8-letter words containing a, n, t, e, l
- latently — present but not visible, apparent, or actualized; existing as potential: latent ability.
- later on — a comparative of late: Her later years were not happy.
- latinate — of, like, pertaining to, or derived from Latin.
- latinize — to cause to conform to the customs, traditions, beliefs, etc., of the Latins or the Latin Church.
- latrines — Plural form of latrine.
- lavement — A washing or bathing.
- leathern — made of leather.
- lefthand — Alternative form of left-hand.
- legatine — of, relating to, or authorized by a legate.
- legation — a diplomatic minister and staff in a foreign mission.
- lentando — becoming slower.
- levanted — Simple past tense and past participle of levant.
- levanter — a strong easterly wind in the Mediterranean.
- levation — The act of raising; elevation or upward motion, such as that produced by the action of a levator muscle.
- libelant — a person who libels, or institutes suit.
- ligament — Anatomy, Zoology. a band of tissue, usually white and fibrous, serving to connect bones, hold organs in place, etc.
- linament — (surgery) lint, especially when made into a tent for insertion into wounds or ulcers.
- linarite — a mineral, a complex basic sulfate of lead and copper, having a deep-blue color resembling that of azurite.
- linctape — (storage) A formatted, block-oriented, high-reliability, random access tape system used on the Laboratory Instrument Computer. The tape was 3/4" wide. The funny DECtape is actually a variant of the original LINCtape. According to Wesley Clark, DEC tried to "improve" the LINCtape system, which mechanically, was wonderfully simple and elegant. The DEC version had pressure fingers and tape guides to force alignment as well as huge DC servo motors and complex control circuitry. These literally shredded the tape to bits if not carefully adjusted, and required frequent cleaning to remove all the shedded tape oxide. That was amazing, because the tape had a micro-thin plastic layer OVER the oxide to protect it. What happened was that all the forced alignment stuff caused shredding at the edge. An independent company, Computer Operations[?], built LINCtape drives for use in nuclear submarines. This was based on the tape system's high reliability. Correspondent Brian Converse has a picture of himself holding a LINCtape punched full of 1/4" holes. It still worked!
- line art — graphic material that consists of lines or areas of pure black and pure white and requires no screening for reproduction. Compare halftone (def 2).
- lineated — marked with lines, especially parallel lengthwise lines; striped.
- litanies — Plural form of litany.
- lorestan — Luristan.
- luminate — (obsolete) To illuminate.
- lunately — in a lunate or crescent form
- lunulate — having lunular markings.
- lutheran — of or relating to Luther, adhering to his doctrines, or belonging to one of the Protestant churches that bear his name.
- mableton — a town in NW Georgia.
- malonate — (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of malonic acid.
- malthene — petrolene.
- manliest — having qualities traditionally ascribed to men, as strength or bravery.
- manolete — (Manuel Laureano Rodríguez y Sánchez) 1917–47, Spanish matador.
- mantelet — a short mantle.
- maternal — of, pertaining to, having the qualities of, or befitting a mother: maternal instincts.
- matfelon — knapweed
- melanist — a melanistic person
- melanite — a deep black variety of andradite garnet.
- mentalis — (muscle) A paired central muscle of the lower lip, situated at the tip of the chin.
- mentally — in or with the mind or intellect; intellectually.
- mesnalty — the estate of a mesne lord.
- metaling — any of a class of elementary substances, as gold, silver, or copper, all of which are crystalline when solid and many of which are characterized by opacity, ductility, conductivity, and a unique luster when freshly fractured.
- methanal — formaldehyde.
- methanol — methyl alcohol.
- montreal — a seaport in S Quebec, in E Canada, on an island (Montreal Island) in the St. Lawrence.
- nail set — a short rod of steel used to drive a nail below or flush with a surface.
- nathalie — a female given name.
- nathless — Alternative form of natheless.
- natively — being the place or environment in which a person was born or a thing came into being: one's native land.
- naxalite — a member of an extreme Maoist group in India that originated in 1967 in West Bengal and which employs tactics of agrarian terrorism and direct action
- nembutal — pentobarbital sodium