8-letter words containing t, o, l, n
- linocuts — Plural form of linocut.
- linotype — to typeset on a Linotype machine.
- linstock — a staff with one end forked to hold a match, formerly used in firing cannon.
- litvinov — Maksim Maksimovich [muh-ksyeem muh-ksyee-muh-vyich] /mʌˈksyim mʌˈksyi mə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1951, Russian Communist leader and diplomat.
- loaf tin — a tin that is used for baking bread
- loathing — strong dislike or disgust; intense aversion.
- lobation — lobate formation.
- locating — Present participle of locate.
- location — memory location
- lock nut — a nut specially constructed to prevent its coming loose, usually having a means of providing extra friction between itself and the screw.
- locknuts — Plural form of locknut.
- locution — a particular form of expression; a word, phrase, expression, or idiom, especially as used by a particular person, group, etc.
- lodgment — the act of lodging.
- loftsman — a person who prepares molds and patterns.
- long tin — a tall long loaf of bread
- long tom — a towed 155mm field cannon produced by the U.S. throughout World War II.
- long ton — a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- longboat — (formerly) the largest boat carried by a sailing ship.
- longlist — A first list, from which a shortlist is prepared.
- longmont — a city in N central Colorado.
- longshot — Alternative spelling of long shot.
- longtail — A common designation for an animal that has an unusually long tail relative to similar species.
- longterm — covering a relatively long period of time: a long-term lease.
- longtime — existing, occurring, or continuing for a long period of time; longstanding: longtime friends celebrating 50 years of association.
- lootings — Plural form of looting.
- lorestan — Luristan.
- losartan — An angiotensin receptor antagonist that shows antihypertensive activity.
- lostness — The quality of being lost.
- lothians — a region in E Scotland. 700 sq. mi. (1813 sq. km).
- low rent — Informal. second-rate; bargain-basement.
- low-rent — Informal. second-rate; bargain-basement.
- loxodont — having molar teeth with shallow depressions between the ridges.
- lunation — the period of time from one new moon to the next (about 29½ days); a lunar month.
- lungwort — a European plant, Pulmonaria officinalis, of the borage family, having blue flowers.
- luteolin — a yellow coloring substance, C 15 H 10 O 6 , obtained from the weed Reseda luteola: used in dyeing silk and, formerly, in medicine.
- lutropin — Luteinizing hormone.
- luxation — The act of luxating, or the state of being luxated; a dislocation.
- mableton — a town in NW Georgia.
- malonate — (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of malonic acid.
- mannitol — Chemistry. a white, crystalline, sweetish, water-soluble, carbohydrate alcohol, C 6 H 8 (OH) 6 , occurring in three optically different forms, the common one being found in the manna of the ash Fraxinus ornus and in other plants: used chiefly in the manufacture of resins, electrolytic condensers for radios, plasticizers, and mannitol hexanitrate, and as a pill excipient.
- manolete — (Manuel Laureano Rodríguez y Sánchez) 1917–47, Spanish matador.
- mansholt — Sicco Leendert (ˈsɪko ˈleːndərt). 1908–95, Dutch economist and politician; vice president (1958–72) and president (1972–73) of the European Economic Community Commission. He was the author of the Mansholt Plan for the agricultural organization of the European Economic Community
- matfelon — knapweed
- matronly — of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a matron; maturely dignified; stately.
- meltdown — network meltdown
- methanol — methyl alcohol.
- miltonia — any of various epiphytic tropical American orchids of the genus Miltonia, having sprays of showy, flat, variously colored flowers.
- miltonic — of or relating to the poet Milton or his writings.
- mirliton — kazoo.
- molehunt — a hunt for moles