8-letter words containing a, l, i, u, n
- cut nail — a nail having a tapering rectangular form with a blunt point, made by cutting from a thin rolled sheet of iron or steel.
- dilutant — A diluting agent; a diluent, or thinner.
- diluvian — pertaining to or caused by a flood or deluge.
- dipluran — Any of various hexapods, of the order Diplura.
- disannul — to annul utterly; make void: to disannul a contract.
- diurnals — Plural form of diurnal.
- dulciana — an organ stop having metal pipes and giving thin, incisive, somewhat stringlike tones.
- dulcinea — a ladylove; sweetheart.
- duncical — relating to a dunce or being stupid or simple-minded
- el aaiún — a city in Western Sahara, controlled by Morocco: the capital of the former Spanish Sahara; port facilities for rich phosphate deposits nearby. Pop: 197 000 (2005 est)
- equaling — Present participle of equal.
- fanciful — characterized by or showing fancy; capricious or whimsical in appearance: a fanciful design of butterflies and flowers.
- faulting — a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing: a fault in the brakes; a fault in one's character.
- fluorian — (geology) containing fluorine.
- fraulein — an unmarried woman.
- friulian — a Rhaeto-Romanic dialect spoken by about half a million people of the plains of extreme NE Italy.
- fusional — the act or process of fusing; the state of being fused.
- gainfull — Archaic form of gainful.
- huxleian — of, relating to, or characteristic or suggestive of Aldous Huxley or his writings.
- immanuel — the name of the Messiah as prophesied by Isaiah, often represented in Christian exegesis as being Jesus Christ. Isa. 7:14.
- in baulk — inside one of these spaces
- inartful — Awkwardly expressed but not necessarily untrue; impolitic; ill-phrased; inexpedient; clumsy.
- indusial — Of, pertaining to, or containing the petrified cases of the larvae of certain insects.
- induvial — (of a leaf, petal, or sepal) acting as induviae, decaying on the plant instead of falling off
- infaunal — the aggregate of animals that burrow into and live in the bottom deposits of an ocean, river, or lake.
- inflatus — A blowing or breathing into; inflation; inspiration.
- infrugal — not frugal; wasteful
- inguinal — of, relating to, or situated in the groin.
- insulant — an insulating material, as used in building trades.
- 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.
- insuloma — a benign tumor of the insulin-secreting cells of the pancreas that may produce signs of hypoglycemia.
- istanbul — a port in NW Turkey, on both sides of the Bosporus: built by Constantine I on the site of ancient Byzantium; capital of the Eastern Roman Empire and of the Ottoman Empire; capital removed to Ankara 1923.
- jauntily — easy and sprightly in manner or bearing: to walk with a jaunty step.
- jubilant — showing great joy, satisfaction, or triumph; rejoicing; exultant: the cheers of the jubilant victors; the jubilant climax of his symphony.
- kinabalu — a mountain in N Sabah, in Malaysia: highest peak on the island of Borneo. 13,455 feet (4101 meters).
- laevulin — a polysaccharide occurring in the tubers of certain helianthus plants
- laminous — laminate; laminose.
- langmuir — Irving, 1881–1957, U.S. chemist: Nobel Prize 1932.
- languish — to be or become weak or feeble; droop; fade.
- laughing — that laughs or is given to laughter: a laughing child.
- laughlin — James, IV, 1914–97, U.S. editor, publisher, and poet.
- lazuline — having the color of lapis lazuli.
- liaoyuan — a city in SE Jilin province, in NE China.
- ligurian — an apparently Indo-European language used in ancient times along the NW coast of the Ligurian Sea.
- 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.
- liu pang — 247–195 b.c, Chinese emperor: founder of the Han dynasty 202 b.c.
- louganis — Gregory ("Greg") born 1960, U.S. diver.