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8-letter words containing e, i, l, a, n

  • smaltine — a white mineral ore of cobalt
  • snailery — a place where snails are bred
  • sneakily — like or suggestive of a sneak; furtive; deceitful.
  • solanine — a poisonous alkaloid found in various solanaceous plants, including potatoes which have gone green through exposure to light
  • solimena — Francesco [frahn-ches-kaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1657–1747, Italian painter.
  • spillaneMickey (Frank Morrison) 1918–2006, U.S. detective novelist.
  • stealing — Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
  • suleiman — ("the Magnificent") 1495?–1566, sultan of the Ottoman Empire 1520–66.
  • svengali — a person who completely dominates another, usually with selfish or sinister motives.
  • tag line — the last line of a play, story, speech, etc., used to clarify or dramatize a point.
  • tail end — the hinder or rear part of anything.
  • tailbone — the coccyx.
  • taileron — an aileron located on the tailplane of an aircraft
  • taliesin — flourished a.d. c550, Welsh bard.
  • taligent — A company founded jointly by Apple and IBM in March 1992. HP announced in January, 1994 that it would buy a 15% stake in Taligent. They are working on an "object-oriented operating system", due to be finished sometime in 1995. However, various independent pieces of Taligent will likely appear to be used with other operating systems, e.g. IBM's WorkplaceOS. Pink is an older name for Taligent, dating back to work that Apple did before the formation of Taligent.
  • tangible — capable of being touched; discernible by the touch; material or substantial.
  • tenaille — a low outwork in the main ditch between two bastions
  • tenurial — the holding or possessing of anything: the tenure of an office.
  • teraglin — an edible marine fish, Zeluco atelodus, of Australia which has fine scales and is blue in colour
  • terminal — situated at or forming the end or extremity of something: a terminal feature of a vista.
  • thalline — a chemical compound used for medicinal purposes
  • tideland — land alternately exposed and covered by the ordinary ebb and flow of the tide.
  • tirolean — of, relating to, or characteristic of the Tyrol or its inhabitants.
  • tonalite — an igneous rock found in the Italian Alps
  • tramline — a streetcar system.
  • trapline — the ensnaring filament of a spider's web.
  • treenail — a wooden pin that swells when moist, used for fastening together timbers, as those of ships.
  • triangle — a closed plane figure having three sides and three angles.
  • triplane — an aeroplane having three wings arranged one above the other
  • twinleaf — a North American herb, Jeffersonia diphylla, having a single white blossom and leaves divided in two.
  • unallied — not allied; having no ally or alliance
  • uneasily — not easy in body or mind; uncomfortable; restless; disturbed; perturbed.
  • unfailed — to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
  • ungenial — unfriendly
  • unhailed — not acclaimed
  • univalve — having one valve.
  • unliable — legally responsible: You are liable for the damage caused by your action.
  • unlineal — being in the direct line, as a descendant or ancestor, or in a direct line, as descent or succession.
  • unmailed — not sent by post
  • unsailed — not sailed
  • untailed — tailless; not having a tail; with the tail removed
  • unviable — capable of living.
  • valencia — Guillermo León [gee-yer-maw le-awn] /giˈyɛr mɔ lɛˈɔn/ (Show IPA), 1909–71, Colombian diplomat and statesman: president 1962–66.
  • valentia — a port in E Spain, capital of Valencia province, on the Mediterranean: the third largest city in Spain; capital of the Moorish kingdom of Valencia (1021–1238); university (1501). Pop: 780 653 (2003 est)
  • valerian — (Publius Licinius Valerianus) died a.d. c260, Roman emperor 253–60.
  • valeting — a male servant who attends to the personal needs of his male employer, as by taking care of clothing or the like; manservant.
  • valiance — valiant nature or quality; valor; bravery; courage.
  • van line — a transportation company that uses large motor vans for the long-distance moving of household effects.
  • vaseline — Vaseline is a soft clear jelly made from petroleum, which is used to protect the skin and for other purposes.
  • velation — pronunciation with velar articulation.
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