8-letter words containing a, l, u, n
- 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.
- luanshya — a town in central Zambia.
- lubyanka — a prison and secret-police headquarters in central Moscow.
- lucianne — a female given name.
- lucullan — (especially of banquets, parties, etc.) marked by lavishness and richness; sumptuous.
- ludhiana — a city in central Punjab, in N India.
- luhrmann — Baz (Mark Anthony). born 1962, Australian film director and screenwriter; his films include Strictly Ballroom (1992), Romeo and Juliet (1996), Moulin Rouge (2001), Australia (2008), and The Great Gatsby (2013)
- luminant — That illuminates; luminous.
- luminary — a celestial body, as the sun or moon.
- luminate — (obsolete) To illuminate.
- lunacies — Plural form of lunacy.
- lunarian — a being supposedly inhabiting the moon.
- lunarist — a person who believes the moon influences weather
- lunately — in a lunate or crescent form
- lunatics — Plural form of lunatic.
- lunation — the period of time from one new moon to the next (about 29½ days); a lunar month.
- lunkhead — a dull or stupid person; blockhead.
- lunulate — having lunular markings.
- luristan — a mountainous region in W Iran.
- lusatian — a native or inhabitant of Lusatia.
- lutanist — a person who plays the lute.
- lutheran — of or relating to Luther, adhering to his doctrines, or belonging to one of the Protestant churches that bear his name.
- luxating — Present participle of luxate.
- luxation — The act of luxating, or the state of being luxated; a dislocation.
- malunion — (anatomy) Bad or incorrect union (of parts of the body).
- manfully — having or showing boldness, courage, or strength; resolute.
- manicule — (typography) the pointing hand symbol, used in printing, graphics or signs, to draw attention to or indicate something.
- manually — done, operated, worked, etc., by the hand or hands rather than by an electrical or electronic device: a manual gearshift.
- manuel i — called the Fortunate. 1469–1521, king of Portugal (1495–1521); his reign saw the discovery of Brazil and the beginning of Portuguese trade with India and the East
- manurial — Of or pertaining to manure.
- maudling — Present participle of maudle.
- maulmain — Moulmein.
- melanous — having a dark, swarthy complexion and dark-colored hair.
- menelaus — Classical Mythology. a king of Sparta, the husband of Helen and brother of Agamemnon, to whom he appealed for an army against Troy in order to recover Helen from her abductor, Paris.
- mensural — pertaining to measure.
- miauling — Present participle of miaul.
- minutial — having the nature of minutiae, or relating to minutiae
- moluccan — of or relating to a group of islands in the Malay Archipelago, between Sulawesi (Celebes) and New Guinea. Capital: Amboina. Pop: 2 223 000 (1999 est). Area: about 74 505 sq km (28 766 sq miles)
- monaural — monophonic (def 2).
- muckland — fertile farmland characterized by soil (muck soil) that contains a high percentage (between 20 percent and 50 percent) of organic matter.
- mulhacen — a mountain in S Spain: the highest peak in Spain. 11,411 feet (3478 meters).
- mulligan — Gerald Joseph ("Gerry"; "Jeru") 1927–96, U.S. jazz saxophonist, bandleader, and composer.
- naturall — Obsolete spelling of natural.
- naturals — Plural form of natural.
- naughtly — (obsolete) naughtily; wrongly.
- nauplial — of or relating to nauplius larva