8-letter words containing l, e, n, a
- solanine — a poisonous alkaloid found in various solanaceous plants, including potatoes which have gone green through exposure to light
- solimena — Francesco [frahn-ches-kaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1657–1747, Italian painter.
- spaldeen — a smooth, pink rubber ball used in playing catch, stickball, etc.
- spalpeen — a lad or boy.
- spandrel — Architecture. an area between the extradoses of two adjoining arches, or between the extrados of an arch and a perpendicular through the extrados at the springing line.
- spangled — Something that is spangled is covered with small shiny objects.
- spangler — a person who spangles
- spanglet — a little spangle
- spanless — impossible to span
- spansule — a modified-release capsule of a drug
- spelaean — of, relating to, or inhabiting a cave or caves.
- spellman — Francis Joseph, Cardinal, 1889–1967, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman: archbishop of New York 1939–67.
- spendall — a spendthrift
- spillane — Mickey (Frank Morrison) 1918–2006, U.S. detective novelist.
- sprangle — to struggle or sprawl with limbs spread out wide
- spyplane — a military aeroplane used to spy on an enemy
- squalene — an oil, C 3 0 H 5 0 , intermediate in the synthesis of cholesterol, obtained for use in manufacturing pharmaceuticals.
- stealing — Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- steelman — a person engaged in the steelmaking business.
- stendhal — (Marie Henri Beyle) 1783–1842, French novelist and critic.
- strangle — to kill by squeezing the throat in order to compress the windpipe and prevent the intake of air, as with the hands or a tightly drawn cord.
- subpanel — a panel that is part of a larger panel
- suleiman — ("the Magnificent") 1495?–1566, sultan of the Ottoman Empire 1520–66.
- supernal — being in or belonging to the heaven of divine beings; heavenly, celestial, or divine.
- svengali — a person who completely dominates another, usually with selfish or sinister motives.
- svetlana — a female given name.
- sylvaner — a white grape grown in the Alsace region of France and in Switzerland, Germany, and Austria.
- tag line — the last line of a play, story, speech, etc., used to clarify or dramatize a point.
- tail end — the hinder or rear part of anything.
- tailbone — the coccyx.
- taileron — an aileron located on the tailplane of an aircraft
- talented — having talent or special ability; gifted.
- talesman — a person summoned as one of the tales.
- taliesin — flourished a.d. c550, Welsh bard.
- taligent — A company founded jointly by Apple and IBM in March 1992. HP announced in January, 1994 that it would buy a 15% stake in Taligent. They are working on an "object-oriented operating system", due to be finished sometime in 1995. However, various independent pieces of Taligent will likely appear to be used with other operating systems, e.g. IBM's WorkplaceOS. Pink is an older name for Taligent, dating back to work that Apple did before the formation of Taligent.
- tall one — a beverage, especially an alcoholic drink, in a tall glass.
- tallness — having a relatively great height; of more than average stature: a tall woman; tall grass.
- tangible — capable of being touched; discernible by the touch; material or substantial.
- telemann — Georg Philipp [gey-awrk fee-lip,, fil-ip] /geɪˌɔrk ˈfi lɪp,, ˈfɪl ɪp/ (Show IPA), 1681–1767, German composer.
- tenaille — a low outwork in the main ditch between two bastions
- tentacle — Zoology. any of various slender, flexible processes or appendages in animals, especially invertebrates, that serve as organs of touch, prehension, etc.; feeler.
- tenurial — the holding or possessing of anything: the tenure of an office.
- teraglin — an edible marine fish, Zeluco atelodus, of Australia which has fine scales and is blue in colour
- terminal — situated at or forming the end or extremity of something: a terminal feature of a vista.
- tetronal — a sedative drug
- thalline — a chemical compound used for medicinal purposes
- tideland — land alternately exposed and covered by the ordinary ebb and flow of the tide.
- tirolean — of, relating to, or characteristic of the Tyrol or its inhabitants.
- tolerant — inclined or disposed to tolerate; showing tolerance; forbearing: tolerant of errors.
- tonalite — an igneous rock found in the Italian Alps