8-letter words containing a, l, i, n, o
- lycaonia — an ancient country in S Asia Minor: later a Roman province.
- lyonnais — a former province in E France.
- magnolia — a city in SW Arkansas.
- malisons — Plural form of malison.
- malunion — (anatomy) Bad or incorrect union (of parts of the body).
- mandolin — a musical instrument with a pear-shaped wooden body and a fretted neck.
- manifold — of many kinds; numerous and varied: manifold duties.
- mannitol — Chemistry. a white, crystalline, sweetish, water-soluble, carbohydrate alcohol, C 6 H 8 (OH) 6 , occurring in three optically different forms, the common one being found in the manna of the ash Fraxinus ornus and in other plants: used chiefly in the manufacture of resins, electrolytic condensers for radios, plasticizers, and mannitol hexanitrate, and as a pill excipient.
- manorial — (in England) a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and of lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc.
- melanion — a youth of Arcadia, usually identified with Hippomenes as the successful suitor of Atalanta.
- melanoid — of or characterized by melanosis.
- miltonia — any of various epiphytic tropical American orchids of the genus Miltonia, having sprays of showy, flat, variously colored flowers.
- minneola — a juicy, pear-shaped variety of tangelo.
- monaxial — uniaxial.
- mongolia — a region in Asia including Inner Mongolia of China and the Mongolian People's Republic.
- monilial — pertaining to or caused by a fungus of the genus Monilia.
- monomial — Algebra. consisting of one term only. (of a matrix) having exactly one non-zero term in each row and each column.
- monorail — a single rail functioning as a track for wheeled vehicles, as railroad or other cars, balanced upon or suspended from it.
- montilla — a dry, rather bitter wine of Spain.
- moonsail — a small sail carried high on the mast above the skysail
- morainal — a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- motional — the action or process of moving or of changing place or position; movement.
- nailfold — the fold of skin at the base of the fingernail
- national — of, relating to, or maintained by a nation as an organized whole or independent political unit: national affairs.
- 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)
- nicholas — (Thomas Parentucelli) 1397?–1455, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1447–55.
- nodality — pertaining to or of the nature of a node.
- nodalize — to make something nodal or concentrated at a point
- noetical — Alternative form of noetic.
- nominals — Plural form of nominal.
- nonclaim — Failure to make a legal claim.
- nonfinal — not final or decisive
- nonideal — (of a gas or solution) differing in behavior from that of an ideal gas or solution.
- nonrival — (of goods or resources) capable of being enjoyed or consumed by many consumers simultaneously and therefore without rivalry, eg cable television
- nontidal — Not tidal.
- nonvalid — not valid; invalid
- nonviral — not caused by a virus, not viral in origin
- nonvital — not vital
- nopalito — an edible branch (or cladode) of various cacti of the genus Opuntia (prickly pear), commonly used as a vegetable
- notarial — of, relating to, or characteristic of a notary public.
- notional — pertaining to or expressing a notion or idea.
- novalike — Resembling a nova or some aspect of one.
- oblation — the offering to God of the elements of bread and wine in the Eucharist.
- obligant — a person who promises or is obliged to pay a sum or carry out a task
- oil sand — a sand or sandstone containing oil or tarry residue in the pore spaces.
- oil tank — any tank for containing or storing oil such as a very large oil storage container at a refinery; a large oil storage area on an oil tanker; or a smaller container for the storage of heating oil at a property
- oilsands — Plural form of oilsand.
- olefiant — producing or forming oil, most commonly ethylene
- olibanum — frankincense.
- oliphant — Margaret Wilson, 1828–97, Scottish novelist.