7-letter words containing r, c, o, l
- lictors — Plural form of lictor.
- lo-carb — containing few or fewer carbohydrates: a low-carb diet.
- locarno — a town in S Switzerland, on Lake Maggiore: Locarno Pact 1925.
- locater — a person who locates something.
- locator — a person who locates something.
- lockers — Plural form of locker.
- lockram — a rough-textured linen cloth.
- lockyer — Sir Joseph Norman, 1836–1920, English astronomer and author.
- locrian — either of two districts in the central part of ancient Greece.
- locular — having one or more locules.
- lycoris — any of several bulbous plants belonging to the genus Lycoris, of the amaryllis family, native to eastern Asia, bearing clustered, variously colored flowers that appear after the leaves have faded and disappeared.
- lyricon — a musical instrument played by blowing into a mouthpiece, with the notes being modulated by a synthesizer
- oarlock — any of various devices providing a pivot for an oar in rowing, especially a swiveling, crutchlike or ringlike metal device projecting above a gunwale.
- ocellar — pertaining to an ocellus.
- oculars — Plural form of ocular.
- opercle — an operculum, especially the posterior bone of the operculum of a fish.
- oracles — (especially in ancient Greece) an utterance, often ambiguous or obscure, given by a priest or priestess at a shrine as the response of a god to an inquiry.
- orchils — Plural form of orchil.
- orcinol — a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 7 H 8 O 2 , sweet but unpleasant in taste, that reddens on exposure to air: obtained from many lichens or produced synthetically and used chiefly as a reagent for certain carbohydrates.
- oscular — pertaining to an osculum.
- pilcorn — a type of oat (Avena nuda) with an edible seed that can be husked easily
- pilcrow — a paragraph mark.
- polacre — a three-masted sailing vessel used in the Mediterranean
- policer — a computer device controlling traffic
- porlock — to interrupt or intrude at an awkward moment
- precool — to cool in advance; cool artificially, as meat or fresh produce, before shipping.
- proclus — a.d. c411–485, Greek philosopher and theologian.
- proctal — relating to the rectum
- pyloric — the opening between the stomach and the duodenum.
- r-color — the auditory quality of an r- sound given to a vowel, resulting from retroflex articulation or bunching of the tongue.
- racloir — a tool (originally of flint) used for scraping
- raploch — a coarse homespun woollen material
- re-coil — to coil anew or again
- reblock — a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more flat or approximately flat faces.
- reclose — to close (something) again
- recolor — the quality of an object or substance with respect to light reflected by the object, usually determined visually by measurement of hue, saturation, and brightness of the reflected light; saturation or chroma; hue.
- recolte — a harvest; crop.
- relcode — Early system on UNIVAC I or II. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
- rockall — an uninhabited British island in the N Atlantic, 354 km (220 miles) W of the Outer Hebrides. Area: 0.07 ha (0.18 acres)
- rollick — to move or act in a carefree, frolicsome manner; behave in a free, hearty, lively, or jovial way.
- rollock — rowlock.
- rowlock — Architecture. one of several concentric rings of masonry forming an arch.
- scholar — a learned or erudite person, especially one who has profound knowledge of a particular subject.
- sclero- — indicating hardness
- scowler — to draw down or contract the brows in a sullen, displeased, or angry manner.
- scroyle — a wretch or a mean or unfortunate person
- trochal — resembling a wheel.
- turlock — a town in central California.
- vocular — vocal or vocalic
- volcker — Paul Adolph, born 1927, U.S. economist: Federal Reserve Board chairman 1979–87.