8-letter words containing l, d, c, o
- lodicule — one of the specialized scales at the base of the ovary of certain grass flowers.
- lordotic — Pathology. an abnormal forward curvature of the spine in the lumbar region, resulting in a swaybacked posture. Compare kyphosis, scoliosis.
- lt comdr — Lieutenant Commander
- luchador — A person who competes in lucha libre wrestling.
- lycopsid — Any primitive plant of the division Lycopodiophyta.
- mcdonald — David John, 1902–79, U.S. labor leader: president of the United Steelworkers of America 1952–65.
- mcdowell — Ephraim, 1771–1830, U.S. surgeon.
- melodica — A wind instrument with a small keyboard controlling a row of reeds, and a mouthpiece at one end.
- melodics — the branch of musical science concerned with the pitch and succession of tones.
- mindlock — (fantasy, scifi) A magic spell or technology that restricts a person's ability to think freely.
- molybdic — of or containing molybdenum, especially in the trivalent or hexavalent states, as molybdic acid, H 2 MoO 4 .
- monocled — an eyeglass for one eye.
- mucoidal — Of or pertaining to mucus; mucoid.
- neckmold — Alt form neckmould.
- nucleoid — the central region in a prokaryotic cell, as a bacterium, that contains the chromosomes and that has no surrounding membrane.
- occluded — Simple past tense and past participle of occlude.
- occluder — (medicine) an implement designed to temporarily block light to one eye.
- occludes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of occlude.
- occulted — of or relating to magic, astrology, or any system claiming use or knowledge of secret or supernatural powers or agencies.
- ockodols — one's feet when wearing boots
- odically — In terms of the hypothetical force called od.
- old chap — (used in informal direct address to a man of any age).
- old chum — a person who is experienced, esp in life in colonial Australia
- old face — a type style that originated in the 18th century, characterized by little contrast between thick and thin strokes
- old nick — the devil; Satan.
- out cold — having a relatively low temperature; having little or no warmth: cold water; a cold day.
- outscold — to outdo in scolding
- overclad — wearing too many clothes
- overcold — too cold
- ovicidal — a substance or preparation, especially an insecticide, capable of killing egg cells.
- polyacid — having more than one replaceable hydrogen atom.
- polyadic — (of a relation, operation, etc) having several argument places, as … moves … from … to …, which might be represented as Mpox1y1z1t1x2y2z2t2 where p names a person, o an object, and each t a time, and each <x,y,z> the coordinates of a place
- polyclad — any free-swimming, marine flatworm of the order Polycladida, having a broad, flat body and a many-branched gastrovascular cavity.
- recoiled — to draw back; start or shrink back, as in alarm, horror, or disgust.
- rochdale — a borough of Greater Manchester, in N England: site of one of the earliest cooperative societies 1844.
- rockland — a city in SE Massachusetts.
- salt cod — salted and dried cod that is desalted by soaking before use.
- scaffold — a temporary structure for holding workers and materials during the erection, repair, or decoration of a building.
- scaldino — an Italian earthen brazier
- schooled — a large number of fish, porpoises, whales, or the like, feeding or migrating together.
- scleroid — hard or indurated.
- scofield — (David) Paul. (1922–2008), English stage and film actor
- scolding — a person who is constantly scolding, often with loud and abusive speech.
- scolecid — a variety of worm
- scolytid — any of various dark-coloured cylinder-shaped beetles, including the bark and ambrosia beetles
- scotland — a division of the United Kingdom in the N part of Great Britain. 30,412 sq. mi. (78,772 sq. km). Capital: Edinburgh.
- scrolled — sawn into scrolls
- secondly — in the second place; second.
- sidelock — earlock.
- slouched — to sit or stand with an awkward, drooping posture.