8-letter words containing l, i, n, t
- leighton — Frederick (Baron Leighton of Stretton) 1830–96, English painter and sculptor.
- leinster — a province in the E Republic of Ireland. 7576 sq. mi. (19,620 sq. km).
- leninist — of or relating to Lenin or to Leninism.
- lenition — Phonetics. a phonological process that weakens consonant articulation at the ends of syllables or between vowels, causing the consonant to become voiced, spirantized, or deleted.
- lenitive — softening, soothing, or mitigating, as medicines or applications.
- lenticel — a body of cells formed on the periderm of a stem, appearing on the surface of the plant as a lens-shaped spot, and serving as a pore.
- lenticle — a window in a clock case revealing the motion of the pendulum bob.
- lentisks — Plural form of lentisk.
- leontief — Wassily [vah-see-lee] /vɑˈsi li/ (Show IPA), 1906–1999, U.S. economist, born in Russia: Nobel Prize 1973.
- leptonic — Of, pertaining to, or composed of leptons.
- let into — to allow or permit: to let him escape.
- letching — a lecherous desire or craving.
- lettings — Plural form of letting.
- levation — The act of raising; elevation or upward motion, such as that produced by the action of a levator muscle.
- lewiston — a city in SW Maine.
- libation — a pouring out of wine or other liquid in honor of a deity.
- libelant — a person who libels, or institutes suit.
- liegnitz — German name of Legnica.
- lienitis — inflammation of the spleen; splenitis.
- lientery — a form of diarrhea in which the food is discharged undigested or only partly digested.
- life net — a strong net or the like held by firefighters or others to catch persons jumping from a burning building.
- liftings — Plural form of lifting.
- ligament — Anatomy, Zoology. a band of tissue, usually white and fibrous, serving to connect bones, hold organs in place, etc.
- ligating — Present participle of ligate.
- ligation — the act of ligating, especially of surgically tying up a bleeding artery.
- ligement — Obsolete form of ledgment.
- light on — to get down or descend, as from a horse or a vehicle.
- lightens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lighten.
- lighting — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
- lignites — Plural form of lignite.
- lignitic — Containing or resembling lignite.
- limation — The act of filing or polishing.
- limiting — serving to restrict or restrain; restrictive; confining.
- limnetic — pertaining to or living in the open water of a freshwater pond or lake.
- limonite — an amorphous hydrated ferric oxide, varying in color from dark brown to yellow, used as an ore of iron.
- linament — (surgery) lint, especially when made into a tent for insertion into wounds or ulcers.
- linarite — a mineral, a complex basic sulfate of lead and copper, having a deep-blue color resembling that of azurite.
- linctape — (storage) A formatted, block-oriented, high-reliability, random access tape system used on the Laboratory Instrument Computer. The tape was 3/4" wide. The funny DECtape is actually a variant of the original LINCtape. According to Wesley Clark, DEC tried to "improve" the LINCtape system, which mechanically, was wonderfully simple and elegant. The DEC version had pressure fingers and tape guides to force alignment as well as huge DC servo motors and complex control circuitry. These literally shredded the tape to bits if not carefully adjusted, and required frequent cleaning to remove all the shedded tape oxide. That was amazing, because the tape had a micro-thin plastic layer OVER the oxide to protect it. What happened was that all the forced alignment stuff caused shredding at the edge. An independent company, Computer Operations[?], built LINCtape drives for use in nuclear submarines. This was based on the tape system's high reliability. Correspondent Brian Converse has a picture of himself holding a LINCtape punched full of 1/4" holes. It still worked!
- lincture — A linctus; medicine taken by licking with the tongue.
- line art — graphic material that consists of lines or areas of pure black and pure white and requires no screening for reproduction. Compare halftone (def 2).
- line cut — an engraving consisting only of lines or areas that are solid black or white. Compare halftone (def 2).
- 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.
- lineated — marked with lines, especially parallel lengthwise lines; striped.
- lineouts — Plural form of lineout.
- lingayat — a member of the Lingayata cult.
- lingster — an interpreter
- linguist — a specialist in linguistics.
- liniment — a liquid or semiliquid preparation for rubbing on or applying to the skin, as for sprains or bruises, usually soothing or counterirritating.
- 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.