8-letter words containing a, i, l, u
- lalitpur — a city in E central Nepal, near Kathmandu.
- laminous — laminate; laminose.
- langmuir — Irving, 1881–1957, U.S. chemist: Nobel Prize 1932.
- languish — to be or become weak or feeble; droop; fade.
- lapillus — a small stony particle ejected from a volcano.
- lararium — (in an ancient Roman home) a shrine for the Lares.
- lartigue — Jacques Henri [zhahk ahn-ree] /ʒɑk ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1894–1986, French photographer and painter.
- latitude — Geography. the angular distance north or south from the equator of a point on the earth's surface, measured on the meridian of the point. a place or region as marked by this distance.
- laughing — that laughs or is given to laughter: a laughing child.
- laughlin — James, IV, 1914–97, U.S. editor, publisher, and poet.
- laurasia — a hypothetical landmass in the Northern Hemisphere near the end of the Paleozoic Era: split apart to form North America and Eurasia.
- lawsuits — Plural form of lawsuit.
- lazuline — having the color of lapis lazuli.
- lazulite — an azure-blue mineral, hydrous magnesium iron aluminum phosphate, (FeMg)Al 2 P 2 O 8 (OH) 2 .
- lazurite — a mineral, sodium aluminum silicate and sulfide, Na 5 Al 3 Si 3 O 12 S 3 , occurring in deep-blue crystals, used for ornamental purposes.
- leucemia — leukemia.
- leukemia — any of several cancers of the bone marrow that prevent the normal manufacture of red and white blood cells and platelets, resulting in anemia, increased susceptibility to infection, and impaired blood clotting.
- liakoura — modern name of Parnassus (def 1).
- liaoyuan — a city in SE Jilin province, in NE China.
- ligature — the act of binding or tying up: The ligature of the artery was done with skill.
- ligulate — having or forming a ligula.
- ligurian — an apparently Indo-European language used in ancient times along the NW coast of the Ligurian Sea.
- limequat — a hybrid citrus tree produced by crossing the lime and the kumquat.
- linehaul — noting or pertaining to the transport, usually by truck, of heavy loads of freight for long distances or between cities.
- linguica — a highly spiced Portuguese garlic sausage.
- lingular — a tongue-shaped organ, process, or tissue.
- linnaeus — Carolus [kar-uh-luh s] /ˈkær ə ləs/ (Show IPA), (Carl von Linné) 1707–78, Swedish botanist.
- liquable — able to be melted
- liquated — Simple past tense and past participle of liquate.
- liquitab — a soluble plastic capsule containing liquid detergent or medicine
- lithuria — the presence of an excessive amount of uric acid in the urine.
- liu pang — 247–195 b.c, Chinese emperor: founder of the Han dynasty 202 b.c.
- louganis — Gregory ("Greg") born 1960, U.S. diver.
- lubrical — Obsolete form of lubric.
- lucianne — a female given name.
- lucretia — Also, Lucrece [loo-krees] /luˈkris/ (Show IPA). Roman Legend. a Roman woman whose suicide led to the expulsion of the Tarquins and the establishment of the Roman republic.
- ludhiana — a city in central Punjab, in N India.
- lugsails — Plural form of lugsail.
- luminant — That illuminates; luminous.
- luminary — a celestial body, as the sun or moon.
- luminate — (obsolete) To illuminate.
- lunacies — Plural form of lunacy.
- lunarian — a being supposedly inhabiting the moon.
- lunarist — a person who believes the moon influences weather
- lunatics — Plural form of lunatic.
- lunation — the period of time from one new moon to the next (about 29½ days); a lunar month.
- luristan — a mountainous region in W Iran.
- lusatian — a native or inhabitant of Lusatia.
- lutanist — a person who plays the lute.
- luxating — Present participle of luxate.