8-letter words containing l, e, a, s
- muscatel — a sweet wine made from muscat grapes.
- musicale — a music program forming the main part of a social occasion.
- myelomas — Plural form of myeloma.
- nacelles — Plural form of nacelle.
- nail set — a short rod of steel used to drive a nail below or flush with a surface.
- nainsell — own self
- nameless — having no name.
- nasalise — Alternative spelling of nasalize.
- nasalize — to pronounce as a nasal sound.
- nathless — Alternative form of natheless.
- neapolis — a port in E Greece, in Macedonia East and Thrace region on the Bay of Kaválla an important Macedonian fortress of the Byzantine empire; ceded to Greece by Turkey after the Balkan War (1912–13). Pop: 58 576 (1991)
- neoblast — any large and undifferentiated stem cell in certain worms, esp planarian worms, involved in regeneration and repair
- neoplasm — a new, often uncontrolled growth of abnormal tissue; tumor.
- nepalese — of or relating to Nepal, its inhabitants, or their language.
- nestable — a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- neurosal — of or relating to neurosis; afflicted by a neurosis
- neutrals — Plural form of neutral.
- 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.
- non-sale — the act of selling.
- notables — Plural form of notable.
- novellas — Plural form of novella.
- nuclease — any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of nucleic acids.
- numerals — Plural form of numeral.
- obstacle — something that obstructs or hinders progress.
- oldspeak — (sometimes initial capital letter) standard English, in contrast to English that is overly technical, politically correct, euphemistic, etc. Compare newspeak.
- oleaster — an ornamental shrub or small tree, Elaeagnus angustifolia, of Eurasia, having fragrant yellow flowers and an olivelike fruit.
- olivares — Conde-Ducque de, title of Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimental. 1587–1645, Spanish statesman: court favourite and prime minister (1621–43) of Philip IV. His attempts to establish Hapsburg domination of Europe ended in failure
- opalesce — to exhibit a play of colors like that of the opal.
- oral sex — sexual contact between the mouth and the genitals or anus; fellatio, cunnilingus, or anilingus.
- osculate — to come into close contact or union.
- outleaps — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outleap.
- ovalness — The quality of being oval.
- overalls — overalls, (used with a plural verb) loose, sturdy trousers, usually with a bib or biblike piece to which shoulder straps are attached, originally worn over other trousers to protect them, as by factory workers or farmers. long waterproof leggings.
- oversail — a projection
- oversale — the selling of more than is available
- oversalt — to put too much salt in
- painless — without pain; causing little or no pain: painless dentistry; a painless cure.
- paleosol — a fossil soil preserved within a sequence of geological deposits, indicative of past conditions.
- palestra — a public place for training or exercise in wrestling or athletics.
- palewise — by perpendicular lines
- palisade — a fence of pales or stakes set firmly in the ground, as for enclosure or defense.
- palstave — a bronze celt fitted into a split wooden handle.
- paludose — growing or living in marshes
- paneless — (of a building or window) without panes of glass
- panelist — a member of a small group of persons gathered for formal public discussion, judging, playing a radio or television game, etc.
- pangless — causing no pain
- panicles — a compound raceme.
- papulose — having papules
- parables — a short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson.