8-letter words containing l, o, n, r
- lutropin — Luteinizing hormone.
- lynbrook — a village on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- manarola — a group of five coastal villages (Monterosso al Mare, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola, and Riomaggiore) on the Ligurian Sea in NW Italy, near La Spezia.
- mandorla — A pointed oval figure used as an architectural feature and as an aureole enclosing figures such as Jesus Christ or the Virgin Mary in medieval art.
- manorial — (in England) a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and of lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc.
- matronly — of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a matron; maturely dignified; stately.
- mirliton — kazoo.
- misenrol — to enrol inaccurately or wrongly
- modernly — of or relating to present and recent time; not ancient or remote: modern city life.
- mole run — any part of a system of underground tunnels, rooms, etc, prepared for use in the event of nuclear war
- monaural — monophonic (def 2).
- mongrels — Plural form of mongrel.
- monorail — a single rail functioning as a track for wheeled vehicles, as railroad or other cars, balanced upon or suspended from it.
- montreal — a seaport in S Quebec, in E Canada, on an island (Montreal Island) in the St. Lawrence.
- moorland — an area of moors, especially country abounding in heather.
- morainal — a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- moreland — Archaic form of moorland.
- mortling — wool obtained from dead sheep.
- mournful — Feeling, expressing, or inducing sadness, regret, or grief.
- mulroney — (Martin) Brian, born 1939, Canadian political leader: prime minister 1984–93.
- n-prolog — Prolog extended with explicit negation. Dov Gabbay <[email protected]>.
- narrowly — of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
- negrillo — a member of any of various small-statured, indigenous peoples of Africa, as a Pygmy.
- neuronal — Cell Biology. a specialized, impulse-conducting cell that is the functional unit of the nervous system, consisting of the cell body and its processes, the axon and dendrites.
- neuropil — A dense network of interwoven nerve fibers and their branches and synapses, together with glial filaments.
- neurosal — of or relating to neurosis; afflicted by a neurosis
- 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
- nol-pros — to end by a nolle prosequi.
- noncolor — That which is not a color.
- nonglare — (of a colour, paint, or surface) dull rather than shiny
- nonlabor — productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- nonlyric — (of poetry) not in a lyric style
- nonmoral — having no relation to morality; neither moral nor immoral: It was a completely nonmoral problem and involved only judgments as to efficacy.
- nonpolar — containing no permanently dipolar molecules; lacking a dipole.
- nonrival — (of goods or resources) capable of being enjoyed or consumed by many consumers simultaneously and therefore without rivalry, eg cable television
- nonroyal — not royal
- nonrural — Not rural.
- nonsolar — not related to the sun
- nonviral — not caused by a virus, not viral in origin
- nordland — a county in N Norway. 14,797 sq. mi. (38,325 sq. km). County seat: Bodö.
- normalcy — the quality or condition of being normal, as the general economic, political, and social conditions of a nation; normality: After months of living in a state of tension, all yearned for a return to normalcy.
- normally — in a normal or regular way: The wound is healing normally.
- normless — a standard, model, or pattern.
- norplant — a contraceptive implant for women surgically inserted under the skin of the upper arm so as to release progesterone or various other steroid hormones gradually over a period of several years
- nostrils — either of the two external openings of the nose.
- notarial — of, relating to, or characteristic of a notary public.
- novercal — of, like, or befitting a stepmother.
- oberland — a mountain region in central Switzerland, mostly in S Bern canton.