8-letter words containing a, l, i, n
- anglican — Anglican means belonging or relating to the Church of England, or to the churches related to it.
- anguilla — an island in the Caribbean, in the Leeward Islands: part of the British associated state of St Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla from 1967 until 1980, when it reverted to the status of a British dependency and is now a UK Overseas Territory. Pop: 15 754 (2013 est). Area: 90 sq km (35 sq miles)
- animalia — the taxonomic kingdom comprising all animals.
- animalic — relating to animals
- animally — in a physical manner or from the point of view of the anima
- annalise — record in annals
- annalist — a writer of annals
- annalize — to document in annals or historical records
- annelida — the phylum comprising the annelids.
- annelids — Plural form of annelid.
- anquetil — Jacques [zhak] /ʒak/ (Show IPA), 1934–87, French cyclist with five victories (1957, 1961–64) in the Tour de France.
- ant hill — a mound of soil, leaves, etc, near the entrance of an ants' nest, carried and deposited there by the ants while constructing the nest
- ant lion — any of a family (Myrmeleontidae) of neuropteran insects, some of which have large-jawed larvae (doodlebugs) that lie hidden in cone-shaped pits where they feed on ants and other insects that fall in
- antalgic — relieving or reducing pain
- anthelix — a prominent curved fold of cartilage just inside the outer rim of the external ear
- anthills — Plural form of anthill.
- anticlot — Countering clotting of the blood.
- anticold — preventing or treating the common cold
- anticult — opposed to religious cults
- antifoul — (rare) Antifouling.
- antileak — serving to prevent leaks
- antileft — opposed to the left wing in politics
- antilife — opposed to living in harmony with the natural order
- antilles — main island group of the West Indies, including all but the Bahamas
- antilock — designed to prevent skidding and improve control by sensing and compensating for overbraking
- antilogy — a contradiction in terms
- antimale — opposed to men
- antipole — the opposite pole
- antiroll — designed to prevent a vehicle from tilting
- antislip — designed to prevent slipping or to remain stationary
- antliate — having an antlia
- aphelion — the point in its orbit when a planet or comet is at its greatest distance from the sun
- appaling — Misspelling of appalling.
- appeling — Present participle of appel.
- applying — to make use of as relevant, suitable, or pertinent: to apply a theory to a problem.
- aquiline — If someone has an aquiline nose or profile, their nose is large, thin, and usually curved.
- asplenia — Absence of normal spleen function.
- atheling — (in Anglo-Saxon England) a prince of any of the royal dynasties
- atlantic — of or relating to or bordering the Atlantic Ocean
- atlantis — (in ancient legend) a continent said to have sunk beneath the Atlantic Ocean west of the Straits of Gibraltar
- aularian — a student at an English university who belongs to a hall as opposed to a college
- auntlike — similar to or like an aunt
- aurelian — Latin name Lucius Domitius Aurelianus. ?212–275 ad, Roman emperor (270–275), who conquered Palmyra (273) and restored political unity to the Roman Empire
- aureolin — a pigment used in painting, consisting of potassium cobaltinitrite and characterized by its brilliant yellow hue, transparency, and permanence.
- availing — to be of use or value to; profit; advantage: All our efforts availed us little in trying to effect a change.
- aventail — the movable front flap on a helmet
- avulsion — a forcible tearing away or separation of a bodily structure or part, either as the result of injury or as an intentional surgical procedure
- axle-pin — a pin that holds an axle in place
- babbling — inarticulate or imperfect speech.
- backline — (in some team sports) the defensive players considered as a unit