8-letter words containing a, g, l, i
- analogia — a lectern.
- analogic — based on, involving, or expressing an analogy.
- angelica — Angelica is the candied stems of the angelica plant which can be used in making cakes or sweets.
- angelico — Fra (fra), original name Guido di Pietro; monastic name Fra Giovanni da Fiesole. ?1400–55, Italian fresco painter and Dominican friar
- angelina — a feminine name
- angeling — one of a class of spiritual beings; a celestial attendant of God. In medieval angelology, angels constituted the lowest of the nine celestial orders (seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominations or dominions, virtues, powers, principalities or princedoms, archangels, and angels).
- anglaise — an old English country-dance.
- anglican — Anglican means belonging or relating to the Church of England, or to the churches related to it.
- anguilla — an island in the Caribbean, in the Leeward Islands: part of the British associated state of St Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla from 1967 until 1980, when it reverted to the status of a British dependency and is now a UK Overseas Territory. Pop: 15 754 (2013 est). Area: 90 sq km (35 sq miles)
- antalgic — relieving or reducing pain
- antilogy — a contradiction in terms
- apiology — the scientific study of bees
- apologia — An apologia is a statement in which you defend something that you strongly believe in, for example a way of life, a person's behaviour, or a philosophy.
- apologie — Archaic spelling of apology.
- appaling — Misspelling of appalling.
- appeling — Present participle of appel.
- applying — to make use of as relevant, suitable, or pertinent: to apply a theory to a problem.
- arclight — A lamp that produces light by generating an electric arc across an enclosed gas.
- atheling — (in Anglo-Saxon England) a prince of any of the royal dynasties
- attagirl — an expression of approval
- availing — to be of use or value to; profit; advantage: All our efforts availed us little in trying to effect a change.
- axiology — the theory of values, moral or aesthetic
- babbling — inarticulate or imperfect speech.
- babygirl — (slang, mostly, AAVE) Friendly or intimate term of address for a woman.
- badoglio — Pietro (ˈpjetro). 1871–1956, Italian marshal; premier (1943–44) following Mussolini's downfall: arranged an armistice with the Allies (1943)
- baffling — impossible to understand; perplexing; bewildering; puzzling
- bailings — Plural form of bailing.
- balisage — a method of marking a land route with dim lighting so that vehicles can travel at higher speeds in blackout conditions.
- bangtail — a horse's tail cut straight across but not through the bone
- bantling — a young child; brat
- bar girl — an attractive girl employed by the management of a bar to befriend male customers and encourage them to buy drinks
- bar-girl — a barmaid.
- bardling — an inexperienced, and thus usually inferior, poet
- bat girl — a girl or young woman who takes care of the bats and sometimes other equipment of a team.
- batlings — Plural form of batling.
- battling — a hostile encounter or engagement between opposing military forces: the battle of Waterloo.
- baulking — to stop, as at an obstacle, and refuse to proceed or to do something specified (usually followed by at): He balked at making the speech.
- beagling — hunting with beagle hounds.
- big deal — If you say that something is a big deal, you mean that it is important or significant in some way.
- big talk — bragging or boasting talk
- blabbing — to reveal indiscreetly and thoughtlessly: They blabbed my confidences to everyone.
- blacking — any preparation, esp one containing lampblack, for giving a black finish to shoes, metals, etc
- blagging — informal conversation in a public place, often deceitful.
- blasting — a distortion of sound caused by overloading certain components of a radio system
- blatting — bleat.
- bleating — to utter the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf or a sound resembling such a cry.
- blindage — (esp formerly) a protective screen or structure, as over a trench
- bloating — Bloating is the swelling of a body or part of a body, usually because it has a lot of gas or liquid in it.
- brailing — Nautical. any of several horizontal lines fastened to the edge of a fore-and-aft sail or lateen sail, for gathering in the sail.
- bratling — a small badly-behaved child