8-letter words containing a, n, u, l, t
- jauntily — easy and sprightly in manner or bearing: to walk with a jaunty step.
- jubilant — showing great joy, satisfaction, or triumph; rejoicing; exultant: the cheers of the jubilant victors; the jubilant climax of his symphony.
- kola nut — a brownish seed, about the size of a chestnut, produced by a tropical tree belonging to the genus Cola, containing both caffeine and theobromine: its extract is used in soft drinks.
- landshut — a city in SE Germany, in Bavaria: Trausnitz castle (13th century); manufacturing centre for machinery and chemicals. Pop: 60 282 (2003 est)
- laughton — Charles, 1899–1962, U.S. actor, born in England.
- luminant — That illuminates; luminous.
- luminate — (obsolete) To illuminate.
- lunarist — a person who believes the moon influences weather
- lunately — in a lunate or crescent form
- lunatics — Plural form of lunatic.
- lunation — the period of time from one new moon to the next (about 29½ days); a lunar month.
- lunulate — having lunular markings.
- luristan — a mountainous region in W Iran.
- lusatian — a native or inhabitant of Lusatia.
- lutanist — a person who plays the lute.
- lutheran — of or relating to Luther, adhering to his doctrines, or belonging to one of the Protestant churches that bear his name.
- luxating — Present participle of luxate.
- luxation — The act of luxating, or the state of being luxated; a dislocation.
- minutial — having the nature of minutiae, or relating to minutiae
- naturall — Obsolete spelling of natural.
- naturals — Plural form of natural.
- naughtly — (obsolete) naughtily; wrongly.
- nautical — of or relating to sailors, ships, or navigation: nautical terms.
- nautilus — Also called chambered nautilus, pearly nautilus. any cephalopod of the genus Nautilus, having a spiral, chambered shell with pearly septa.
- nembutal — pentobarbital sodium
- neutrals — Plural form of neutral.
- no-fault — Also called no-fault insurance. a form of automobile insurance designed to enable the policyholder in case of an accident to collect a certain basic compensation promptly for economic loss from his or her own insurance company without determination of liability.
- nonadult — a person who is not an adult
- nu-metal — a type of rock music popular from the late 1990s, featuring much of the sound typical of heavy metal but also influenced by rap and hip-hop
- nucleate — having a nucleus.
- nuptials — of or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony: the nuptial day; nuptial vows.
- nurtural — relating to, resulting from, or because of nurture
- nutgalls — Plural form of nutgall.
- osculant — united by certain common characteristics.
- outflank — to go or extend beyond the flank of (an opposing military unit); turn the flank of.
- outlands — Exurbia: the country beyond the city.
- outlearn — to exceed in learning
- patulent — patulous
- petulant — sulky or irritable
- plan out — organize in detail
- plantule — an embryonic plant in the act of germination
- 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.
- 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.
- quaintly — having an old-fashioned attractiveness or charm; oddly picturesque: a quaint old house.
- 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.
- quintals — Plural form of quintal.
- regulant — a substance, as a chemical, used to control or regulate: herbicides and fungicides as regulants for plant growth.
- 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.
- 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.