8-letter words containing a, l, n, t
- lantanas — Plural form of lantana.
- lanterns — Plural form of lantern.
- lanthorn — lantern.
- lantsang — Chinese name of Mekong.
- lapstone — A stone for the lap, on which shoemakers used to beat leather.
- lastness — The quality of being or coming last; finality.
- latch on — a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
- latching — a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
- lateener — a lateen-rigged ship
- lateness — occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: late frosts; a late spring.
- latently — present but not visible, apparent, or actualized; existing as potential: latent ability.
- later on — a comparative of late: Her later years were not happy.
- latinate — of, like, pertaining to, or derived from Latin.
- latinian — Latino-Faliscan.
- latinism — a mode of expression derived from or imitative of Latin.
- latinist — a specialist in Latin.
- latinity — knowledge or use of the Latin language: He bemoaned the lack of Latinity among today's scholars.
- latinize — to cause to conform to the customs, traditions, beliefs, etc., of the Latins or the Latin Church.
- latitant — (archaic) Lying hid; concealed; latent.
- latrines — Plural form of latrine.
- laughton — Charles, 1899–1962, U.S. actor, born in England.
- lavation — the process of washing.
- lavement — A washing or bathing.
- laxation — a loosening or relaxing.
- lay into — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- leathern — made of leather.
- lefthand — Alternative form of left-hand.
- legatine — of, relating to, or authorized by a legate.
- legation — a diplomatic minister and staff in a foreign mission.
- lentando — becoming slower.
- levanted — Simple past tense and past participle of levant.
- levanter — a strong easterly wind in the Mediterranean.
- levation — The act of raising; elevation or upward motion, such as that produced by the action of a levator muscle.
- libation — a pouring out of wine or other liquid in honor of a deity.
- libelant — a person who libels, or institutes suit.
- ligament — Anatomy, Zoology. a band of tissue, usually white and fibrous, serving to connect bones, hold organs in place, etc.
- ligating — Present participle of ligate.
- ligation — the act of ligating, especially of surgically tying up a bleeding artery.
- limation — The act of filing or polishing.
- linament — (surgery) lint, especially when made into a tent for insertion into wounds or ulcers.
- linarite — a mineral, a complex basic sulfate of lead and copper, having a deep-blue color resembling that of azurite.
- linctape — (storage) A formatted, block-oriented, high-reliability, random access tape system used on the Laboratory Instrument Computer. The tape was 3/4" wide. The funny DECtape is actually a variant of the original LINCtape. According to Wesley Clark, DEC tried to "improve" the LINCtape system, which mechanically, was wonderfully simple and elegant. The DEC version had pressure fingers and tape guides to force alignment as well as huge DC servo motors and complex control circuitry. These literally shredded the tape to bits if not carefully adjusted, and required frequent cleaning to remove all the shedded tape oxide. That was amazing, because the tape had a micro-thin plastic layer OVER the oxide to protect it. What happened was that all the forced alignment stuff caused shredding at the edge. An independent company, Computer Operations[?], built LINCtape drives for use in nuclear submarines. This was based on the tape system's high reliability. Correspondent Brian Converse has a picture of himself holding a LINCtape punched full of 1/4" holes. It still worked!
- line art — graphic material that consists of lines or areas of pure black and pure white and requires no screening for reproduction. Compare halftone (def 2).
- lineated — marked with lines, especially parallel lengthwise lines; striped.
- lingayat — a member of the Lingayata cult.
- litanies — Plural form of litany.
- litigant — a person engaged in a lawsuit.
- loaf tin — a tin that is used for baking bread
- loathing — strong dislike or disgust; intense aversion.
- lobation — lobate formation.