8-letter words that end in an
- linesman — Sports. an official, as in tennis and soccer, who assists the referee. Football. an official who marks the distances gained and lost in the progress of play and otherwise assists the referee and field judge. Ice Hockey. either of two officials who assist the referee by watching for icing, offside, and substitution violations and fouls and by conducting face-offs.
- linksman — a person who plays golf; golfer.
- linkspan — a hinged bridge on a quay, used to move vehicles on or off a vessel
- linnaean — of or relating to Linnaeus, who established the binomial system of scientific nomenclature.
- livonian — a former Russian province on the Baltic: now part of Latvia and Estonia.
- loaf pan — a rectangular metal or glass pan for baking cakes, breads, meatloaf, etc.
- lodesman — a person who steers a ship
- loftsman — a person who prepares molds and patterns.
- logician — a person who is skilled in logic.
- lorestan — Luristan.
- losartan — An angiotensin receptor antagonist that shows antihypertensive activity.
- lucullan — (especially of banquets, parties, etc.) marked by lavishness and richness; sumptuous.
- lunarian — a being supposedly inhabiting the moon.
- luristan — a mountainous region in W Iran.
- lusatian — a native or inhabitant of Lusatia.
- lutheran — of or relating to Luther, adhering to his doctrines, or belonging to one of the Protestant churches that bear his name.
- macruran — belonging or pertaining to the suborder Macrura, comprising the lobsters, crayfishes, shrimps, and prawns.
- madwoman — a woman who is or behaves as if insane.
- magellan — Ferdinand, c1480–1521, Portuguese navigator: discoverer of the Straits of Magellan 1520 and the Philippines 1521.
- magician — an entertainer who is skilled in producing illusion by sleight of hand, deceptive devices, etc.; conjurer.
- mail van — a small or medium-sized road vehicle that is used to transport letters, packages, etc
- main man — one's best and most trusted male friend.
- majorcan — a native or inhabitant of Majorca
- malarian — (dated) Relating to malaria; malarial.
- malawian — 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.
- malibran — Maria Felicita [Spanish mah-ree-ah fe-lee-thee-tah] /Spanish mɑˈri ɑ ˌfɛ liˈθi tɑ/ (Show IPA), 1808–36, Spanish opera singer, born in France.
- manannan — the god of the sea and son of Ler.
- mandaean — a member of an ancient Gnostic sect extant in Iraq.
- mannaean — of or relating to the ancient kingdom of Mannai or its inhabitants.
- marchman — a person living on the border territories
- margelan — a city in E Uzbekistan, NW of Fergana.
- marksman — a person who is skilled in shooting at a mark; a person who shoots well.
- martaban — Gulf of, an inlet of the Bay of Bengal, in Burma.
- marzipan — a confection made of almonds reduced to a paste with sugar and often molded into various forms, usually diminutive fruits and vegetables.
- mass man — a hypothetical common man, especially one held to be typical of a mass society, to be characterized by the absence of unique values or distinct personality traits, to lack a sense of personal or social responsibility, and to be readily manipulated by the techniques developed by mass media.
- masurian — of or relating to Masuria, a region of NE Poland, or its inhabitants
- matthean — of or relating to the Gospel of Matthew or the traditions contained in it.
- mazatlan — a seaport in S Sinaloa, in W Mexico.
- mcmillan — Edwin Mattison [mat-uh-suh n] /ˈmæt ə sən/ (Show IPA), 1907–91, U.S. educator and physicist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1951.
- medicean — Catherine de', Catherine de Médicis.
- medician — (chiefly in science fiction) A physician, a medical doctor; a medic.
- melanian — a freshwater mollusc of the former family Melaniidae. The Melaniidae family is now separated into the Thiaridae, Pleuroceridae, and Melanopsidae families.
- memphian — a native or inhabitant of the ancient Egyptian city of Memphis.
- meresman — a man who decides on the exact boundaries of a parish, etc
- meridian — a city in E Mississippi.
- merryman — a jester or zany
- merwoman — A mermaid.
- mesozoan — any member of the phylum Mesozoa.
- metazoan — a zoological group comprising the multicellular animals.
- michigan — a state in the N central United States. 58,216 sq. mi. (150,780 sq. km). Capital: Lansing. Abbreviation: MI (for use with zip code), Mich.