8-letter words containing l, a, n
- alliance — An alliance is a group of countries or political parties that are formally united and working together because they have similar aims.
- allision — the striking of one ship by another.
- allomone — a chemical substance secreted externally by certain animals, such as insects, affecting the behaviour or physiology of another species detrimentally
- allowing — to give permission to or for; permit: to allow a student to be absent; No swimming allowed.
- alloying — relating to, or used in, alloying
- alluding — Present participle of allude.
- alluring — Someone or something that is alluring is very attractive.
- allusion — An allusion is an indirect reference to someone or something.
- alluvion — the wash of the sea or of a river
- almanack — Alternative spelling of almanac.
- almanacs — Plural form of almanac.
- alphonse — a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “noble” and “ready.”.
- alphonso — a masculine name
- alphorns — Plural form of alphorn.
- alpinely — In an alpine way, loftily.
- alpinism — mountain climbing, especially in the Alps.
- alpinist — a mountaineer who climbs in medium-sized glaciated mountain areas such as the Alps
- alsatian — An Alsatian is a large, usually fierce dog that is often used to guard buildings or by the police to help them find criminals.
- also-ran — If you describe someone as an also-ran, you mean that they have been or are likely to be unsuccessful in a contest.
- altadena — a town in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- alterant — that which alters the state of something
- altering — to make different in some particular, as size, style, course, or the like; modify: to alter a coat; to alter a will; to alter course.
- alternat — the practice of deciding precedence by lot
- althorns — Plural form of althorn.
- aluminic — of or relating to aluminium
- aluminum — a silvery, lightweight, easily worked, metallic chemical element that resists corrosion and is found abundantly, but only in combination: symbol, Al; at. no., 13
- alumni's — a graduate or former student of a specific school, college, or university.
- alunogen — a mineral, hydrous sulfate of aluminum, Al 2 (SO 4) 3 ⋅18H 2 O, occurring as a white, fibrous crust on quarry or mine walls.
- ambulant — moving about from place to place
- amelcorn — a variety of wheat used to produce starch
- amenable — If you are amenable to something, you are willing to do it or accept it.
- amenably — ready or willing to answer, act, agree, or yield; open to influence, persuasion, or advice; agreeable; submissive; tractable: an amenable servant.
- amplicon — A piece of DNA or RNA formed as the products of natural or artificial amplification events, as in a polymerase chain reaction.
- amylogen — the water-soluble part of the starch granule
- anableps — any of various cyprinodont fishes constituting the genus Anableps, which includes the four-eyed fishes
- anabolic — of or relating to anabolism
- anaglyph — a stereoscopic picture consisting of two images of the same object, taken from slightly different angles, in two complementary colours, usually red and cyan (green-blue). When viewed through spectacles having one red and one cyan lens, the images merge to produce a stereoscopic sensation
- anal fin — a median ventral unpaired fin, situated between the anus and the tail fin in fishes, that helps to maintain stable equilibrium
- analcime — a hard, colorless or white zeolite, NaAlSi2O6·H2O, commonly found in basalts
- analcite — a white, grey, or colourless zeolite mineral consisting of hydrated sodium aluminium silicate in cubic crystalline form. Formula: NaAlSi2O6.H2O
- analecta — Analects.
- analects — selected literary passages from one or more works
- analemma — a graduated scale shaped like a figure eight that indicates the daily declination of the sun
- analepsy — (medicine) analepsis.
- analogia — a lectern.
- analogic — based on, involving, or expressing an analogy.
- analogon — analogue
- analogue — If one thing is an analogue of another, it is similar in some way.
- analysed — to separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of (opposed to synthesize): to analyze an argument.
- analyser — An analyser is a piece of equipment which is used to analyse the substances that are present in something such as a gas.