8-letter words containing t, e, l, n
- mylonite — Geology. a rock that has been crushed and sheared to such an extent that its original texture has been destroyed.
- mytilene — Also called Lesbos. a Greek island in the NE Aegean. 836 sq. mi. (2165 sq. km).
- nail set — a short rod of steel used to drive a nail below or flush with a surface.
- nathalie — a female given name.
- nathless — Alternative form of natheless.
- natively — being the place or environment in which a person was born or a thing came into being: one's native land.
- naxalite — a member of an extreme Maoist group in India that originated in 1967 in West Bengal and which employs tactics of agrarian terrorism and direct action
- necklets — Plural form of necklet.
- neglects — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of neglect.
- nembutal — pentobarbital sodium
- neoblast — any large and undifferentiated stem cell in certain worms, esp planarian worms, involved in regeneration and repair
- neonatal — of or relating to newborn children.
- neostyle — a manifolding device similar to the cyclostyle.
- nephtali — Naphtali.
- nervelet — a small, delicate nerve
- nestable — a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- nestling — a young bird not yet old enough to leave the nest.
- net loss — A net loss is the difference between gross profit on sales and operating expenses if gross profit is less than operating expenses.
- net play — play made from a position close to the net
- net silk — raw silk that has been reeled and twisted into yarn.
- netlingo — (computing) An on-line dictionary of more than 3000 terms, started in 1995 and updated monthly. NetLingo contains simple explanations and comprehensive coverage, including chat acronyms and smilies. It is also available in dead tree form.
- netsplit — netburp
- nettable — net income, profit, or the like.
- nettling — Present participle of nettle.
- neutrals — Plural form of neutral.
- new left — (sometimes lowercase) a radical leftist political movement active especially during the 1960s and 1970s, composed largely of college students and young intellectuals whose goals included racial equality, de-escalation of the arms race, nonintervention in foreign affairs, and other major changes in the political, economic, social, and educational systems.
- new talk — ntalk
- nimblest — Superlative form of nimble.
- nobelist — a person who is awarded a Nobel prize.
- nocently — in a nocent manner; harmfully
- noctules — Plural form of noctule.
- noetical — Alternative form of noetic.
- nonelect — a person or group of people that is not chosen or elected, esp for salvation
- nonelite — not elite
- nonmetal — an element not having the character of a metal, as carbon or nitrogen.
- nonstyle — a style that cannot be identified as such
- nontitle — (of a sporting match, esp in boxing) not played or fought for a title
- nonuplet — One of a group of nine, especially such a multiple birth.
- notables — Plural form of notable.
- noteable — Misspelling of notable.
- noteless — not noted; undistinguished; unnoticed.
- notelets — Plural form of notelet.
- novelist — a person who writes novels.
- nu-metal — a type of rock music popular from the late 1990s, featuring much of the sound typical of heavy metal but also influenced by rap and hip-hop
- nucleate — having a nucleus.
- nutshell — the shell of a nut.
- octangle — octangular.
- oilstone — a block of fine-grained stone, usually oiled, for putting the final edge on certain cutting tools by abrasion.
- olefiant — producing or forming oil, most commonly ethylene
- on alert — If soldiers or police are on alert, they are ready to deal with anything that may happen.