8-letter words containing l, a, s, e
- alienist — a psychiatrist who specializes in the legal aspects of mental illness
- alienors — Plural form of alienor.
- aliments — that which nourishes; nutriment; food.
- alkahest — the hypothetical universal solvent sought by alchemists
- alkalies — Plural form of alkali.
- alkanets — Plural form of alkanet.
- alkermes — a Mediterranean liqueur made from brandy flavored with nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, and other spices, and colored red with kermes or cochineal.
- alkestis — Alcestis (def 1).
- all ears — If someone says that they are all ears, they mean that they are ready and eager to listen.
- all eyes — acutely vigilant or observant
- alledges — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alledge.
- allegros — Plural form of allegro.
- allelism — any of several forms of a gene, usually arising through mutation, that are responsible for hereditary variation.
- allheals — Plural form of allheal.
- allosome — A sex chromosome that differs from an ordinary autosome in form, size, or behaviour.
- allspice — Allspice is a powder used as a spice in cooking, which is made from the berries of a tropical American tree.
- allusive — Allusive speech, writing, or art is full of indirect references to people or things.
- almagest — a work on astronomy compiled by Ptolemy in the 2nd century ad containing a description of the geocentric system of the universe and a star catalogue
- almemars — bimah.
- alphonse — a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “noble” and “ready.”.
- alterers — Plural form of alterer.
- altrices — altricial birds
- alveolus — any small pit, cavity, or saclike dilation, such as a honeycomb cell
- alyattes — king of Lydia c617–560 b.c.
- ambler's — an ambling gait.
- amplexus — the mating embrace of amphibians, particularly frogs and toads
- ampoules — Plural form of ampoule.
- amusable — capable of being amused
- amusedly — in a way that shows one is amused
- amyelous — congenital absence of the spinal cord.
- amylases — Plural form of amylase.
- anableps — any of various cyprinodont fishes constituting the genus Anableps, which includes the four-eyed fishes
- analects — selected literary passages from one or more works
- analepsy — (medicine) analepsis.
- 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.
- analyses — 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.
- analytes — Plural form of analyte.
- analyzes — 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.
- anglaise — an old English country-dance.
- anglesey — an island and county of N Wales, formerly part of Gwynedd (1974–96), separated from the mainland by the Menai Strait. Administrative centre: Llangefni. Pop: 59 500 (2003 est). Area: 720 sq km (278 sq miles)
- angolese — a member of any of the tribes residing in Angola.
- angulose — having angles
- ankylose — (of bones in a joint, etc) to fuse or stiffen by ankylosis
- annalise — record in annals
- annelids — Plural form of annelid.
- annulets — Plural form of annulet.
- annulose — (of earthworms, crustaceans, and similar animals) having a body formed of a series of rings; segmented
- antilles — main island group of the West Indies, including all but the Bahamas
- aplustre — the ornamental stern on an ancient Greek or Roman ship