8-letter words containing n, a, i, l
- regalian — of or relating to regalia or royalty
- regaling — to entertain lavishly or agreeably; delight.
- reginald — a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “counsel and rule.”.
- regional — of or relating to a region of considerable extent; not merely local: a regional meeting of the Boy Scouts.
- relacing — a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- relating — to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- relation — an existing connection; a significant association between or among things: the relation between cause and effect.
- relaxing — to make less tense, rigid, or firm; make lax: to relax the muscles.
- relaying — re-lay.
- reliance — confident or trustful dependence.
- retinula — a group of elongate neural receptor cells forming part of an arthropod compound eye: each retinula cell leads to a nerve fiber passing to the optic ganglion.
- richland — a city in SE Washington, on the Columbia River: residential and administrative quarters for the Hanford Works. Compare Hanford (def 2).
- rifleman — a soldier armed with a rifle.
- rijndael — Advanced Encryption Standard
- ringhals — a highly venomous snake, Hemachatus haemachatus, of southern Africa, related to the cobras, having one to three light-colored bands across its throat and characterized by its ability to accurately spit its venom up to 7 feet (2.1 meter) away.
- ringsail — ringtail (def 3).
- ringtail — any phalanger of the genus Pseudocheirus, having the prehensile tail curled into a ring.
- rinkhals — ringhals.
- rivaling — a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.
- rosalind — a female given name.
- rutilant — glowing or glittering with ruddy or golden light.
- saddling — a seat for a rider on the back of a horse or other animal.
- saibling — the European char, Salvelinus alpinus, introduced into North America
- saint-lô — a department in NW France. 2476 sq. mi. (6413 sq. km). Capital: Saint-Lô.
- sakhalin — an island of the Russian Federation in the Sea of Okhotsk, N of Japan: formerly (1905-45) divided between the Soviet Union and Japan. 29,100 sq. mi. (75,369 sq. km).
- salading — the ingredients for a salad
- salering — an enclosed area for livestock at market
- salesian — a member of the Society of St. Francis de Sales, a congregation founded in Turin in 1845 and engaged chiefly in missionary and educational work.
- salience — the state or condition of being salient.
- saliency — salience.
- salinger — J(erome) D(avid) 1971–2010, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- salinity — of, containing, or resembling common table salt; salty or saltlike: a saline solution.
- salinize — to treat with salt or render saline.
- salishan — a family of American Indian languages including Coeur d'Alêne, Kalispel, and other languages of British Columbia and the northwestern U.S.
- salmonid — belonging or pertaining to the family Salmonidae, including the salmons, trouts, chars, and whitefishes.
- salonika — Also, Salonica [suh-lon-i-kuh, sal-uh-nee-kuh] /səˈlɒn ɪ kə, ˌsæl əˈni kə/ (Show IPA), Saloniki [Greek sah-law-nee-kee] /Greek ˌsɑ lɔˈni ki/ (Show IPA). Official name Thessalonike. Ancient Therma. a seaport in south-central Macedonia, in NE Greece, on the Gulf of Salonika.
- salopian — a county in W England. 1348 sq. mi. (3490 sq. km).
- salpicon — a mixture of chopped fish, meat, or vegetables in a sauce, used as fillings for croquettes, pastries, etc
- sampling — a small part of anything or one of a number, intended to show the quality, style, or nature of the whole; specimen.
- sandhill — a hill of sand, esp a dune on the seashore
- sandling — a sand eel
- sandpile — a pile of sand, esp one for children to play on
- sanglier — a closely woven fabric made of mohair or worsted, constructed in plain weave, and finished to simulate the coat of a boar.
- santalic — of sandalwood
- santalin — the substance which gives sandalwood its colour
- sassolin — a boric acid found in the saline deposits of the hot springs near Sasso in Tuscany
- scalding — to burn or affect painfully with or as if with hot liquid or steam.
- scaldino — an Italian earthen brazier
- scallion — any onion that does not form a large bulb; green onion.
- scalping — the integument of the upper part of the head, usually including the associated subcutaneous structures.