,500 pounds per square inch; equivalent to 100 megapascals). Abbreviation: kb.
- kilobit — 1024 (2 10) bits.
- kilorad — one thousand rads
- kiloton — a unit of weight, equal to 1000 tons.
- kolomna — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, SE of Moscow.
- kowloon — a peninsula in SE China, opposite Hong Kong island: a part of the Hong Kong colony. 3 sq. mi. (7.8 sq. km).
- lay low — situated, placed, or occurring not far above the ground, floor, or base: a low shelf.
- le clos — Chad. born 1992, South African swimmer; won gold in the 200m butterfly at the 2012 Olympics
- lenclos — Anne [ahn,, an] /ɑn,, an/ (Show IPA), (Ninon de Lenclos) 1620–1705? French courtesan and wit.
- lie low — situated, placed, or occurring not far above the ground, floor, or base: a low shelf.
- linalol — a colorless, unsaturated terpene liquid alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, having a fragrance similar to that of bergamot oil, obtained from several essential oils: used in perfumery.
- liplock — (chiefly, US, informal) A kiss; especially a long, passionate one.
- lloyd's — Welsh Legend. Llwyd.
- lo mein — a Chinese dish of thin noodles stir-fried with vegetables and usually meat or shrimp.
- lo-carb — containing few or fewer carbohydrates: a low-carb diet.