8-letter words containing l, e, a, s
- lineages — Plural form of lineage.
- linesman — Sports. an official, as in tennis and soccer, who assists the referee. Football. an official who marks the distances gained and lost in the progress of play and otherwise assists the referee and field judge. Ice Hockey. either of two officials who assist the referee by watching for icing, offside, and substitution violations and fouls and by conducting face-offs.
- linkages — Plural form of linkage.
- linnaeus — Carolus [kar-uh-luh s] /ˈkær ə ləs/ (Show IPA), (Carl von Linné) 1707–78, Swedish botanist.
- lipoates — Plural form of lipoate.
- listable — That can be listed.
- listeria — any of several rod-shaped, aerobic, parasitic bacteria of the genus Listeria, pathogenic for humans and animals.
- litanies — Plural form of litany.
- literals — Plural form of literal.
- loamless — not containing loam
- loathers — Plural form of loather.
- localise — (transitive) alternative spelling of localize.
- lodesman — a person who steers a ship
- lodestar — a star that shows the way.
- loessial — a loamy deposit formed by wind, usually yellowish and calcareous, common in the Mississippi Valley and in Europe and Asia.
- longcase — A longcase clock.
- lorestan — Luristan.
- loveseat — a chair or small upholstered sofa for two persons.
- loyalest — Superlative form of loyal.
- luggages — suitcases, trunks, etc.; baggage.
- lunacies — Plural form of lunacy.
- lushhead — lush2 (def 1).
- lustrate — to purify by a propitiatory offering or other ceremonial method.
- lysander — died 395 b.c, Spartan naval commander and statesman.
- lysithea — a small moon of the planet Jupiter.
- macleish — Archibald, 1892–1982, U.S. poet and dramatist.
- maculose — related to or characterized by having spots
- maidless — Without a maid (female servant).
- majlises — Plural form of majlis.
- makeless — having no mate or match.
- maladies — any disorder or disease of the body, especially one that is chronic or deepseated.
- malaised — Experiencing malaise.
- maldives — a republic in the Indian Ocean, SW of India, consisting of about 2000 islands: British protectorate 1887–1965. 115 sq. mi. (298 sq. km). Capital: Male.
- maleness — a person bearing an X and Y chromosome pair in the cell nuclei and normally having a penis, scrotum, and testicles, and developing hair on the face at adolescence; a boy or man.
- maliseet — Malecite.
- maltster — a maker of or dealer in malt.
- mamelons — Plural form of mamelon.
- manacles — Plural form of manacle.
- mandrels — Plural form of mandrel.
- maneless — the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- manholes — Plural form of manhole.
- maniples — Plural form of maniple.
- manliest — having qualities traditionally ascribed to men, as strength or bravery.
- marlines — Plural form of marline.
- marsilea — (botany) Any of the genus Marsilea of aquatic ferns.
- martlets — Plural form of martlet.
- mashable — Of a consistency suitable for mashing.
- maskable — capable of being masked
- masklike — a covering for all or part of the face, worn to conceal one's identity.
- massless — pertaining to an elementary particle having zero rest mass, as a photon.