8-letter words containing len
- insolent — boldly rude or disrespectful; contemptuously impertinent; insulting: an insolent reply.
- jubilent — Misspelling of jubilant.
- kalendar — a calendar, especially of a church: the Anglican kalendar.
- lendable — reserved or at hand for purposes of lending: lendable stock; lendable money.
- lendings — Plural form of lending.
- lengthen — to make longer; make greater in length.
- lengthly — Misspelled form of lengthy.
- lenience — the quality or state of being lenient.
- leniency — the quality or state of being lenient.
- leninism — the form of Communism as taught by Lenin, with emphasis on the dictatorship of the proletariat.
- leninist — of or relating to Lenin or to Leninism.
- lenition — Phonetics. a phonological process that weakens consonant articulation at the ends of syllables or between vowels, causing the consonant to become voiced, spirantized, or deleted.
- lenitive — softening, soothing, or mitigating, as medicines or applications.
- lens cap — a small lid or cover for a camera lens which protects it when the camera is not in use
- lensings — Plural form of lensing.
- lensless — Without a lens or lenses.
- lentando — becoming slower.
- lenticel — a body of cells formed on the periderm of a stem, appearing on the surface of the plant as a lens-shaped spot, and serving as a pore.
- lenticle — a window in a clock case revealing the motion of the pendulum bob.
- lentisks — Plural form of lentisk.
- luculent — clear or lucid: a luculent explanation.
- lutulent — Pertaining to mud, muddy.
- madelene — a female given name, form of Magdalene.
- magdalen — the, Mary Magdalene.
- maleness — a person bearing an X and Y chromosome pair in the cell nuclei and normally having a penis, scrotum, and testicles, and developing hair on the face at adolescence; a boy or man.
- malenkov — Georgi Maximilianovich [gyi-awr-gyee muh-ksyi-myi-lyah-nuh-vyich] /gyɪˈɔr gyi mə ksyɪ myɪˈlyɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1902–88, Russian political leader: premier of the Soviet Union 1953–55.
- mckellen — Sir Ian (Murray). born 1939, British actor, noted esp for his Shakespearean roles; films include The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001–03)
- mechelen — French Malines. Flemish Mechelen [mekh-uh-luh n] /ˈmɛx ə lən/ (Show IPA). a city in N Belgium.
- millenia — Misspelling of millennia.
- mollendo — a seaport in S Peru.
- muculent — Slimy; moist and moderately viscous.
- mytilene — Also called Lesbos. a Greek island in the NE Aegean. 836 sq. mi. (2165 sq. km).
- opulence — wealth, riches, or affluence.
- overlend — to lend more money than is economical
- palencia — a city in Castilla y León, N Spain.
- palenque — a village in SE Mexico, in Chiapas state: ruins of an ancient Mayan city.
- patulent — patulous
- plenarty — the state of an endowed church office when occupied
- plentier — a full or abundant supply or amount: There is plenty of time.
- psoralen — a toxic substance, C 1 1 H 6 O 3 , found in certain plants, including parsnips, used to increase the response to ultraviolet light in the treatment of severe cases of acne and psoriasis.
- purulent — full of, containing, forming, or discharging pus; suppurating: a purulent sore.
- redolent — having a pleasant odor; fragrant.
- resplend — to be resplendent
- rosellen — a female given name.
- scalenus — any of three muscles on each side of the neck, the action of which raises the first and second ribs in respiration and assists in bending the neck to one side.
- seilenos — Silenus.
- selenate — a salt or ester of selenic acid.
- selenian — of the moon; lunar
- selenide — any compound in which bivalent selenium is combined with a positive element, as potassium selenide, K 2 Se, or with a group.
- selenite — Mineralogy. a variety of gypsum, found in transparent crystals and foliated masses.