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8-letter words containing a, l, u, n

  • platinum — Chemistry. a heavy, grayish-white, highly malleable and ductile metallic element, resistant to most chemicals, practically unoxidizable except in the presence of bases, and fusible only at extremely high temperatures: used for making chemical and scientific apparatus, as a catalyst in the oxidation of ammonia to nitric acid, and in jewelry. Symbol: Pt; atomic weight: 195.09; atomic number: 78; specific gravity: 21.5 at 20°C.
  • poulaine — a shoe or boot with an elongated pointed toe, fashionable in the 15th century.
  • prankful — full of pranks or mischief, tending to play pranks
  • prunable — Archaic. to preen.
  • prunella — a strong, lightweight worsted constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of women's and children's apparel.
  • publican — Chiefly British. a person who owns or manages a tavern; the keeper of a pub.
  • pulvinar — a cushioned couch kept in readiness for any visitation of a god. a cushioned seat at a circus.
  • punaluan — relating to punalua
  • punctual — strictly observant of an appointed or regular time; not late; prompt.
  • puntilla — (in bullfighting) a short dagger used for cutting the spinal cord of the bull.
  • purslane — a low, trailing plant, Portulaca oleracea, having yellow flowers, used as a salad plant and potherb. Compare purslane family.
  • puzzolan — pozzolana.
  • quailing — to lose heart or courage in difficulty or danger; shrink with fear.
  • quaintly — having an old-fashioned attractiveness or charm; oddly picturesque: a quaint old house.
  • qualming — the state of having a qualm
  • quantile — one of the class of values of a variate that divides the total frequency of a sample or population into a given number of equal proportions.
  • quillman — (archaic) One who writes with a quill.
  • quinella — a type of bet, especially on horse races, in which the bettor, in order to win, must select the first- and second-place finishers without specifying their order of finishing.
  • quiniela — quinella.
  • quintals — Plural form of quintal.
  • quirinal — one of the seven hills on which ancient Rome was built.
  • rail gun — a weapon consisting of a pair of parallel conductive rails, using a magnetic field and electric current to launch projectiles at very high velocity.
  • regulant — a substance, as a chemical, used to control or regulate: herbicides and fungicides as regulants for plant growth.
  • relaunch — an act or instance of launching something again.
  • retinula — a group of elongate neural receptor cells forming part of an arthropod compound eye: each retinula cell leads to a nerve fiber passing to the optic ganglion.
  • revenual — of or relating to revenue
  • rubellan — a red-coloured mineral
  • run-flat — (of an automobile tire) constructed so as not to deflate completely after a puncture so that a motorist can still drive the vehicle for some distance.
  • runnable — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
  • rutilant — glowing or glittering with ruddy or golden light.
  • scalenus — any of three muscles on each side of the neck, the action of which raises the first and second ribs in respiration and assists in bending the neck to one side.
  • silurian — of or relating to the Silures or their country.
  • silvanus — the god of forests and uncultivated land, later worshiped under three aspects, as the protector of the house, of the herds, and of the boundaries of the farm.
  • simulant — simulating; feigning; imitating.
  • singular — extraordinary; remarkable; exceptional: a singular success.
  • snarl up — To snarl something up means to cause problems which prevent it continuing or making progress.
  • spansule — a modified-release capsule of a drug
  • squalene — an oil, C 3 0 H 5 0 , intermediate in the synthesis of cholesterol, obtained for use in manufacturing pharmaceuticals.
  • stunsail — studdingsail.
  • sublunar — situated beneath the moon or between the earth and the moon.
  • subnasal — situated beneath the nose
  • subnodal — below the level of a node
  • subpanel — a panel that is part of a larger panel
  • subplant — any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
  • subzonal — located under a zona, esp under the zona of an ovum
  • suleiman — ("the Magnificent") 1495?–1566, sultan of the Ottoman Empire 1520–66.
  • sulindac — a yellow crystalline substance, C 2 0 H 1 7 FO 3 S, that is used as an analgesic, antipyretic, and anti-inflammatory in the treatment of certain rheumatic diseases.
  • sullivan — Annie (Anne Mansfield Sullivan Macy) 1866–1936, U.S. teacher of Helen Keller.
  • sultanic — the sovereign of an Islamic country.
  • sun lamp — a lamp that generates ultraviolet rays, used as a therapeutic device, for obtaining an artificial suntan, etc.
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