8-letter words containing a, m, l
- limation — The act of filing or polishing.
- limavady — a district of N Northern Ireland, in Co Londonderry. Pop: 33 571 (2003 est). Area: 586 sq km (226 sq miles)
- limbmeal — (Shakespeare) Into pieces; limb from limb.
- limequat — a hybrid citrus tree produced by crossing the lime and the kumquat.
- limewash — A mixture of slaked lime in water.
- liminary — (obsolete) introductory or preparatory.
- limitary — of, relating to, or serving as a limit.
- limitate — Bounded by a distinct line.
- limmasol — a seaport in S Cyprus: Phoenician ruins.
- limnaeid — any snail of the family Limnaeidae
- linament — (surgery) lint, especially when made into a tent for insertion into wounds or ulcers.
- linesman — Sports. an official, as in tennis and soccer, who assists the referee. Football. an official who marks the distances gained and lost in the progress of play and otherwise assists the referee and field judge. Ice Hockey. either of two officials who assist the referee by watching for icing, offside, and substitution violations and fouls and by conducting face-offs.
- linksman — a person who plays golf; golfer.
- lip balm — salve for the lips
- lipaemia — excessive amounts of fat and fatty substances in the blood; hyperlipemia.
- lipaemic — excessive amounts of fat and fatty substances in the blood; hyperlipemia.
- lipogram — a written work composed of words chosen so as to avoid the use of one or more specific alphabetic characters.
- lipomata — a benign tumor consisting of fat tissue.
- lippmann — Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1845–1921, French physicist: Nobel Prize 1908.
- lithemia — the presence of an excessive amount of uric acid in the blood.
- loamless — not containing loam
- localism — a word, phrase, pronunciation, or manner of speaking that is peculiar to one locality.
- lodesman — a person who steers a ship
- loftsman — a person who prepares molds and patterns.
- logogram — a conventional, abbreviated symbol for a frequently recurring word or phrase, as the symbol & for the word and. Also called logograph [law-guh-graf, -grahf, log-uh-] /ˈlɔ gəˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf, ˈlɒg ə-/ (Show IPA).
- logomach — Someone who argues about the meaning of words.
- lombardi — Vince(nt Thomas) 1913–70, U.S. football coach.
- lombardo — Guy (Albert) 1902–77, U.S. bandleader, born in Canada.
- lombardy — a region and former kingdom in N Italy. 9190 sq. mi. (23,800 sq. km).
- long arm — a long pole fitted with any of various devices, as a hook or clamp, for performing tasks otherwise out of reach.
- loo mask — a half-mask worn during the 18th century for masquerades, etc
- low beam — an automobile headlight beam providing short-range illumination of a road and intended chiefly for use in driving on the streets of cities, towns, etc.
- low mass — a Mass that is said, and not sung, by the celebrant, who is assisted by one server, and which has less ceremonial form than a High Mass, using no music or choir.
- loyalism — a person who is loyal; a supporter of the sovereign or of the existing government, especially in time of revolt.
- 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)
- lukewarm — moderately warm; tepid.
- lumachel — (mineralogy) A grey form of limestone that contains fossil shells, and reflects a fiery play of colours.
- luminant — That illuminates; luminous.
- luminary — a celestial body, as the sun or moon.
- luminate — (obsolete) To illuminate.
- lymphoma — a tumor arising from any of the cellular elements of lymph nodes.
- mableton — a town in NW Georgia.
- macallum — an ice cream with raspberry sauce
- macaulay — Dame Rose, c1885–1958, English poet and novelist.
- machilid — jumping bristletail.
- machinal — Of, or pertaining to machines.
- mackerel — a food fish, Scomber scombrus, of the North Atlantic, having wavy cross markings on the back.
- maclaren — Ian [ee-uh n,, ahy-uh n] /ˈi ən,, ˈaɪ ən/ (Show IPA), Watson, John.
- macleish — Archibald, 1892–1982, U.S. poet and dramatist.
- macrural — (zoology) macrurous.