8-letter words containing l, i, n, t, o
- ligation — the act of ligating, especially of surgically tying up a bleeding artery.
- light on — to get down or descend, as from a horse or a vehicle.
- limation — The act of filing or polishing.
- limonite — an amorphous hydrated ferric oxide, varying in color from dark brown to yellow, used as an ore of iron.
- line out — a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page.
- line-out — a procedure for putting an out-of-bounds ball back in play, whereby a player outside the touchline tosses the ball high and between two lines of opposing forwards lined up perpendicular to the touchline.
- lineouts — Plural form of lineout.
- link rot — (web) The process by which links on a web page became unusable as the pages they point to change location or are removed.
- linocuts — Plural form of linocut.
- linotype — to typeset on a Linotype machine.
- linstock — a staff with one end forked to hold a match, formerly used in firing cannon.
- litvinov — Maksim Maksimovich [muh-ksyeem muh-ksyee-muh-vyich] /mʌˈksyim mʌˈksyi mə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1951, Russian Communist leader and diplomat.
- loaf tin — a tin that is used for baking bread
- loathing — strong dislike or disgust; intense aversion.
- lobation — lobate formation.
- locating — Present participle of locate.
- location — memory location
- locution — a particular form of expression; a word, phrase, expression, or idiom, especially as used by a particular person, group, etc.
- long tin — a tall long loaf of bread
- longlist — A first list, from which a shortlist is prepared.
- longtail — A common designation for an animal that has an unusually long tail relative to similar species.
- longtime — existing, occurring, or continuing for a long period of time; longstanding: longtime friends celebrating 50 years of association.
- lootings — Plural form of looting.
- lothians — a region in E Scotland. 700 sq. mi. (1813 sq. km).
- lunation — the period of time from one new moon to the next (about 29½ days); a lunar month.
- luteolin — a yellow coloring substance, C 15 H 10 O 6 , obtained from the weed Reseda luteola: used in dyeing silk and, formerly, in medicine.
- lutropin — Luteinizing hormone.
- luxation — The act of luxating, or the state of being luxated; a dislocation.
- mannitol — Chemistry. a white, crystalline, sweetish, water-soluble, carbohydrate alcohol, C 6 H 8 (OH) 6 , occurring in three optically different forms, the common one being found in the manna of the ash Fraxinus ornus and in other plants: used chiefly in the manufacture of resins, electrolytic condensers for radios, plasticizers, and mannitol hexanitrate, and as a pill excipient.
- miltonia — any of various epiphytic tropical American orchids of the genus Miltonia, having sprays of showy, flat, variously colored flowers.
- miltonic — of or relating to the poet Milton or his writings.
- mirliton — kazoo.
- mollient — Serving to soften or assuage; emollient.
- monolith — an obelisk, column, large statue, etc., formed of a single block of stone.
- montilla — a dry, rather bitter wine of Spain.
- mortling — wool obtained from dead sheep.
- motional — the action or process of moving or of changing place or position; movement.
- mottling — to mark or diversify with spots or blotches of a different color or shade.
- moulinet — a portable pulley device for bending crossbow or turning the drum of a crane
- moulting — Present participle of moult.
- multiton — Weighing more than one ton.
- mylonite — Geology. a rock that has been crushed and sheared to such an extent that its original texture has been destroyed.
- national — of, relating to, or maintained by a nation as an organized whole or independent political unit: national affairs.
- netlingo — (computing) An on-line dictionary of more than 3000 terms, started in 1995 and updated monthly. NetLingo contains simple explanations and comprehensive coverage, including chat acronyms and smilies. It is also available in dead tree form.
- nightowl — a person who often stays up late at night; nighthawk.
- nitrolic — of or noting a series of acids of the type RC(=NOH)NO 2 , whose salts form deep-red solutions.
- nitrosyl — nitroso.
- nitroxyl — the chemical compound HNO
- nobelist — a person who is awarded a Nobel prize.
- nobility — the noble class or the body of nobles in a country.