8-letter words containing l, e, s, n
- letdowns — Plural form of letdown.
- lettings — Plural form of letting.
- leucosin — an albumin occurring in some cereal grains, such as wheat
- lewdness — inclined to, characterized by, or inciting to lust or lechery; lascivious.
- lewisohn — Ludwig [luhd-wig] /ˈlʌd wɪg/ (Show IPA), 1882?–1955, U.S. novelist and critic, born in Germany.
- lewisson — lewis.
- lewiston — a city in SW Maine.
- lexicons — Plural form of lexicon.
- licences — Plural form of licence.
- licensed — formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
- licensee — a person, company, etc., to whom a license is granted or issued.
- licenser — formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
- licenses — Plural form of license.
- licensor — formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
- lienitis — inflammation of the spleen; splenitis.
- lifeness — (rare, philosophy) The state or quality of having a life.
- lifespan — the longest period over which the life of any organism or species may extend, according to the available biological knowledge concerning it.
- lightens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lighten.
- ligneous — of the nature of or resembling wood; woody.
- lignites — Plural form of lignite.
- likeness — a representation, picture, or image, especially a portrait: to draw a good likeness of Churchill.
- limpness — lacking stiffness or firmness, as of substance, fiber, structure, or bodily frame: a limp body.
- lineages — Plural form of lineage.
- lineless — Free of lines.
- lineouts — Plural form of lineout.
- lineside — Alongside a railway line.
- linesman — Sports. an official, as in tennis and soccer, who assists the referee. Football. an official who marks the distances gained and lost in the progress of play and otherwise assists the referee and field judge. Ice Hockey. either of two officials who assist the referee by watching for icing, offside, and substitution violations and fouls and by conducting face-offs.
- linesmen — Plural form of linesman.
- lingster — an interpreter
- linisher — a machine that polishes and makes the surface of a material smooth using a moving belt coated in an abrasive material
- linkages — Plural form of linkage.
- linnaeus — Carolus [kar-uh-luh s] /ˈkær ə ləs/ (Show IPA), (Carl von Linné) 1707–78, Swedish botanist.
- lintless — That does not contain, or does not shed lint.
- lintseed — Archaic form of linseed.
- lionised — Simple past tense and past participle of lionise.
- listened — to give attention with the ear; attend closely for the purpose of hearing; give ear.
- listener — to give attention with the ear; attend closely for the purpose of hearing; give ear.
- litanies — Plural form of litany.
- liteness — the quality of being 'lite', normally related to low-calorie and low-fat food
- liveness — being alive; living; alive: live animals.
- lobefins — Plural form of lobefin.
- lodesman — a person who steers a ship
- loneness — being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied: a lone traveler.
- lonesome — depressed or sad because of the lack of friends, companionship, etc.; lonely: to feel lonesome.
- long ess — a style of the letter s, suggesting a lowercase f in form, formerly common in handwriting and as a type character.
- longcase — A longcase clock.
- longlegs — A daddy longlegs.
- longness — (rare) length, lengthiness.
- longsome — tiresomely long; so protracted as to weary or cause boredom.
- longwise — lengthwise