8-letter words containing l, a, r, o
- belgrano — Manuel [mah-nwel] /mɑˈnwɛl/ (Show IPA), 1770–1820, Argentine general.
- binormal — the normal to a curve, lying perpendicular to the osculating plane at a given point on the curve.
- biovular — (of twins) from two separate eggs
- blazonry — the art or process of describing heraldic arms in proper form
- blowhard — If you describe someone as a blowhard, you mean that they express their opinions very forcefully, and usually in a boastful way.
- blowkart — a simple wheeled vehicle such as a go-kart which has been fitted with a sail and is powered by the wind
- borazole — a colorless liquid, B 3 N 3 H 6 , that hydrolyzes with water to form boron hydrides. It is the inorganic analogue of benzene with similar physical properties.
- borrelia — a genus of helical spirochete bacteria, some causing relapsing fever
- braciola — (in Italian cooking) a thin slice of pan-fried beef
- braciole — a flat piece of veal or beef rolled around a filling and baked in stock and wine.
- bresaola — (in Italian cookery) air-dried, salted beef
- brigalow — any of various acacia trees
- bro talk — Māori English
- brocatel — a brocade in which the design is woven in high relief.
- bromelia — any plant of the family Bromeliaceae of tropical American plants, characterized by a short stem and deeply cleft calyx
- cabrillo — Juan Rodríguez [rod-ree-ges] /rɒdˈri gɛs/ (Show IPA), (Joao Rodrigues Cabrilho) 1499?–1543, Spanish explorer, born in Portugal: discovered California.
- cabriole — a type of furniture leg, popular in the first half of the 18th century, in which an upper convex curve descends tapering to a concave curve
- caerleon — a town in SE Wales, in Newport county borough on the River Usk: traditionally the seat of King Arthur's court. Pop: 9392 (2001)
- cajolery — persuasion by flattery or promises; wheedling; coaxing.
- caldrons — Plural form of caldron (Alternative spelling of cauldrons).
- call for — If you call for someone, you go to the building where they are, so that you can both go somewhere.
- calories — Thermodynamics. Also called gram calorie, small calorie. an amount of heat exactly equal to 4.1840 joules. Abbreviation: cal. (usually initial capital letter) kilocalorie. Abbreviation: Cal.
- calorist — a believer in caloric theory
- calorize — to coat (a ferrous metal) by spraying with aluminium powder and then heating
- calthrop — any of several plants having spiny heads or fruit, as those of the genera Tribulus and Kallstroemia, or the star thistle, Centaurea calcitrapa.
- caltrops — Plural form of caltrop.
- calutron — a device used for the separation of isotopes
- capriole — a high upward but not forward leap made by a horse with all four feet off the ground
- car pool — A car pool is an arrangement where a group of people take turns driving each other to work, or driving each other's children to school. In American English, car pool is sometimes used to refer simply to people travelling together in a car.
- car-load — the amount carried by a car, especially a freight car.
- car-pool — Also, carpooling, car pooling. an arrangement among a group of automobile owners by which each owner in turn drives the others or their children to and from a designated place.
- caracole — a half turn to the right or left
- carbinol — methanol
- carbolic — of or derived from carbolic acid.
- carbonyl — of, consisting of, or containing the divalent group =CO
- carboxyl — the group COOH, characteristic of organic acids, including fatty acids and amino acids
- carillon — a set of bells usually hung in a tower and played either by keys and pedals or mechanically
- carioles — Plural form of cariole.
- carleton — Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, 1724–1808, English general.
- carloads — Plural form of carload.
- carlotta — a feminine name
- carlsson — Ingvar [ing-vahr] /ˈɪŋ vɑr/ (Show IPA), born 1934, Swedish political leader: prime minister 1986–91, 1994–96.
- carniola — a region of N Slovenia: a former duchy and crownland of Austria (1335–1919); divided between Yugoslavia and Italy in 1919; part of Yugoslavia (1947–92)
- carol ii — 1893–1953, king of Romania (1930–40), who was deposed by the Iron Guard
- carolean — characteristic of the time of Charles I and II of England: a Carolean costume.
- carolers — Plural form of caroler.
- carolina — a former English colony on the E coast of North America, first established in 1663: divided in 1729 into North and South Carolina, which are often referred to as the Carolinas
- caroline — characteristic of or relating to Charles I or Charles II, kings of England, Scotland, and Ireland, the society over which they ruled, or their government
- caroling — a song, especially of joy.
- carolled — Simple past tense and past participle of carol.