8-letter words containing a, l, e, s, n
- handless — without a hand or hands.
- handsels — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of handsel.
- helmsman — a person who steers a ship.
- hinsdale — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- impanels — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impanel.
- inflames — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inflame.
- inflates — to distend; swell or puff out; dilate: The king cobra inflates its hood.
- inhalers — Plural form of inhaler.
- insanely — not sane; not of sound mind; mentally deranged.
- insolate — to expose to the sun's rays; treat by exposure to the sun's rays.
- instable — not stable; unstable.
- insulate — to cover, line, or separate with a material that prevents or reduces the passage, transfer, or leakage of heat, electricity, or sound: to insulate an electric wire with a rubber sheath; to insulate a coat with down.
- 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
- lactones — Plural form of lactone.
- lacunose — full of or having lacunae.
- ladrones — a group of 15 small islands in the Pacific, E of the Philippines: divided into Guam, a possession of the U.S., and the North Marianas, formally under U.S. trusteeship. 453 sq. mi. (1127 sq. km).
- lameness — crippled or physically disabled, especially in the foot or leg so as to limp or walk with difficulty.
- laminose — laminate; laminar.
- lanciers — Plural form of lancier.
- landless — without landed property; not owning land: a landless noble.
- landseer — Sir Edwin Henry, 1802–73, English painter, especially of animals.
- 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.
- laneways — Plural form of laneway.
- langspel — a long and narrow old or traditional Scandinavian stringed instrument, played with the fingers and not a bow
- langsyne — long since; long ago.
- lankness — The property of being lank.
- lansberg — a walled plain in the third quadrant of the face of the moon: about 29 miles (46 km) in diameter.
- lansdale — a city in SE Pennsylvania.
- lanterns — Plural form of lantern.
- lapstone — A stone for the lap, on which shoemakers used to beat leather.
- larynges — Anatomy. a muscular and cartilaginous structure lined with mucous membrane at the upper part of the trachea in humans, in which the vocal cords are located.
- lasering — Present participle of laser.
- lastness — The quality of being or coming last; finality.
- lateness — occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: late frosts; a late spring.
- latrines — Plural form of latrine.
- launches — Plural form of launch.
- launders — Plural form of launder.
- lausanne — a canton in W Switzerland. 1239 sq. mi. (3210 sq. km). Capital: Lausanne.
- laziness — lazy evaluation
- leadings — Plural form of leading.
- leadsman — a sailor who sounds with a lead line.
- leadsmen — Plural form of leadsman.