8-letter words containing o, n, l, i
- laxation — a loosening or relaxing.
- lay into — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- lections — Plural form of lection.
- leg iron — a shackle for a prisoner's leg
- legation — a diplomatic minister and staff in a foreign mission.
- legioned — arranged in legions
- leighton — Frederick (Baron Leighton of Stretton) 1830–96, English painter and sculptor.
- lenition — Phonetics. a phonological process that weakens consonant articulation at the ends of syllables or between vowels, causing the consonant to become voiced, spirantized, or deleted.
- leonidas — died 480 b.c, Greek hero: king of Sparta 489?–480.
- leontief — Wassily [vah-see-lee] /vɑˈsi li/ (Show IPA), 1906–1999, U.S. economist, born in Russia: Nobel Prize 1973.
- leporine — of, relating to, or resembling a rabbit or hare.
- leptonic — Of, pertaining to, or composed of leptons.
- lesioned — an injury; hurt; wound.
- let into — to allow or permit: to let him escape.
- leucosin — an albumin occurring in some cereal grains, such as wheat
- levation — The act of raising; elevation or upward motion, such as that produced by the action of a levator muscle.
- lewisohn — Ludwig [luhd-wig] /ˈlʌd wɪg/ (Show IPA), 1882?–1955, U.S. novelist and critic, born in Germany.
- lewisson — lewis.
- lewiston — a city in SW Maine.
- lexicons — Plural form of lexicon.
- liaisons — Plural form of liaison.
- liaodong — a peninsula in NE China, extending S into the Yellow Sea.
- liaoning — Pinyin, Wade-Giles. a province in NE China. 58,301 sq. mi. (151,000 sq. km). Capital: Shenyang.
- liaoyang — Pinyin, Wade-Giles. a city in central Liaoning province, in NE China.
- liaoyuan — a city in SE Jilin province, in NE China.
- libation — a pouring out of wine or other liquid in honor of a deity.
- licensor — formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
- lichanos — (in Greek music) a note played using the forefinger
- lie down — the manner, relative position, or direction in which something lies: the lie of the patio, facing the water. Synonyms: place, location, site.
- lie-down — a nap.
- lifelong — lasting or continuing through all or much of one's life: lifelong regret.
- ligation — the act of ligating, especially of surgically tying up a bleeding artery.
- light on — to get down or descend, as from a horse or a vehicle.
- ligneous — of the nature of or resembling wood; woody.
- ligroine — a flammable mixture of hydrocarbons that boils at from 20°C to 135°C, obtained from petroleum by distillation and used as a solvent.
- lilongwe — Formerly Nyasaland. a republic in SE Africa, on the W and S shores of Lake Malawi: formerly a British protectorate and part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland; gained independence July 6, 1964; a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 49,177 sq. mi. (127,368 sq. km). Capital: Lilongwe.
- limation — The act of filing or polishing.
- liminoid — (anthropology) Having characteristics of a liminal experience, but optional and not involving the resolution of a personal crisis.
- limonene — a liquid terpene, C 40 H 16 , occurring in two optically different forms, the dextrorotatory form being present in the essential oils of lemon, orange, etc., and the levorotatory form in Douglas fir needle oil.
- limonite — an amorphous hydrated ferric oxide, varying in color from dark brown to yellow, used as an ore of iron.
- limonoid — Any of a class of phytochemicals, found in citrus fruit and certain other plants, believed to have various therapeutic effects.
- limousin — a former province in central France.
- lin biao — 1907–71, Chinese marshal and Communist leader: defense minister 1959–71; leader of abortive coup 1971.
- lin piao — Lin Biao.
- linalool — a colorless, unsaturated terpene liquid alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, having a fragrance similar to that of bergamot oil, obtained from several essential oils: used in perfumery.
- lindworm — a wingless, two-legged dragon
- line out — a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page.
- line-out — a procedure for putting an out-of-bounds ball back in play, whereby a player outside the touchline tosses the ball high and between two lines of opposing forwards lined up perpendicular to the touchline.
- lineouts — Plural form of lineout.
- linework — (arts) The technique of drawing lines.