8-letter words containing l, u, i, n
- sluffing — the outer layer of the skin of a snake, which is cast off periodically.
- slugging — a hard blow or hit, especially with a fist or baseball bat.
- sluicing — an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow.
- slumming — Often, slums. a thickly populated, run-down, squalid part of a city, inhabited by poor people.
- slumping — to drop or fall heavily; collapse: Suddenly she slumped to the floor.
- slurring — to pass over lightly or without due mention or consideration (often followed by over): The report slurred over her contribution to the enterprise.
- solution — the act of solving a problem, question, etc.: The situation is approaching solution.
- splenium — a structure in the brain
- splenius — a broad muscle on each side of the back of the neck and the upper part of the thoracic region, the action of which draws the head backward and assists in turning it to one side.
- stunsail — studdingsail.
- subtilin — an antibiotic peptide drug derived from Bacillus subtilis, predominantly used to combat various pathogenic fungi as well as Gram-positive bacteria
- succinyl — either of the two radicals of succinic acid
- suckling — Sir John, 1609–42, English poet.
- suleiman — ("the Magnificent") 1495?–1566, sultan of the Ottoman Empire 1520–66.
- sulfinyl — containing the sulfinyl group; thionyl.
- sulfonic — sulfo.
- sulindac — a yellow crystalline substance, C 2 0 H 1 7 FO 3 S, that is used as an analgesic, antipyretic, and anti-inflammatory in the treatment of certain rheumatic diseases.
- sullivan — Annie (Anne Mansfield Sullivan Macy) 1866–1936, U.S. teacher of Helen Keller.
- sultanic — the sovereign of an Islamic country.
- sunblind — a blind, such as a Venetian blind, that shades a room from the sun's glare
- sundrily — in sundry or distinct ways; variously
- sunlight — the light of the sun; sunshine.
- supinely — lying on the back, face or front upward.
- tablinum — (in an ancient Roman house) a large, open room at the side of the peristyle farthest from the main entrance.
- tanaquil — a legendary queen of Rome who prophesied the future greatness of Servius Tullius and helped him to gain the throne after the murder of her husband by a political faction.
- tenurial — the holding or possessing of anything: the tenure of an office.
- tranquil — free from commotion or tumult; peaceful; quiet; calm: a tranquil country place.
- tribunal — a court of justice.
- tulipant — a turban
- tumbling — an act of tumbling or falling.
- tumpline — a strap or sling passed around the chest or forehead to help support a pack carried on a person's back.
- tung oil — a yellow drying oil derived from the seeds of a tung tree, Aleurites fordii, used in varnishes, linoleum, etc.
- turbinal — turbinate.
- turingol — (language) A high-level language for programming Turing Machines by Donald Knuth. It was the subject of the first construction of a nontrivial attribute grammar.
- tussling — to struggle or fight roughly or vigorously; wrestle; scuffle.
- ugliness — very unattractive or unpleasant to look at; offensive to the sense of beauty; displeasing in appearance.
- unallied — not allied; having no ally or alliance
- unbelief — the state or quality of not believing; incredulity or skepticism, especially in matters of doctrine or religious faith.
- unbilled — having a bill or beak, especially one of a specified kind, shape, color, etc. (usually used in combination): a yellow-billed magpie.
- unboiled — not boiled
- unbridle — to remove the bridle from (a horse, mule, etc.).
- unchicly — in an unchic fashion; not stylishly; unfashionably
- uncle-ji — a respectful name and form of address given to a man from the generation older than oneself
- underlie — to lie under or beneath; be situated under.
- underlip — the lower lip
- underlit — lacking adequate light.
- undilute — to make (a liquid) thinner or weaker by the addition of water or the like.
- undocile — not docile; not submissive or obedient
- uneasily — not easy in body or mind; uncomfortable; restless; disturbed; perturbed.
- unedible — fit to be eaten as food; eatable; esculent.