8-letter words containing a, g, n, i, l
- laingian — of or based on R. D. Laing's theory that mental illnesses are understandable as natural responses to stress in family and social situations
- lambling — a small lamb
- lancings — Plural form of lancing.
- landings — Plural form of landing.
- langmuir — Irving, 1881–1957, U.S. chemist: Nobel Prize 1932.
- languish — to be or become weak or feeble; droop; fade.
- lapwings — Plural form of lapwing.
- larrigan — a knee-high boot of oiled leather with a moccasin foot, worn by lumbermen and trappers.
- lasering — Present participle of laser.
- lashings — a binding or fastening with a rope or the like.
- lassoing — a long rope or line of hide or other material with a running noose at one end, used for roping horses, cattle, etc.
- latching — a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
- laughing — that laughs or is given to laughter: a laughing child.
- laughlin — James, IV, 1914–97, U.S. editor, publisher, and poet.
- layering — a thickness of some material laid on or spread over a surface: a layer of soot on the window sill; two layers of paint.
- leaching — to dissolve out soluble constituents from (ashes, soil, etc.) by percolation.
- leadings — Plural form of leading.
- leanings — Plural form of leaning.
- learning — knowledge acquired by systematic study in any field of scholarly application.
- leasings — Plural form of leasing.
- leavings — something that is left; residue.
- legatine — of, relating to, or authorized by a legate.
- legation — a diplomatic minister and staff in a foreign mission.
- lesghian — Lezghian.
- lezghian — a member of a people living mainly in the Dagestan Autonomous Republic in the Russian Federation.
- liaising — to form a liaison.
- liaodong — a peninsula in NE China, extending S into the Yellow Sea.
- liaoning — Pinyin, Wade-Giles. a province in NE China. 58,301 sq. mi. (151,000 sq. km). Capital: Shenyang.
- liaoyang — Pinyin, Wade-Giles. a city in central Liaoning province, in NE China.
- liegeman — a vassal; subject.
- ligament — Anatomy, Zoology. a band of tissue, usually white and fibrous, serving to connect bones, hold organs in place, etc.
- ligating — Present participle of ligate.
- ligation — the act of ligating, especially of surgically tying up a bleeding artery.
- ligeance — Chiefly Law. the territory subject to a sovereign or liege lord.
- ligurian — an apparently Indo-European language used in ancient times along the NW coast of the Ligurian Sea.
- lineages — Plural form of lineage.
- lingayat — a member of the Lingayata cult.
- linguica — a highly spiced Portuguese garlic sausage.
- lingular — a tongue-shaped organ, process, or tissue.
- linkages — Plural form of linkage.
- linsangs — Plural form of linsang.
- litigant — a person engaged in a lawsuit.
- liu pang — 247–195 b.c, Chinese emperor: founder of the Han dynasty 202 b.c.
- loadings — Plural form of loading.
- loathing — strong dislike or disgust; intense aversion.
- locating — Present participle of locate.
- logician — a person who is skilled in logic.
- longhair — Sometimes Disparaging. an intellectual.
- longtail — A common designation for an animal that has an unusually long tail relative to similar species.
- louganis — Gregory ("Greg") born 1960, U.S. diver.