8-letter words containing a, l, i, n
- alienate — If you alienate someone, you make them become unfriendly or unsympathetic towards you.
- alienees — Plural form of alienee.
- alienism — the study and treatment of mental illness
- alienist — a psychiatrist who specializes in the legal aspects of mental illness
- alienors — Plural form of alienor.
- aligning — to arrange in a straight line; adjust according to a line.
- aliments — that which nourishes; nutriment; food.
- alinasal — (anatomy) Pertaining to expansions of the nasal bone or cartilage.
- alinotum — the plate to which the wings are attached on the notum of an insect.
- aliquant — of, signifying, or relating to a quantity or number that is not an exact divisor of a given quantity or number
- alitrunk — (zoology) The segment of an insect's body to which the wings are attached; the thorax or mesosoma.
- alizarin — a brownish-yellow powder or orange-red crystalline solid used as a dye and in the manufacture of other dyes. Formula: C6H4(CO)2C6H2(OH)2
- alkaline — Something that is alkaline contains an alkali or has a pH value of more than 7.
- alkannin — a dark red, amorphous, water-insoluble powder, C 16 H 16 O 5 , obtained from the root of the alkanet: used chiefly for coloring fats, oils, and pharmaceuticals.
- allanite — a rare black or brown mineral consisting of the hydrated silicate of calcium, aluminium, iron, cerium, lanthanum, and other rare earth minerals. It occurs in granites and other igneous rocks. Formula: (Ca,Ce,La,Y)2(Al,Fe,Be,Mn,Mg)3(SiO4)3(OH)
- allaying — to put (fear, doubt, suspicion, anger, etc.) to rest; calm; quiet.
- alleging — to assert without proof.
- alliance — An alliance is a group of countries or political parties that are formally united and working together because they have similar aims.
- allision — the striking of one ship by another.
- allowing — to give permission to or for; permit: to allow a student to be absent; No swimming allowed.
- alloying — relating to, or used in, alloying
- alluding — Present participle of allude.
- alluring — Someone or something that is alluring is very attractive.
- allusion — An allusion is an indirect reference to someone or something.
- alluvion — the wash of the sea or of a river
- alpinely — In an alpine way, loftily.
- alpinism — mountain climbing, especially in the Alps.
- alpinist — a mountaineer who climbs in medium-sized glaciated mountain areas such as the Alps
- alsatian — An Alsatian is a large, usually fierce dog that is often used to guard buildings or by the police to help them find criminals.
- altering — to make different in some particular, as size, style, course, or the like; modify: to alter a coat; to alter a will; to alter course.
- aluminic — of or relating to aluminium
- aluminum — a silvery, lightweight, easily worked, metallic chemical element that resists corrosion and is found abundantly, but only in combination: symbol, Al; at. no., 13
- alumni's — a graduate or former student of a specific school, college, or university.
- amplicon — A piece of DNA or RNA formed as the products of natural or artificial amplification events, as in a polymerase chain reaction.
- anabolic — of or relating to anabolism
- anal fin — a median ventral unpaired fin, situated between the anus and the tail fin in fishes, that helps to maintain stable equilibrium
- analcime — a hard, colorless or white zeolite, NaAlSi2O6·H2O, commonly found in basalts
- analcite — a white, grey, or colourless zeolite mineral consisting of hydrated sodium aluminium silicate in cubic crystalline form. Formula: NaAlSi2O6.H2O
- analogia — a lectern.
- analogic — based on, involving, or expressing an analogy.
- analysis — Analysis is the process of considering something carefully or using statistical methods in order to understand it or explain it.
- analytic — Analytic means the same as analytical.
- analyzis — Nonstandard spelling of analysis.
- anapolis — a city in central Brazil.
- anatolia — the Asian part of Turkey, occupying the peninsula between the Black Sea, the Mediterranean, and the Aegean: consists of a plateau, largely mountainous, with salt lakes in the interior
- angelica — Angelica is the candied stems of the angelica plant which can be used in making cakes or sweets.
- angelico — Fra (fra), original name Guido di Pietro; monastic name Fra Giovanni da Fiesole. ?1400–55, Italian fresco painter and Dominican friar
- angelina — a feminine name
- angeling — one of a class of spiritual beings; a celestial attendant of God. In medieval angelology, angels constituted the lowest of the nine celestial orders (seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominations or dominions, virtues, powers, principalities or princedoms, archangels, and angels).
- anglaise — an old English country-dance.