7-letter words containing a, g, i, l
- hailing — to pour down on as or like hail: The plane hailed leaflets on the city.
- halling — a vigorous, athletic, Norwegian folk dance.
- haloing — Also called nimbus. a geometric shape, usually in the form of a disk, circle, ring, or rayed structure, traditionally representing a radiant light around or above the head of a divine or sacred personage, an ancient or medieval monarch, etc.
- halting — Archaic. lame; limping.
- halving — Present participle of halve.
- harling — Present participle of harl.
- hauling — Present participle of haul.
- healing — curing or curative; prescribed or helping to heal.
- hidalga — Spanish noblewoman
- hidalgo — a man of the lower nobility in Spain.
- illegal — forbidden by law or statute.
- in gala — in festive dress
- in-goal — the area at either end of the field between the goal line and the dead-ball line.
- inlarge — Archaic spelling of enlarge.
- jailing — a prison, especially one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.
- jialing — a river in central China, flowing E and S to the Yangtze River. 695 miles (1119 km) long.
- lacings — Plural form of lacing.
- lacking — being without; not having; wanting; less: Lacking equipment, the laboratory couldn't undertake the research project.
- ladling — a long-handled utensil with a cup-shaped bowl for dipping or conveying liquids.
- lagging — one of the staves or strips that form the periphery of a wooden drum, the casing of a steam cylinder, or the like.
- lagting — the parliament of Norway, elected by popular vote, which is divided into the upper house (Lagting) comprising one quarter of the members, and the lower house (Odelsting) comprising the rest.
- lairage — A place where cattle or sheep may be rested on the way to market or slaughter.
- lairing — Present participle of lair.
- lalling — to make imperfect l- or r- sounds, or both, often by substituting a w- like sound for r or l or a y- like sound for l.
- lambing — a young sheep.
- lamiger — a disabled person
- lamming — Present participle of lam.
- lamping — a source of intellectual or spiritual light: the lamp of learning.
- lancing — a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- landing — any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands: Land was sighted from the crow's nest.
- langiel — an Aboriginal war club or bludgeon.
- languid — lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow: a languid manner.
- lansing — 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.
- lanting — Present participle of lant.
- lapping — (of water) to wash against or beat upon (something) with a light, slapping or splashing sound: Waves lapped the shoreline.
- lapsing — Present participle of lapse.
- lapwing — a large Old World plover, Vanellus vanellus, having a long, slender, upcurved crest, an erratic, flapping flight, and a shrill cry.
- larding — the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
- largish — rather large.
- larking — a merry, carefree adventure; frolic; escapade.
- lashing — the flexible part of a whip; the section of cord or the like forming the extremity of a whip.
- lasting — continuing or enduring a long time; permanent; durable: a lasting friendship.
- lathing — a machine for use in working wood, metal, etc., that holds the material and rotates it about a horizontal axis against a tool that shapes it.
- latigos — Plural form of latigo.
- lauding — to praise; extol.
- lavigne — Avril. born 1984, Canadian rock singer and songwriter; her recordings include Let Go (2002), Under My Skin (2004) and The Best Damn Thing (2007)
- lazying — averse or disinclined to work, activity, or exertion; indolent.
- lea-rig — a ridge of unploughed land
- leading — made of or containing lead: a lead pipe; a lead compound.
- leafing — one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.