8-letter words containing a, e, n, s, i, l
- intelsat — a global communications satellite network under international control.
- isenland — (in the Nibelungenlied) the country of Brunhild, usually identified with Iceland.
- islanded — Simple past tense and past participle of island.
- islander — a native or inhabitant of an island.
- islesman — an islander
- javelins — Plural form of javelin.
- jawlines — Plural form of jawline.
- kinsella — W(illiam) P(atrick) born 1935, U.S. novelist and short-story writer, born in Canada.
- laciness — a lacy quality or state
- laminose — laminate; laminar.
- lanciers — Plural form of lancier.
- landside — the part of a plow consisting of a sidepiece opposite the moldboard, for guiding the plow and resisting the side pressure caused by the turning of the furrow.
- lasering — Present participle of laser.
- latrines — Plural form of latrine.
- laziness — lazy evaluation
- leadings — Plural form of leading.
- leanings — Plural form of leaning.
- leasings — Plural form of leasing.
- leavings — something that is left; residue.
- leonidas — died 480 b.c, Greek hero: king of Sparta 489?–480.
- lesbians — Plural form of lesbian.
- lesghian — Lezghian.
- lifespan — the longest period over which the life of any organism or species may extend, according to the available biological knowledge concerning it.
- lineages — Plural form of lineage.
- linesman — Sports. an official, as in tennis and soccer, who assists the referee. Football. an official who marks the distances gained and lost in the progress of play and otherwise assists the referee and field judge. Ice Hockey. either of two officials who assist the referee by watching for icing, offside, and substitution violations and fouls and by conducting face-offs.
- linkages — Plural form of linkage.
- linnaeus — Carolus [kar-uh-luh s] /ˈkær ə ləs/ (Show IPA), (Carl von Linné) 1707–78, Swedish botanist.
- litanies — Plural form of litany.
- lunacies — Plural form of lunacy.
- maniples — Plural form of maniple.
- manliest — having qualities traditionally ascribed to men, as strength or bravery.
- marlines — Plural form of marline.
- measling — A form of delamination, or separation in a laminate material, resulting in a spotty appearance.
- melanise — Alt form melanize.
- melanism — Ethnology. the condition in human beings of having a high amount of melanin granules in the skin, hair, and eyes.
- melanist — a melanistic person
- meniscal — Pertaining to, or having the form of, a meniscus.
- mentalis — (muscle) A paired central muscle of the lower lip, situated at the tip of the chin.
- mescalin — Alternative form of mescaline.
- milanese — a native or inhabitant of Milan, Italy.
- milesian — a native of Miletus.
- minerals — any of a class of substances occurring in nature, usually comprising inorganic substances, as quartz or feldspar, of definite chemical composition and usually of definite crystal structure, but sometimes also including rocks formed by these substances as well as certain natural products of organic origin, as asphalt or coal.
- mislearn — To learn wrongly.
- nail set — a short rod of steel used to drive a nail below or flush with a surface.
- nainsell — own self
- nasalise — Alternative spelling of nasalize.
- nasalize — to pronounce as a nasal sound.
- neapolis — a port in E Greece, in Macedonia East and Thrace region on the Bay of Kaválla an important Macedonian fortress of the Byzantine empire; ceded to Greece by Turkey after the Balkan War (1912–13). Pop: 58 576 (1991)
- painless — without pain; causing little or no pain: painless dentistry; a painless cure.
- panelist — a member of a small group of persons gathered for formal public discussion, judging, playing a radio or television game, etc.