8-letter words containing l, i, t, a, n
- latinity — knowledge or use of the Latin language: He bemoaned the lack of Latinity among today's scholars.
- latinize — to cause to conform to the customs, traditions, beliefs, etc., of the Latins or the Latin Church.
- latitant — (archaic) Lying hid; concealed; latent.
- latrines — Plural form of latrine.
- lavation — the process of washing.
- laxation — a loosening or relaxing.
- lay into — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- legatine — of, relating to, or authorized by a legate.
- legation — a diplomatic minister and staff in a foreign mission.
- levation — The act of raising; elevation or upward motion, such as that produced by the action of a levator muscle.
- libation — a pouring out of wine or other liquid in honor of a deity.
- libelant — a person who libels, or institutes suit.
- 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.
- limation — The act of filing or polishing.
- 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!
- 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).
- lineated — marked with lines, especially parallel lengthwise lines; striped.
- lingayat — a member of the Lingayata cult.
- litanies — Plural form of litany.
- litigant — a person engaged in a lawsuit.
- 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
- longtail — A common designation for an animal that has an unusually long tail relative to similar species.
- lothians — a region in E Scotland. 700 sq. mi. (1813 sq. km).
- luminant — That illuminates; luminous.
- luminate — (obsolete) To illuminate.
- lunarist — a person who believes the moon influences weather
- lunatics — Plural form of lunatic.
- lunation — the period of time from one new moon to the next (about 29½ days); a lunar month.
- luristan — a mountainous region in W Iran.
- lusatian — a native or inhabitant of Lusatia.
- lutanist — a person who plays the lute.
- luxating — Present participle of luxate.
- luxation — The act of luxating, or the state of being luxated; a dislocation.
- maitland — Frederic William, 1850–1906, English jurist and legal historian.
- maltings — Plural form of malting.
- manliest — having qualities traditionally ascribed to men, as strength or bravery.
- 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.
- mantilla — a silk or lace head scarf arranged over a high comb and falling over the back and shoulders, worn in Spain, Mexico, etc.
- mantling — a loose, sleeveless cloak or cape.
- melanist — a melanistic person
- melanite — a deep black variety of andradite garnet.
- mentalis — (muscle) A paired central muscle of the lower lip, situated at the tip of the chin.