8-letter words containing l, e, s, n
- selenate — a salt or ester of selenic acid.
- selenian — of the moon; lunar
- selenide — any compound in which bivalent selenium is combined with a positive element, as potassium selenide, K 2 Se, or with a group.
- selenite — Mineralogy. a variety of gypsum, found in transparent crystals and foliated masses.
- selenium — a nonmetallic element chemically resembling sulfur and tellurium, occurring in several allotropic forms, as crystalline and amorphous, and having an electrical resistance that varies under the influence of light. Symbol: Se; atomic weight: 78.96; atomic number: 34; specific gravity: (gray) 4.80 at 25°C, (red) 4.50 at 25°C.
- selenous — selenious.
- selfness — selfhood.
- selznick — David O(liver) 1902–65, U.S. motion-picture producer.
- semblant — semblance
- semillon — a variety of white grape used in winemaking, especially in France in the Sauternes district of Bordeaux.
- semilune — a half-moon shape
- seminole — a member of any of several groupings of North American Indians comprising emigrants from the Creek Confederacy territories to Florida or their descendants in Florida and Oklahoma, especially the culturally conservative present-day Florida Indians.
- semolina — a granular, milled product of durum wheat, consisting almost entirely of endosperm particles, used chiefly in the making of pasta.
- sendable — to cause, permit, or enable to go: to send a messenger; They sent their son to college.
- senility — the state of being senile, especially the weakness or mental infirmity of old age.
- senseful — full of reasonable sense; sound; judicious.
- sensible — having, using, or showing good sense or sound judgment: a sensible young woman.
- sensibly — having, using, or showing good sense or sound judgment: a sensible young woman.
- sentinel — a person or thing that watches or stands as if watching.
- serenely — calm, peaceful, or tranquil; unruffled: a serene landscape; serene old age.
- settling — the act of a person or thing that settles.
- sharleen — a female given name.
- shealing — a pasture or grazing ground.
- shelepin — Alexandr Nikolayevich [al-ig-zan-der nik-uh-lahy-uh-vich;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahndr nyi-kuh-lah-yi-vyich] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər ˌnɪk əˈlaɪ ə vɪtʃ;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑndr nyɪ kʌˈlɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1918–1994, Soviet government official.
- shelling — act of removing shell
- shelving — material for shelves.
- shetland — Shetland Islands.
- shieling — a pasture or grazing ground.
- shingled — a thin piece of wood, slate, metal, asbestos, or the like, usually oblong, laid in overlapping rows to cover the roofs and walls of buildings.
- shingles — small, waterworn stones or pebbles such as lie in loose sheets or beds on a beach.
- shinleaf — a North American plant, Pyrola elliptica, having leaves used formerly for shinplasters.
- shirleen — a female given name, form of Shirley.
- shrapnel — Military. a hollow projectile containing bullets or the like and a bursting charge, designed to explode before reaching the target, and to set free a shower of missiles. such projectiles collectively.
- shunless — unable to be shunned
- sideline — a line at the side of something.
- sideling — sidelong or sideways; obliquely.
- sidelong — directed to one side: a sidelong glance.
- signable — suitable for signing, as in being satisfactory, appropriate, or complete: a signable legislative bill.
- signaled — anything that serves to indicate, warn, direct, command, or the like, as a light, a gesture, an act, etc.: a traffic signal; a signal to leave.
- signless — without a sign or sign-board
- silenced — absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
- silencer — a person or thing that silences.
- silently — making no sound; quiet; still: a silent motor.
- silesian — a region in central Europe along both banks of the upper Oder River, mainly in SW Poland and the N Czech Republic: formerly divided between Germany (which had the largest portion), Poland, and Czechoslovakia; by provision of the Potsdam agreement 1945, the greater part of German Silesia came under Polish administration; rich deposits of coal, iron, and other minerals.
- silicone — any of a number of polymers containing alternate silicon and oxygen atoms, as (–Si–O–Si–O–) n, whose properties are determined by the organic groups attached to the silicon atoms, and that are fluid, resinous, rubbery, extremely stable in high temperatures, and water-repellent: used as adhesives, lubricants, and hydraulic oils and in electrical insulation, cosmetics, etc.
- siloxane — any of the class of compounds containing the structural unit R 2 SiO, where R is an organic group or hydrogen.
- simoleon — a dollar.
- singable — to utter words or sounds in succession with musical modulations of the voice; vocalize melodically.
- sinkable — to displace part of the volume of a supporting substance or object and become totally or partially submerged or enveloped; fall or descend into or below the surface or to the bottom (often followed by in or into): The battleship sank within two hours. His foot sank in the mud. Her head sinks into the pillows.
- sinkhole — a hole formed in soluble rock by the action of water, serving to conduct surface water to an underground passage.