8-letter words containing t, e, l, n
- stellion — an olive-green Mediterranean lizard with black star-shaped spots, belonging to the family Stellionidae
- stendhal — (Marie Henri Beyle) 1783–1842, French novelist and critic.
- stenlock — a coal fish, Merlangus carbonarius
- sterling — of, relating to, or noting British money: The sterling equivalent is #5.50.
- stilbene — a colorless to slightly yellow, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 1 4 H 1 2 , used chiefly in the manufacture of dyes (stilbene dyes)
- stonefly — any of numerous dull-colored primitive aquatic insects of the order Plecoptera, having a distinctive flattened body shape: a major food source for game fish, especially bass and trout, which makes them popular as models for fishing flies.
- strangle — to kill by squeezing the throat in order to compress the windpipe and prevent the intake of air, as with the hands or a tightly drawn cord.
- sun belt — the southern and southwestern region of the U.S.
- svetlana — a female given name.
- tag line — the last line of a play, story, speech, etc., used to clarify or dramatize a point.
- tail end — the hinder or rear part of anything.
- tailbone — the coccyx.
- taileron — an aileron located on the tailplane of an aircraft
- talented — having talent or special ability; gifted.
- talesman — a person summoned as one of the tales.
- taliesin — flourished a.d. c550, Welsh bard.
- taligent — A company founded jointly by Apple and IBM in March 1992. HP announced in January, 1994 that it would buy a 15% stake in Taligent. They are working on an "object-oriented operating system", due to be finished sometime in 1995. However, various independent pieces of Taligent will likely appear to be used with other operating systems, e.g. IBM's WorkplaceOS. Pink is an older name for Taligent, dating back to work that Apple did before the formation of Taligent.
- tall one — a beverage, especially an alcoholic drink, in a tall glass.
- tallness — having a relatively great height; of more than average stature: a tall woman; tall grass.
- tangible — capable of being touched; discernible by the touch; material or substantial.
- technol. — technological
- tefillin — either of two small, boxlike leather cases holding slips inscribed with certain Scriptural passages, fastened, using leather thongs, one to the forehead and the other to the arm, by Orthodox or Conservative Jewish men during weekday morning prayer: see Deut. 6:4-9
- telecine — equipment used mainly by television studios for converting film images to signals suitable for television transmission.
- telegony — a former belief that a sire can influence the characteristics of the progeny of the female parent and subsequent mates.
- telemann — Georg Philipp [gey-awrk fee-lip,, fil-ip] /geɪˌɔrk ˈfi lɪp,, ˈfɪl ɪp/ (Show IPA), 1681–1767, German composer.
- telethon — a television broadcast lasting several hours, especially one soliciting support for a charity.
- teletron — a system for showing enlarged televisual images in sports stadiums
- temulent — inebriated
- ten-fold — comprising ten parts or members.
- tenaille — a low outwork in the main ditch between two bastions
- tenderly — soft or delicate in substance; not hard or tough: a tender steak.
- tendrils — a threadlike, leafless organ of climbing plants, often growing in spiral form, which attaches itself to or twines round some other body, so as to support the plant.
- tensible — capable of being stretched; tensile.
- tent fly — fly1 (def 22).
- tentacle — Zoology. any of various slender, flexible processes or appendages in animals, especially invertebrates, that serve as organs of touch, prehension, etc.; feeler.
- tenurial — the holding or possessing of anything: the tenure of an office.
- teraglin — an edible marine fish, Zeluco atelodus, of Australia which has fine scales and is blue in colour
- terminal — situated at or forming the end or extremity of something: a terminal feature of a vista.
- ternopol — a city in W Ukraine: formerly in Poland.
- terylene — a synthetic polyester fibre or fabric based on terephthalic acid, characterized by lightness and crease resistance and used for clothing, sheets, ropes, sails, etc
- tetronal — a sedative drug
- thalline — a chemical compound used for medicinal purposes
- the lion — the constellation Leo, the fifth sign of the zodiac
- the only — being single or very few in number
- tholepin — thole1
- tideland — land alternately exposed and covered by the ordinary ebb and flow of the tide.
- tideline — the mark or line left by the tide when it retreats from its highest point
- tie line — a line that connects two or more extensions in a PBX telephone system.
- timeline — a linear representation of important events in the order in which they occurred.
- tinselly — decorated with or abounding in tinsel.