9-letter words containing lo
- blow-back — Blow-back is when the air flow through a carburetor suddenly changes direction. This is often caused by incorrect ignition.
- blow-comb — a small, usually handheld electrical appliance combining a comb and blow-dryer, permitting one to style the hair while drying it.
- blow-hard — an exceptionally boastful and talkative person.
- blow-pipe — a tube through which a stream of air or gas is forced into a flame to concentrate and increase its heating action.
- blowiness — the quality or extent of being blowy
- blowtorch — A blowtorch is the same as a blowlamp.
- blueblood — an aristocratic person
- bode plot — A Bode plot is the graph of amplitude (in decibels) and phase against frequency (in logarithmic format).
- body blow — A body blow is something that causes great disappointment and difficulty to someone who is trying to achieve something.
- bolognese — of or relating to Bologna or its inhabitants
- bolograph — a record made by a bolometer
- bolometer — a sensitive instrument for measuring radiant energy by the increase in the resistance of an electrical conductor
- booklouse — any small insect of the order Psocoptera, esp Trogium pulsatorium (common booklouse), a wingless species that feeds on bookbinding paste, etc
- booklover — a person who enjoys reading books.
- bran loaf — a rectangular cake whose ingredients include bran and dried fruit
- broadloom — of or designating carpets or carpeting woven on a wide loom to obviate the need for seams
- buffaloed — any of several large wild oxen of the family Bovidae. Compare bison, Cape buffalo, water buffalo.
- bumpology — phrenology
- bungaloid — resembling a bungalow or bungalows or characterized by bungalows or structures resembling bungalows
- busy-loop — tight loop
- byelostok — a city in E Poland.
- cacholong — a type of opal, commonly of a milky colour
- calculose — calculous
- calculous — of or suffering from a calculus
- calf love — temporary infatuation or love of an adolescent for a member of the opposite sex
- caliology — the study of birds' nests
- call loan — a loan that is repayable on demand
- callaloos — Plural form of callaloo.
- callosity — hardheartedness
- calloused — A foot or hand that is calloused is covered in calluses.
- callouses — made hard; hardened.
- callously — made hard; hardened.
- callowest — Superlative form of callow.
- calor gas — Calor gas is gas in liquid form which is sold in special containers so that people can use it in places which are not connected to the gas supply, such as tents or caravans.
- calorific — The calorific value of something, or its calorific content, is the number of calories it contains.
- calotypes — Plural form of calotype.
- camarillo — a city in SW California.
- cantalope — Misspelling of cantaloupe.
- cantillon — Richard [ree-shar;; English rich-erd] /riˈʃar;; English ˈrɪtʃ ərd/ (Show IPA), c1680–1734, French economist, born in Ireland.
- cap cloud — a stationary cloud directly above an isolated mountain peak. Compare banner cloud, crest cloud.
- carillons — Plural form of carillon.
- carpology — the branch of botany concerned with the study of fruits and seeds
- cartloads — Plural form of cartload.
- cartology — the theory or science of mapmaking
- caseloads — Plural form of caseload.
- cash flow — The cash flow of a firm or business is the movement of money into and out of it.
- castellón — seaport in E Spain, on the Mediterranean: pop. 133,000
- cataloged — a list or record, as of items for sale or courses at a university, systematically arranged and often including descriptive material: a stamp catalog.
- cataloger — a person, normally in a library, who catalogues literary materials
- catalogic — of the nature of or relating to a catalogue