8-letter words containing l, a, t, r, n
- inertial — inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- inflater — A pump used to inflate tires.
- inflator — to distend; swell or puff out; dilate: The king cobra inflates its hood.
- integral — of, relating to, or belonging as a part of the whole; constituent or component: integral parts.
- intercal — (language, humour) /in't*r-kal/ (Said by the authors to stand for "Compiler Language With No Pronounceable Acronym"). Possibly the most elaborate and long-lived joke in the history of programming languages. It was designed on 1972-05-26 by Don Woods and Jim Lyons at Princeton University. INTERCAL is purposely different from all other computer languages in all ways but one; it is purely a written language, being totally unspeakable. The INTERCAL Reference Manual, describing features of horrifying uniqueness, became an underground classic. An excerpt will make the style of the language clear: It is a well-known and oft-demonstrated fact that a person whose work is incomprehensible is held in high esteem. For example, if one were to state that the simplest way to store a value of 65536 in a 32-bit INTERCAL variable is: DO :1 <- #0$#256 any sensible programmer would say that that was absurd. Since this is indeed the simplest method, the programmer would be made to look foolish in front of his boss, who would of course have happened to turn up, as bosses are wont to do. The effect would be no less devastating for the programmer having been correct. INTERCAL has many other peculiar features designed to make it even more unspeakable. The Woods-Lyons implementation was actually used by many (well, at least several) people at Princeton. Eric S. Raymond <[email protected]> wrote C-INTERCAL in 1990 as a break from editing "The New Hacker's Dictionary", adding to it the first implementation of COME FROM under its own name. The compiler has since been maintained and extended by an international community of technomasochists and is consequently enjoying an unprecedented level of unpopularity. The version 0.9 distribution includes the compiler, extensive documentation and a program library. C-INTERCAL is actually an INTERCAL-to-C source translator which then calls the local C compiler to generate a binary. The code is thus quite portable.
- interlan — A brand of Ethernet card.
- interlay — to lay between; interpose.
- internal — situated or existing in the interior of something; interior.
- interval — an intervening period of time: an interval of 50 years.
- inthrall — Archaic form of enthrall.
- labornet — An IGC network serving groups, unions and labour advocates interested in information sharing and collaboration with the intent of enhancing the human rights and economic justice of workers. Issues covered include workplace and community health and safety issues, trade issues and international union solidarity and collaboration.
- lacerant — painfully distressing; harrowing
- lamenter — One who laments.
- land art — earth art.
- lanneret — the male lanner, which is smaller than the female.
- lanterns — Plural form of lantern.
- lanthorn — lantern.
- lateener — a lateen-rigged ship
- later on — a comparative of late: Her later years were not happy.
- latrines — Plural form of latrine.
- leathern — made of leather.
- levanter — a strong easterly wind in the Mediterranean.
- linarite — a mineral, a complex basic sulfate of lead and copper, having a deep-blue color resembling that of azurite.
- line art — graphic material that consists of lines or areas of pure black and pure white and requires no screening for reproduction. Compare halftone (def 2).
- lorestan — Luristan.
- losartan — An angiotensin receptor antagonist that shows antihypertensive activity.
- lunarist — a person who believes the moon influences weather
- luristan — a mountainous region in W Iran.
- lutheran — of or relating to Luther, adhering to his doctrines, or belonging to one of the Protestant churches that bear his name.
- maternal — of, pertaining to, having the qualities of, or befitting a mother: maternal instincts.
- matronly — of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a matron; maturely dignified; stately.
- militran — A discrete simulation system for military applications produced by the Sys Res Group at ONR in 1964.
- montreal — a seaport in S Quebec, in E Canada, on an island (Montreal Island) in the St. Lawrence.
- naturall — Obsolete spelling of natural.
- naturals — Plural form of natural.
- neutrals — Plural form of neutral.
- norplant — a contraceptive implant for women surgically inserted under the skin of the upper arm so as to release progesterone or various other steroid hormones gradually over a period of several years
- notarial — of, relating to, or characteristic of a notary public.
- nurtural — relating to, resulting from, or because of nurture
- on alert — If soldiers or police are on alert, they are ready to deal with anything that may happen.
- on trial — Law. the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact. the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- onolatry — Worship of the ass or donkey.
- oriental — (usually initial capital letter) of, relating to, or characteristic of the Orient, or East; Eastern.
- ornately — elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so: They bought an ornate Louis XIV sofa.
- ortolans — Plural form of ortolan.
- outlearn — to exceed in learning
- parental — of or relating to a parent.
- paternal — characteristic of or befitting a father; fatherly: a kind and paternal reprimand.
- patronal — a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- patronly — a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.