8-letter words starting with lo
- logjuice — poor quality port wine
- logogram — a conventional, abbreviated symbol for a frequently recurring word or phrase, as the symbol & for the word and. Also called logograph [law-guh-graf, -grahf, log-uh-] /ˈlɔ gəˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf, ˈlɒg ə-/ (Show IPA).
- logology — (obsolete) Scientific study of words.
- logomach — Someone who argues about the meaning of words.
- logotype — Also called logo. a single piece of type bearing two or more uncombined letters, a syllable, or a word.
- logperch — a darter, Percina caprodes, of eastern North American lakes and streams, having a piglike snout.
- logrolls — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of logroll.
- logwoods — Plural form of logwood.
- loitered — to linger aimlessly or as if aimless in or about a place: to loiter around the bus terminal.
- loiterer — to linger aimlessly or as if aimless in or about a place: to loiter around the bus terminal.
- lokacara — an action in accordance with socially accepted rules.
- lokayata — a materialistic school of philosophers in India that opposed Hinduism by regarding only matter as real, sense data as the only source of knowledge, and the gratification of the appetites as the only good.
- lollipop — a piece of hard candy attached to the end of a small stick that is held in the hand while the candy is licked.
- lolloped — Simple past tense and past participle of lollop.
- lollygag — lallygag.
- lollypop — a piece of hard candy attached to the end of a small stick that is held in the hand while the candy is licked.
- lombardi — Vince(nt Thomas) 1913–70, U.S. football coach.
- lombardo — Guy (Albert) 1902–77, U.S. bandleader, born in Canada.
- lombardy — a region and former kingdom in N Italy. 9190 sq. mi. (23,800 sq. km).
- lombroso — Cesare [che-zah-re] /ˈtʃɛ zɑˌrɛ/ (Show IPA), 1836–1909, Italian physician and criminologist.
- londoner — a native or inhabitant of London.
- londrina — a city in E Brazil.
- lonelier — affected with, characterized by, or causing a depressing feeling of being alone; lonesome.
- lonelily — affected with, characterized by, or causing a depressing feeling of being alone; lonesome.
- loneness — being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied: a lone traveler.
- lonesome — depressed or sad because of the lack of friends, companionship, etc.; lonely: to feel lonesome.
- long ago — of or relating to the distant past or to remote events; ancient: long-ago exploits remembered only in folk tales.
- long arm — a long pole fitted with any of various devices, as a hook or clamp, for performing tasks otherwise out of reach.
- long ess — a style of the letter s, suggesting a lowercase f in form, formerly common in handwriting and as a type character.
- long hop — a short-pitched ball, which can easily be hit
- long leg — a fielding position on the leg side near the boundary almost directly behind the batsman's wicket
- long one — Informal. tall one.
- long pig — (among the Maori and Polynesian peoples) human flesh as food for cannibals.
- long run — happening or presented over a long period of time or having a long course of performances: a long-run hit play.
- long tin — a tall long loaf of bread
- long tom — a towed 155mm field cannon produced by the U.S. throughout World War II.
- long ton — a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- long-ago — of or relating to the distant past or to remote events; ancient: long-ago exploits remembered only in folk tales.
- long-day — requiring a long photoperiod in order to flower.
- long-off — a fielding position on the off side near the boundary almost directly behind the bowler
- long-run — happening or presented over a long period of time or having a long course of performances: a long-run hit play.
- longboat — (formerly) the largest boat carried by a sailing ship.
- longbows — Plural form of longbow.
- longcase — A longcase clock.
- longeron — a main longitudinal brace or support on an airplane.
- longeval — Long-lived; longevous.
- longford — a county in Leinster, in the N Republic of Ireland. 403 sq. mi. (1044 sq. km). County seat: Longford.
- longhair — Sometimes Disparaging. an intellectual.
- longhand — writing of the ordinary kind, in which words are written out in full (distinguished from shorthand).
- longhead — a dolichocephalic person.