8-letter words containing l, i, t, a, n
- dateline — the date and location of a story, placed at the top of an article
- delation — Chiefly Scot. to inform against; denounce or accuse.
- dentinal — the hard, calcareous tissue, similar to but denser than bone, that forms the major portion of a tooth, surrounds the pulp cavity, and is situated beneath the enamel and cementum.
- dilantin — a drug, C15H11N2O2Na, used in the treatment of epileptic attacks
- dilatant — dilating; expanding.
- dilating — Present participle of dilate.
- dilation — the act of dilating; state of being dilated.
- dilutant — A diluting agent; a diluent, or thinner.
- displant — to dislodge.
- divalent — having a valence of two, as the ferrous ion, Fe ++ .
- eastlins — in an eastward direction
- elaterin — An extract from the juice of the fruit of Ecballium elaterium (the squirting cucumber), used as a purgative.
- elations — Plural form of elation.
- entailed — Simple past tense and past participle of entail.
- entrails — A person or animal's intestines or internal organs, especially when removed or exposed.
- etailing — Etailing is the business of selling products on the Internet.
- ethnical — (rare) Ethnic.
- exalting — Present participle of exalt.
- fanlight — a window over a door or another window, especially one having the form of a semicircle or of half an ellipse.
- fantails — Plural form of fantail.
- faulting — a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing: a fault in the brakes; a fault in one's character.
- filament — a very fine thread or threadlike structure; a fiber or fibril: filaments of gold.
- finalist — a person entitled to participate in the final or decisive contest in a series, as in musical or athletic competition.
- finality — the state, quality, or fact of being final; conclusiveness or decisiveness.
- flatiron — a nonelectric iron with a flat bottom, heated for use in pressing clothes, cloth, etc.
- flatline — (of a person) die.
- flatling — in a flat position; with the flat side, as of a sword.
- flatting — horizontally level: a flat roof.
- flippant — frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity: The audience was shocked by his flippant remarks about patriotism.
- floating — being buoyed up on water or other liquid.
- galactin — prolactin.
- galatian — an ancient country in central Asia Minor: later a Roman province; site of an early Christian community.
- galatine — galantine.
- galenite — a common, heavy mineral, lead sulfide, PbS, occurring in lead-gray crystals, usually cubes, and cleavable masses: the principal ore of lead.
- galivant — Alt form gallivant.
- gallatin — Albert, 1761–1849, U.S. statesman: Secretary of the Treasury 1801–13.
- galtonia — any plant of the bulbous genus Galtonia, esp G. candicans, with lanceolate leaves, drooping racemes of waxy white flowers, and a fragrant scent: family Liliaceae
- gantline — a rope rove through a single block hung from a mast, funnel, etc., as a means of hoisting workers, tools, flags, or the like.
- gelatine — a nearly transparent, faintly yellow, odorless, and almost tasteless glutinous substance obtained by boiling in water the ligaments, bones, skin, etc., of animals, and forming the basis of jellies, glues, and the like.
- gelatins — Plural form of gelatin.
- gelation — the process of gelling.
- genitals — Synonym of genitalia.
- gloating — to look at or think about with great or excessive, often smug or malicious, satisfaction: The opposing team gloated over our bad luck.
- gnatling — a small gnat
- goatling — a young goat
- halation — a blurred effect around the edges of highlight areas in a photographic image caused by reflection and scattering of light through the emulsion from the back surface of the film support or plate.
- hamilton — William Hamilton
- handlist — a list, as of the contents of a collection, containing few details
- hartline — Haldan Keffer [hawl-duh n kef-er] /ˈhɔl dən ˈkɛf ər/ (Show IPA), 1903–83, U.S. physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1967.
- horntail — any of various wasplike insects of the family Siricidae, the females of which have a hornlike ovipositor.