8-letter words containing lo
- alouette — French. a lark.
- aloysius — Saint. full name Aloysius Luigi Gonzaga. 1568–91, Italian Jesuit who died nursing plague victims; the patron saint of youth. Feast day: June 21
- amarillo — an industrial city in NW Texas. Pop: 178 612 (2003 est)
- amyelous — congenital absence of the spinal cord.
- amylogen — the water-soluble part of the starch granule
- analogia — a lectern.
- analogic — based on, involving, or expressing an analogy.
- analogon — analogue
- analogue — If one thing is an analogue of another, it is similar in some way.
- angulose — having angles
- angulous — angular or having angles
- ankylose — (of bones in a joint, etc) to fuse or stiffen by ankylosis
- annulose — (of earthworms, crustaceans, and similar animals) having a body formed of a series of rings; segmented
- antelope — An antelope is an animal like a deer, with long legs and horns, that lives in Africa or Asia. Antelopes are graceful and can run fast. There are many different types of antelope.
- anticlot — Countering clotting of the blood.
- antilock — designed to prevent skidding and improve control by sensing and compensating for overbraking
- antilogy — a contradiction in terms
- apiology — the scientific study of bees
- apologal — resembling or related to an apologue
- apologia — An apologia is a statement in which you defend something that you strongly believe in, for example a way of life, a person's behaviour, or a philosophy.
- apologie — Archaic spelling of apology.
- apologue — an allegory or moral fable
- appellor — the accuser or prosecutor
- arcology — a type of architecture concerned with the design of enormous vertical cities that maximize population density and so preserve the surrounding countryside
- areology — the study of the planet Mars
- arillode — a false aril, developing from an opening in the covering of the ovule instead of from its stalk
- arilloid — relating to or resembling an aril
- armlocks — Plural form of armlock.
- ash flow — an avalanche of volcanic ash.
- ashkelon — Ashqelon
- ashqelon — city in SW Israel, on the Mediterranean: nearby is the site of an ancient city-state (often sp. Ashkelon) of the Philistines, 12th cent. b.c. (cf. I Sam. 6:17; Jer. 25:20): pop. 57,000
- atenolol — a type of beta-blocker that is taken by mouth and is used to treat angina and high blood pressure
- atmology — the study of or the scientific discipline of aqueous vapour
- autoflow — (transitive, computing) To flow (text) automatically.
- autoload — to load automatically
- autology — the study of oneself
- autoloom — (India) A type of power loom.
- auxology — (biology) The study of growth.
- axiology — the theory of values, moral or aesthetic
- axolotls — Plural form of axolotl.
- bachelor — A bachelor is a man who has never married.
- back lot — an outdoor area, usually adjoining a studio, used for the shooting of exterior scenes.
- backflow — a reverse flow, the movement (of a liquid) in the opposite direction to its previous, natural or intended direction
- backload — a load carried by a lorry on a return journey
- backlogs — Plural form of backlog.
- baclofen — a muscle-relaxing drug used to treat muscle spasms
- badalona — a port in NE Spain: an industrial suburb of Barcelona. Pop: 214 440 (2003 est)
- bailouts — Plural form of bailout.
- ballocks — (nonce, used only by James Joyce) Alternative form of bollocks.
- ballonet — an air or gas compartment in a balloon or nonrigid airship, used to control buoyancy and shape