8-letter words containing l, e, n, a
- lacunule — a small lacuna.
- ladrones — a group of 15 small islands in the Pacific, E of the Philippines: divided into Guam, a possession of the U.S., and the North Marianas, formally under U.S. trusteeship. 453 sq. mi. (1127 sq. km).
- laevulin — a polysaccharide occurring in the tubers of certain helianthus plants
- lag line — a lagging or falling behind; retardation.
- lagering — a camp or encampment, especially within a protective circle of wagons.
- lagrange — Joseph Louis [zhaw-zef lwee] /ʒɔˈzɛf lwi/ (Show IPA), Comte, 1736–1813, French mathematician and astronomer.
- laitance — a milky deposit on the surface of new cement or concrete, usually caused by too much water.
- lake van — a salt lake in E Turkey, at an altitude of 1650 m (5400 ft): fed by melting snow and glaciers. Area: 3737 sq km (1433 sq miles)
- lakeland — a city in central Florida.
- lambency — the quality of being lambent.
- lameness — crippled or physically disabled, especially in the foot or leg so as to limp or walk with difficulty.
- lamented — mourned for, as a person who is dead: Our late lamented friend.
- lamenter — One who laments.
- lamentin — Alternative form of lamantin.
- laminate — to separate or split into thin layers.
- laminose — laminate; laminar.
- lancegay — a lance used in medieval times
- lancelet — any of several small, lancet-shaped burrowing marine animals of the subphylum Cephalochordata, having a notochord and bearing structural similarities to both vertebrates and invertebrates.
- lancelot — Arthurian Romance. the greatest of Arthur's knights and the lover of Queen Guinevere.
- lancepod — any tropical, leguminous tree or shrub of the genus Lonchocarpus, the roots of which yield rotenone.
- lanceted — having lancet-headed openings.
- lanciers — Plural form of lancier.
- landable — Capable of being landed.
- landless — without landed property; not owning land: a landless noble.
- landline — a circuit of wire or cable connecting two ground locations.
- landmine — an explosive charge concealed just under the surface of the ground or of a roadway, designed to be detonated by pressure, proximity of a vehicle or person, etc.
- landrace — one of several widely distributed strains of large, white, lop-eared swine of northern European origin.
- landseer — Sir Edwin Henry, 1802–73, English painter, especially of animals.
- landside — the part of a plow consisting of a sidepiece opposite the moldboard, for guiding the plow and resisting the side pressure caused by the turning of the furrow.
- landwehr — (in Germany, Austria, etc.) the part of the organized military forces of a nation that has completed a certain amount of compulsory training, and whose continuous service is required only in time of war.
- lane-way — a lane
- laneways — Plural form of laneway.
- langauge — Misspelling of language.
- langered — (slang, Ireland) extremely drunk.
- langrage — a kind of shot consisting of bolts, nails, etc., fastened together or enclosed in a case, formerly used for damaging sails and rigging in sea battles.
- langspel — a long and narrow old or traditional Scandinavian stringed instrument, played with the fingers and not a bow
- langsyne — long since; long ago.
- language — a body of words and the systems for their use common to a people who are of the same community or nation, the same geographical area, or the same cultural tradition: the two languages of Belgium; a Bantu language; the French language; the Yiddish language.
- laniakea — a huge supercluster of many thousands of galaxies: the Milky Way is included in one of its three component parts.
- lankness — The property of being lank.
- lanneret — the male lanner, which is smaller than the female.
- lanoline — a fatty substance, extracted from wool, used in ointments, cosmetics, waterproof coatings, etc.
- lansberg — a walled plain in the third quadrant of the face of the moon: about 29 miles (46 km) in diameter.
- lansdale — a city in SE Pennsylvania.
- lanterns — Plural form of lantern.
- laomedon — a king of Troy and the father of Priam, for whom the walls of Troy were built by Apollo and Poseidon.
- lapdance — Alternative spelling of lap dance.
- lapstone — A stone for the lap, on which shoemakers used to beat leather.
- larcener — a person who commits larceny.
- largened — Simple past tense and past participle of largen.