8-letter words containing l, e, s, n
- glanders — a contagious disease chiefly of horses and mules but communicable to humans, caused by the bacterium Pseudomonas mallei and characterized by swellings beneath the jaw and a profuse mucous discharge from the nostrils.
- glassine — a strong, thin, glazed, semitransparent paper, often made into small bags, used for packaging foods, for book jackets, etc.
- glegness — quickness
- glibness — readily fluent, often thoughtlessly, superficially, or insincerely so: a glib talker; glib answers.
- glistens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of glisten.
- gluiness — Alt form glueyness.
- glumness — sullenly or silently gloomy; dejected.
- gonzales — Richard Alonzo ("Pancho") 1928–1995, U.S. tennis player.
- granules — Plural form of granule.
- grapnels — Plural form of grapnel.
- gremlins — Plural form of gremlin.
- gruntles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gruntle.
- guesclin — Bertrand du ?1320–80, French commander during the Hundred Years' War
- gunwales — Plural form of gunwale.
- haleness — free from disease or infirmity; robust; vigorous: hale and hearty men in the prime of life.
- halfness — The quality of being half; incompleteness.
- halogens — Plural form of halogen.
- handlers — Plural form of handler.
- handless — without a hand or hands.
- handsels — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of handsel.
- helicons — Plural form of helicon.
- hellions — Plural form of hellion.
- helmsman — a person who steers a ship.
- helmsmen — Plural form of helmsman.
- helpings — Plural form of helping.
- helsinki — Finnish Suomi. a republic in N Europe: formerly a province of the Russian Empire. 130,119 sq. mi. (337,010 sq. km). Capital: Helsinki.
- hemlines — Plural form of hemline.
- henslowe — Philip, died 1616, English theater manager.
- hindlegs — Plural form of hindleg.
- hinsdale — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- holiness — the quality or state of being holy; sanctity.
- holstein — Also called Holstein-Friesian [hohl-stahyn-free-zhuh n, -steen-] /ˈhoʊl staɪnˈfri ʒən, -stin-/ (Show IPA). one of a breed of black-and-white dairy cattle, raised originally in North Holland and Friesland, that yields large quantities of milk having a low content of butterfat.
- holyness — Alternative spelling of holiness.
- honestly — in an honest manner.
- hornfels — a dark, fine-grained metamorphic rock, the result of recrystallization of siliceous or argillaceous sediments by contact metamorphism.
- hornless — one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
- hotlines — Plural form of hotline.
- hymnless — having no hymn
- idleness — the quality, state, or condition of being lazy, inactive, or idle: His lack of interest in the larger world and his consummate idleness were the causes of their dreadful divorce.
- ilkeston — a town in N central England, in SE Derbyshire. Pop: 37 270 (2001)
- impanels — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impanel.
- in holes — so worn as to be full of holes
- in style — a particular kind, sort, or type, as with reference to form, appearance, or character: the baroque style; The style of the house was too austere for their liking.
- inclines — Plural form of incline.
- inclosed — enclose.
- incloser — Archaic form of encloser.
- incloses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inclose.
- includes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of include.
- indulges — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of indulge.
- indwells — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of indwell.