8-letter words containing l, u, i, n
- lungfish — any of various slender, air-breathing fishes of the order (or subclass) Dipnoi, of rivers and lakes in Africa, South America, and Australia, having a lunglike air bladder as well as gills and growing to a length of 3 to 6 feet (0.9 to 1.8 meters).
- lupuline — of or relating to lupulin
- lurching — Archaic. the act of lurking or state of watchfulness.
- luringly — in a luring or inviting manner
- luristan — a mountainous region in W Iran.
- lusatian — a native or inhabitant of Lusatia.
- lustring — the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss: the luster of satin.
- lutanist — a person who plays the lute.
- lutenist — a person who plays the lute.
- luteolin — a yellow coloring substance, C 15 H 10 O 6 , obtained from the weed Reseda luteola: used in dyeing silk and, formerly, in medicine.
- lutropin — Luteinizing hormone.
- luxating — Present participle of luxate.
- luxation — The act of luxating, or the state of being luxated; a dislocation.
- malunion — (anatomy) Bad or incorrect union (of parts of the body).
- manicule — (typography) the pointing hand symbol, used in printing, graphics or signs, to draw attention to or indicate something.
- manuel i — called the Fortunate. 1469–1521, king of Portugal (1495–1521); his reign saw the discovery of Brazil and the beginning of Portuguese trade with India and the East
- manurial — Of or pertaining to manure.
- maudling — Present participle of maudle.
- maulmain — Moulmein.
- miauling — Present participle of miaul.
- milk run — a routine trip or undertaking, especially one presenting little danger or difficulty: The flight from New York to Chicago was a milk run for the experienced pilot and crew.
- mill run — a quantity of ore whose quality or mineral content is tested by milling
- mill-run — coming directly from a mill, especially without having been sorted: mill-run carpets.
- millburn — a township in NE New Jersey.
- mindfull — Archaic form of mindful.
- minutely — occurring every minute.
- minutial — having the nature of minutiae, or relating to minutiae
- miquelon — St. Pierre and Miquelon.
- moulding — a growth of minute fungi forming on vegetable or animal matter, commonly as a downy or furry coating, and associated with decay or dampness.
- moulinet — a portable pulley device for bending crossbow or turning the drum of a crane
- moulmein — a seaport in S Burma at the mouth of the Salween River.
- moulting — Present participle of moult.
- muddling — Present participle of muddle.
- muffling — Present participle of muffle.
- mulching — (agriculture) Used for applying a mulch.
- mulcting — Present participle of mulct.
- mulligan — Gerald Joseph ("Gerry"; "Jeru") 1927–96, U.S. jazz saxophonist, bandleader, and composer.
- mulliken — Robert Sanderson [san-der-suh n] /ˈsæn dər sən/ (Show IPA), 1896–1986, U.S. chemist and physicist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1966.
- mullings — Plural form of mulling.
- mullions — a vertical member, as of stone or wood, between the lights of a window, the panels in wainscoting, or the like.
- multiton — Weighing more than one ton.
- mumbling — to speak in a low indistinct manner, almost to an unintelligible extent; mutter.
- muscling — Present participle of muscle.
- musingly — absorbed in thought; meditative.
- muslined — draped or covered with muslin
- muslinet — a thick type of muslin
- muzzling — the mouth, or end for discharge, of the barrel of a gun, pistol, etc.
- nauplial — of or relating to nauplius larva
- nauplius — (in many crustaceans) a larval form with three pairs of appendages and a single median eye, occurring usually as the first stage of development after leaving the egg.
- nautical — of or relating to sailors, ships, or navigation: nautical terms.