8-letter words containing l, g, e, n
- kinglets — Plural form of kinglet.
- kinglier — Comparative form of kingly.
- kinglike — a male sovereign or monarch; a man who holds by life tenure, and usually by hereditary right, the chief authority over a country and people.
- kingsley — Charles, 1819–75, English clergyman, novelist, and poet.
- kneeling — Present participle of kneel.
- knelling — the sound made by a bell rung slowly, especially for a death or a funeral.
- knowledg — Obsolete form of knowledge.
- kringles — Plural form of kringle.
- kvelling — to be extraordinarily pleased; especially, to be bursting with pride, as over one's family.
- labeling — a slip of paper, cloth, or other material, marked or inscribed, for attachment to something to indicate its manufacturer, nature, ownership, destination, etc.
- lacewing — any of several insects of the family Chrysopidae, having delicate, lacelike wings and golden or copper-colored eyes, the larvae of which are predaceous on aphids and other small insects.
- lactogen — (biochemistry) A polypeptide placental hormone, part of the somatotropin family, with structure and function similar to those of growth hormone. It modifies the metabolic state of the mother during pregnancy to facilitate the energy supply of the fetus.
- 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.
- lancegay — a lance used in medieval times
- 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.
- lansberg — a walled plain in the third quadrant of the face of the moon: about 29 miles (46 km) in diameter.
- largened — Simple past tense and past participle of largen.
- larynges — Anatomy. a muscular and cartilaginous structure lined with mucous membrane at the upper part of the trachea in humans, in which the vocal cords are located.
- lasering — Present participle of laser.
- layering — a thickness of some material laid on or spread over a surface: a layer of soot on the window sill; two layers of paint.
- leaching — to dissolve out soluble constituents from (ashes, soil, etc.) by percolation.
- leadings — Plural form of leading.
- leanings — Plural form of leaning.
- learning — knowledge acquired by systematic study in any field of scholarly application.
- leasings — Plural form of leasing.
- leavings — something that is left; residue.
- ledgment — (architecture) A stringcourse or horizontal suit of mouldings, such as the base mouldings of a building.
- leeching — any bloodsucking or carnivorous aquatic or terrestrial worm of the class Hirudinea, certain freshwater species of which were formerly much used in medicine for bloodletting.
- leftwing — Alternative spelling of left-wing.
- leg bone — a bone of the leg
- leg iron — a shackle for a prisoner's leg
- legatine — of, relating to, or authorized by a legate.
- legation — a diplomatic minister and staff in a foreign mission.
- legement — Obsolete form of ledgment.
- legendre — Adrien Marie [a-dree-an ma-ree] /a driˈɛ̃ maˈri/ (Show IPA), 1752–1833, French mathematician.
- legendry — legends collectively.
- leggings — a covering for the leg, usually extending from the ankle to the knee but sometimes higher, worn by soldiers, riders, workers, etc. Compare chaps, gaiter, puttee.
- leghorns — Plural form of leghorn.
- legioned — arranged in legions
- leighton — Frederick (Baron Leighton of Stretton) 1830–96, English painter and sculptor.
- lemmings — Plural form of lemming.
- lendings — Plural form of lending.
- lengthen — to make longer; make greater in length.