8-letter words containing a, l, o, n, t
- lapstone — A stone for the lap, on which shoemakers used to beat leather.
- 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.
- later on — a comparative of late: Her later years were not happy.
- laughton — Charles, 1899–1962, U.S. actor, born in England.
- lavation — the process of washing.
- 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.
- legation — a diplomatic minister and staff in a foreign mission.
- lentando — becoming slower.
- 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.
- ligation — the act of ligating, especially of surgically tying up a bleeding artery.
- limation — The act of filing or polishing.
- loaf tin — a tin that is used for baking bread
- loathing — strong dislike or disgust; intense aversion.
- lobation — lobate formation.
- locating — Present participle of locate.
- location — memory location
- loftsman — a person who prepares molds and patterns.
- longboat — (formerly) the largest boat carried by a sailing ship.
- longtail — A common designation for an animal that has an unusually long tail relative to similar species.
- lorestan — Luristan.
- losartan — An angiotensin receptor antagonist that shows antihypertensive activity.
- lothians — a region in E Scotland. 700 sq. mi. (1813 sq. km).
- lunation — the period of time from one new moon to the next (about 29½ days); a lunar month.
- luxation — The act of luxating, or the state of being luxated; a dislocation.
- mableton — a town in NW Georgia.
- malonate — (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of malonic acid.
- 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.
- manolete — (Manuel Laureano Rodríguez y Sánchez) 1917–47, Spanish matador.
- mansholt — Sicco Leendert (ˈsɪko ˈleːndərt). 1908–95, Dutch economist and politician; vice president (1958–72) and president (1972–73) of the European Economic Community Commission. He was the author of the Mansholt Plan for the agricultural organization of the European Economic Community
- matfelon — knapweed
- matronly — of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a matron; maturely dignified; stately.
- methanol — methyl alcohol.
- miltonia — any of various epiphytic tropical American orchids of the genus Miltonia, having sprays of showy, flat, variously colored flowers.
- montalvo — Garci Ordóñez de [gahr-thee awr-th aw-nyeth th e] /gɑrˈθi ɔrˈðɔ nyɛθ ðɛ/ (Show IPA) 15th-century Spanish writer.
- montcalm — Louis Joseph [lwee zhaw-zef] /lwi ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), 1712–59, French general in Canada.
- montilla — a dry, rather bitter wine of Spain.
- montreal — a seaport in S Quebec, in E Canada, on an island (Montreal Island) in the St. Lawrence.
- motional — the action or process of moving or of changing place or position; movement.
- nanovolt — An SI unit of electrical potential.
- naphthol — either of two isomeric hydroxyl derivatives, C 1 0 H 7 OH, of naphthalene (alpha-naphthol or 1-naphthol and beta-naphthol or 2-naphthol) white or yellowish crystals, with a phenolic odor, that darken on exposure to light: used chiefly in dyes, drugs, perfumes, and insecticides.
- national — of, relating to, or maintained by a nation as an organized whole or independent political unit: national affairs.
- neoblast — any large and undifferentiated stem cell in certain worms, esp planarian worms, involved in regeneration and repair
- neonatal — of or relating to newborn children.
- no-fault — Also called no-fault insurance. a form of automobile insurance designed to enable the policyholder in case of an accident to collect a certain basic compensation promptly for economic loss from his or her own insurance company without determination of liability.
- nodality — pertaining to or of the nature of a node.
- noetical — Alternative form of noetic.
- nonadult — a person who is not an adult
- nonfatal — causing or capable of causing death; mortal; deadly: a fatal accident; a fatal dose of poison.