10-letter words containing n, a, i, l
- longtailed — Having a long tail (used in the names of various birds and animals).
- lopatnikov — Nicolai Lvovich [nik-uh-lahy luh-voh-vich;; Russian nyi-kuh-lahy lvaw-vyich] /ˈnɪk əˌlaɪ ləˈvoʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ ˈlvɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1903–76, U.S. composer, born in Russia.
- loratadine — An antihistamine drug used to treat allergies.
- lorication — the act of covering with a protective coating
- lossmaking — a business that consistently operates at a loss.
- lovastatin — a drug, C 24 H 36 O 8 , that reduces the levels of fats in the blood by altering the enzyme activity in the liver that produces lipids.
- lovemaking — the act of courting or wooing.
- lowballing — the practice of offering a customer a deceptively low price
- lubricants — Plural form of lubricant.
- lullabying — Present participle of lullaby.
- luminaires — Plural form of luminaire.
- luminarias — Plural form of luminaria.
- luminaries — a celestial body, as the sun or moon.
- luminarism — the art and theory of the luminarists
- luminarist — a painter concerned with precision in using light and shade
- lumination — (obsolete) illumination.
- lunch-pail — lunchbox.
- lunchpails — Plural form of lunchpail.
- lusitanian — (italics) a British luxury liner sunk by a German submarine in the North Atlantic on May 7, 1915: one of the events leading to U.S. entry into World War I.
- lustrating — Present participle of lustrate.
- lustration — to purify by a propitiatory offering or other ceremonial method.
- luxuriance — luxuriant growth or productiveness; rich abundance; lushness.
- luxuriancy — Obsolete form of luxuriance.
- lymantriid — (zoology) Any of the moth family Lymantriidae.
- m-learning — a form of e-learning designed for mobile phones or tablet computers
- machinable — (of a material) capable of being cut or shaped with machine tools. Compare free-machining.
- maculating — Present participle of maculate.
- maculation — the act of spotting.
- madeleines — Plural form of madeleine.
- magnetical — (obsolete) Pertaining to the magnet; possessing the properties of the magnet, or corresponding properties; magnetic.
- magnifical — magnificent; imposing.
- maidenlike — Like a maiden; gentle, demure.
- mail train — a train that transports letters, packages, etc
- mailperson — A mailman or mailwoman.
- main plane — one of the principal supporting surfaces of an aircraft, esp either of the wings
- mainlander — a person who lives on a mainland.
- mainlining — to inject a narcotic, especially heroin, directly into a vein.
- malaligned — Badly aligned; misaligned.
- malaxation — The act of softening a mass by malaxating.
- maledicent — ((archaic)) one who enjoys using slanderous language.
- maleficent — doing evil or harm; harmfully malicious: maleficent destroyers of reputations.
- malignance — the quality or condition of being malignant.
- malignancy — the quality or condition of being malignant.
- malignants — Plural form of malignant.
- malignment — a slanderous disparagement or vilification
- malingered — Simple past tense and past participle of malinger.
- malingerer — to pretend illness, especially in order to shirk one's duty, avoid work, etc.
- malinovsky — Rodion Yakovlevich [ruh-dyi-awn yah-kuh-vlyi-vyich] /rə dyɪˈɔn ˈyɑ kə vlyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1967, Russian army officer: minister of defense of the U.S.S.R. 1957–67.
- malinowski — Bronislaw Kasper [bron-uh-slahf kas-per;; Polish braw-nee-slahf kahs-puh r] /ˈbrɒn əˌslɑf ˈkæs pər;; Polish brɔˈni slɑf ˈkɑs pər/ (Show IPA), 1884–1942, Polish anthropologist in the U.S.
- malleation — the act of hammering or beating something thin