8-letter words containing a, h, o, l
- ladyhood — The quality or state of being a lady or ladylike.
- laghouat — a city in N Algeria.
- lahontan — Lake, an Ice Age lake in W Nevada and NE California, about 8600 sq. mi. (22,000 sq. km): remnants include Carson Sink, Pyramid Lake.
- lambchop — A chop or rib of lamb.
- lanthorn — lantern.
- laoighis — a county in Leinster, in the central Republic of Ireland. 623 sq. mi. (1615 sq. km). County seat: Port Laoighise.
- larouche — Lyndon H., Jr. born 1922, U.S. economist and politician.
- larrocha — Alicia de [ah-lee-thyah th e,, -syah] /ɑˈli θyɑ ðɛ,, -syɑ/ (Show IPA), 1923–2009, Spanish concert pianist.
- lash out — the flexible part of a whip; the section of cord or the like forming the extremity of a whip.
- latch on — a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
- lathwork — work made of laths
- laughton — Charles, 1899–1962, U.S. actor, born in England.
- lichanos — (in Greek music) a note played using the forefinger
- lionhead — a small breed of rabbit with long fur around the face
- loathers — Plural form of loather.
- loathful — Scot. bashful; reluctant.
- loathing — strong dislike or disgust; intense aversion.
- loch tay — a lake in central Scotland, in Stirling council area. Length: 23 km (14 miles)
- lochearn — a city in N Maryland, near Baltimore.
- lockhart — John Gibson, 1794–1854, Scottish biographer and novelist.
- logomach — Someone who argues about the meaning of words.
- 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.
- lothario — (sometimes lowercase) a man who obsessively seduces and deceives women.
- lothians — a region in E Scotland. 700 sq. mi. (1813 sq. km).
- luchador — A person who competes in lucha libre wrestling.
- lymphoma — a tumor arising from any of the cellular elements of lymph nodes.
- mailshot — Bulk advertising sent through the post/mail.
- makhlouf — Saint Sharbel [shahr-buh l] /ˈʃɑr bəl/ (Show IPA), 1828–98, Lebanese monk: canonized 1977.
- malaphor — (rare neologism) An idiom blend: an error in which two similar figures of speech are merged, producing a nonsensical result.
- manholes — Plural form of manhole.
- mansholt — Sicco Leendert (ˈsɪko ˈleːndərt). 1908–95, Dutch economist and politician; vice president (1958–72) and president (1972–73) of the European Economic Community Commission. He was the author of the Mansholt Plan for the agricultural organization of the European Economic Community
- mashloch — (Scotland, obsolete) A type of low-quality bread made from flour and other grains.
- masoolah — an Indian surfboat with many oars
- methanol — methyl alcohol.
- mohallas — Plural form of mohalla.
- monachal — of or relating to monks or their life; monastic.
- mothball — a small ball of naphthalene or sometimes of camphor for placing in closets or other storage areas to repel moths from clothing, blankets, etc.
- naphthol — either of two isomeric hydroxyl derivatives, C 1 0 H 7 OH, of naphthalene (alpha-naphthol or 1-naphthol and beta-naphthol or 2-naphthol) white or yellowish crystals, with a phenolic odor, that darken on exposure to light: used chiefly in dyes, drugs, perfumes, and insecticides.
- nicholas — (Thomas Parentucelli) 1397?–1455, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1447–55.
- not half — Half is sometimes used in negative statements, with a positive meaning, to emphasize a particular fact or quality. For example, if you say 'he isn't half lucky', you mean that he is very lucky.
- oafishly — In an oafish manner.
- oathable — having the ability to take an oath or to be believed while on oath
- oklahoma — a state in the S central U.S. 69,919 sq. mi. (181,090 sq. km). . Capital: Oklahoma City. Abbreviation: OK (for use with zip code), Okla.
- old chap — (used in informal direct address to a man of any age).
- old hand — a person who is experienced in or familiar with a subject, area, procedure, etc.: The guide you just hired is an old hand at leading safaris.
- oligarch — one of the rulers in an oligarchy.
- oliphant — Margaret Wilson, 1828–97, Scottish novelist.
- omphalic — Of or pertaining to the umbilicus, or navel.