8-letter words containing a, n, l, o
- limation — The act of filing or polishing.
- lin biao — 1907–71, Chinese marshal and Communist leader: defense minister 1959–71; leader of abortive coup 1971.
- lin piao — Lin Biao.
- linalool — a colorless, unsaturated terpene liquid alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, having a fragrance similar to that of bergamot oil, obtained from several essential oils: used in perfumery.
- lionhead — a small breed of rabbit with long fur around the face
- livonian — a former Russian province on the Baltic: now part of Latvia and Estonia.
- loadings — Plural form of loading.
- loaf pan — a rectangular metal or glass pan for baking cakes, breads, meatloaf, etc.
- loaf tin — a tin that is used for baking bread
- loanable — that can be loaned.
- loanback — a facility offered by some life-assurance companies in which an individual can borrow from his pension fund
- loanword — a word in one language that has been borrowed from another language and usually naturalized, as wine, taken into Old English from Latin vinum, or macho, taken into Modern English from Spanish.
- loathing — strong dislike or disgust; intense aversion.
- lobation — lobate formation.
- locating — Present participle of locate.
- location — memory location
- lochearn — a city in N Maryland, near Baltimore.
- lodesman — a person who steers a ship
- loftsman — a person who prepares molds and patterns.
- logician — a person who is skilled in logic.
- londrina — a city in E Brazil.
- long ago — of or relating to the distant past or to remote events; ancient: long-ago exploits remembered only in folk tales.
- long arm — a long pole fitted with any of various devices, as a hook or clamp, for performing tasks otherwise out of reach.
- long-ago — of or relating to the distant past or to remote events; ancient: long-ago exploits remembered only in folk tales.
- long-day — requiring a long photoperiod in order to flower.
- longboat — (formerly) the largest boat carried by a sailing ship.
- longcase — A longcase clock.
- longeval — Long-lived; longevous.
- longhair — Sometimes Disparaging. an intellectual.
- longhand — writing of the ordinary kind, in which words are written out in full (distinguished from shorthand).
- longhead — a dolichocephalic person.
- longkang — (Singapore, Malaysia) drain.
- longleaf — A longleaf pine, Pirus palustris, or the wood of this tree.
- longtail — A common designation for an animal that has an unusually long tail relative to similar species.
- longwall — noting or pertaining to a means of extracting coal or other minerals in an underground mine from a continuous face, the roof before the face being supported at intervals by temporary or movable artificial supports. Compare room-and-pillar.
- longwave — (of radio waves) Having a wavelength of greater than 1000 meters.
- longways — longwise.
- lonicera — Any plant of the genus Lonicera, the honeysuckles.
- lorestan — Luristan.
- lorraine — Also, Lorrain. Claude (Claude Gelée) 1600–82, French painter.
- losartan — An angiotensin receptor antagonist that shows antihypertensive activity.
- lothians — a region in E Scotland. 700 sq. mi. (1813 sq. km).
- louganis — Gregory ("Greg") born 1960, U.S. diver.
- loveland — a city in N Colorado.
- lowlands — land that is low or level, in comparison with the adjacent country.
- loxapine — A typical antipsychotic medication derived from dibenzazepine and mainly used to treat schizophrenia.
- 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.
- lycaonia — an ancient country in S Asia Minor: later a Roman province.
- lyonnais — a former province in E France.