8-letter words containing a, n, u, l, s
- lacunose — full of or having lacunae.
- laminous — laminate; laminose.
- landshut — a city in SE Germany, in Bavaria: Trausnitz castle (13th century); manufacturing centre for machinery and chemicals. Pop: 60 282 (2003 est)
- languish — to be or become weak or feeble; droop; fade.
- lansbury — George. 1859–1940, British Labour politician, who led the Labour Party in opposition (1931–35). A committed pacifist, he resigned over the party's reaction to Mussolini's seizure of Ethiopia
- launches — Plural form of launch.
- launders — Plural form of launder.
- lausanne — a canton in W Switzerland. 1239 sq. mi. (3210 sq. km). Capital: Lausanne.
- linnaeus — Carolus [kar-uh-luh s] /ˈkær ə ləs/ (Show IPA), (Carl von Linné) 1707–78, Swedish botanist.
- louganis — Gregory ("Greg") born 1960, U.S. diver.
- luanshya — a town in central Zambia.
- lunacies — Plural form of lunacy.
- lunarist — a person who believes the moon influences weather
- lunatics — Plural form of lunatic.
- luristan — a mountainous region in W Iran.
- lusatian — a native or inhabitant of Lusatia.
- lutanist — a person who plays the lute.
- 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.
- naturals — Plural form of natural.
- nauplius — (in many crustaceans) a larval form with three pairs of appendages and a single median eye, occurring usually as the first stage of development after leaving the egg.
- nautilus — Also called chambered nautilus, pearly nautilus. any cephalopod of the genus Nautilus, having a spiral, chambered shell with pearly septa.
- neurosal — of or relating to neurosis; afflicted by a neurosis
- neutrals — Plural form of neutral.
- nicklaus — Jack (William) born 1940, U.S. golfer.
- nucflash — a report of highest precedence notifying the president, secretary of defense, or their deputies of an accidental or unauthorized nuclear-weapon launch or of a nuclear attack.
- nuclease — any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of nucleic acids.
- numerals — Plural form of numeral.
- nuptials — of or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony: the nuptial day; nuptial vows.
- nutgalls — Plural form of nutgall.
- osculant — united by certain common characteristics.
- outlands — Exurbia: the country beyond the city.
- paulinus — Saint, died a.d. 644, Roman missionary in England with Augustine: 1st archbishop of York 633–644.
- purslane — a low, trailing plant, Portulaca oleracea, having yellow flowers, used as a salad plant and potherb. Compare purslane family.
- quintals — Plural form of quintal.
- 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.