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8-letter words containing r, i, l, n

  • corn oil — an oil prepared from maize, used in cooking and in making soaps, lubricants, etc
  • cornelia — a feminine name
  • cornicle — a wax-secreting organ on an aphid's abdomen that is shaped like a horn
  • cornmill — a mill for making flour
  • cornsilk — The fine threadlike styles on an ear of corn.
  • coronial — of or relating to a coroner
  • cradling — a framework of iron or wood, esp as used in the construction of a ceiling
  • crankily — In a cranky manner.
  • crawling — a defect in freshly applied paint or varnish characterized by bare patches and ridging
  • criminal — A criminal is a person who regularly commits crimes.
  • cringles — Plural form of cringle.
  • crinkled — marked with crenellations
  • crinkles — Plural form of crinkle.
  • cromalin — a colour proofing system
  • crotalin — a protein in the venom of pit vipers, used as an antigen in the preparation of snake antivenins.
  • cryingly — exceptionally or markedly
  • culinary — Culinary means concerned with cooking.
  • culverin — a long-range medium to heavy cannon used during the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries
  • curdling — Present participle of curdle.
  • cylinder — A cylinder is an object with flat circular ends and long straight sides.
  • daringly — In a daring manner; boldly; courageously; fearlessly; impudently.
  • darkling — in the dark or night
  • darlings — Plural form of darling.
  • decliner — One who declines.
  • dieldrin — a light tan, crystalline, water-insoluble, poisonous solid, C 12 H 8 OCl 6 , used as an insecticide: manufacture and use have been discontinued in the U.S.
  • dipluran — Any of various hexapods, of the order Diplura.
  • disenrol — to remove from a register
  • diurnals — Plural form of diurnal.
  • doornail — a large-headed nail formerly used for strengthening or ornamenting doors.
  • dragline — a rope dragging from something; dragrope.
  • draglink — (engineering) A link connecting the cranks of two shafts.
  • drawling — an act or utterance of a person who drawls.
  • drawlink — (rail transport) drawbar.
  • drilling — a small furrow made in the soil in which to sow seeds.
  • drolling — amusing in an odd way; whimsically humorous; waggish.
  • drooling — to water at the mouth, as in anticipation of food; salivate; drivel.
  • dropline — a headline or bank consisting of a top line set flush with the left margin, with each succeeding line indented on the left, and the final line flush with the right margin.
  • drumline — A group of percussionists in a marching band.
  • drumlins — Plural form of drumlin.
  • dry kiln — an oven for the controlled drying and seasoning of cut lumber.
  • dubliner — Ireland; magazine
  • elaterin — An extract from the juice of the fruit of Ecballium elaterium (the squirting cucumber), used as a purgative.
  • elsinore — Helsingør
  • en clair — in ordinary language; not in cipher
  • encircle — Form a circle around ; surround.
  • engirdle — Surround; encircle.
  • engrails — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of engrail.
  • enlister — One who enlists.
  • enthrill — (transitive) To pierce; penetrate; run through; stab.
  • entierly — Archaic form of entirely.
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