8-letter words containing l, a, d, n
- manacled — a shackle for the hand; handcuff.
- manchild — a male child; boy; son.
- mandalas — Plural form of mandala.
- mandalay — a city in central Burma (Myanmar), on the Irrawaddy River: the former capital of Upper Burma.
- mandalic — Of, or pertaining to, a mandala.
- mandella — A decorative Native American object, derived from a traditional ceremonial shield.
- manderil — A mandrel.
- mandible — the bone of the lower jaw.
- mandolin — a musical instrument with a pear-shaped wooden body and a fretted neck.
- mandorla — A pointed oval figure used as an architectural feature and as an aureole enclosing figures such as Jesus Christ or the Virgin Mary in medieval art.
- mandrels — Plural form of mandrel.
- mandrill — a large baboon, Mandrillus (or Papio) sphinx, of western Africa, the male of which has a face brightly marked with blue and scarlet and a muzzle that is ribbed: an endangered species.
- manifold — of many kinds; numerous and varied: manifold duties.
- manyfold — by many times; by multiples: The state's highway expenses have increased manyfold in the past decade.
- markland — An old Scots unit of measure equal to eight ouncelands.
- maryland — a state in the E United States, on the Atlantic coast. 10,577 sq. mi. (27,395 sq. km). Capital: Annapolis. Abbreviation: MD (for use with zip code), Md.
- maudling — Present participle of maudle.
- mcdonald — David John, 1902–79, U.S. labor leader: president of the United Steelworkers of America 1952–65.
- medaling — a flat piece of metal, often a disk but sometimes a cross, star, or other form, usually bearing an inscription or design, issued to commemorate a person, action, or event, or given as a reward for bravery, merit, or the like: a gold medal for the best swimmer.
- medianly — In a median direction.
- melanoid — of or characterized by melanosis.
- mendable — to make (something broken, worn, torn, or otherwise damaged) whole, sound, or usable by repairing: to mend old clothes; to mend a broken toy.
- midlands — a city in W Texas.
- miliband — David (Wright). born 1965, British Labour politician; foreign secretary (2007–10)
- ml-linda — U Edinburgh, under development.
- moldovan — official name of Moldavia (def 2).
- moorland — an area of moors, especially country abounding in heather.
- moreland — Archaic form of moorland.
- mossland — a land covered in peat
- muckland — fertile farmland characterized by soil (muck soil) that contains a high percentage (between 20 percent and 50 percent) of organic matter.
- nagaland — a state in NE India. 6366 sq. mi. (16,488 sq. km). Capital: Kohima.
- nail bed — the dermis and epidermis under a fingernail or toenail.
- nailfold — the fold of skin at the base of the fingernail
- nailhead — the enlarged top of a nail, usually flattened but sometimes rounded.
- napalmed — Simple past tense and past participle of napalm.
- new deal — the principles of the progressive wing of the Democratic Party, especially those advocated under the leadership of President Franklin D. Roosevelt for economic recovery and social reforms.
- newlands — John Alexander. 1838–98, British chemist: classified the elements in order of their atomic weight, noticing similarities in every eighth and thus discovering his law of octaves
- newslady — A newswoman.
- nodality — pertaining to or of the nature of a node.
- nodalize — to make something nodal or concentrated at a point
- nonadult — a person who is not an adult
- nonideal — (of a gas or solution) differing in behavior from that of an ideal gas or solution.
- nonmodal — not modal
- nontidal — Not tidal.
- nonvalid — not valid; invalid
- nordland — a county in N Norway. 14,797 sq. mi. (38,325 sq. km). County seat: Bodö.
- nudicaul — having leafless stems.
- nundinal — any of the letters of the alphabet from A to H that related to the days of the ancient Roman week
- oberland — a mountain region in central Switzerland, mostly in S Bern canton.
- obwalden — one of the two divisions of the canton of Unterwalden, in central Switzerland. 189 sq. mi. (490 sq. km). Capital: Sarnen.