8-letter words containing a, l, i, g, t
- ligament — Anatomy, Zoology. a band of tissue, usually white and fibrous, serving to connect bones, hold organs in place, etc.
- ligating — Present participle of ligate.
- ligation — the act of ligating, especially of surgically tying up a bleeding artery.
- ligature — the act of binding or tying up: The ligature of the artery was done with skill.
- ligulate — having or forming a ligula.
- lingayat — a member of the Lingayata cult.
- litharge — a yellowish or reddish, odorless, heavy, earthy, water-insoluble, poisonous solid, PbO, used chiefly in the manufacture of storage batteries, pottery, lead glass, paints, enamels, and inks.
- litigant — a person engaged in a lawsuit.
- litigate — to make the subject of a lawsuit; contest at law.
- litreage — a capacity measured in litres
- loathing — strong dislike or disgust; intense aversion.
- locating — Present participle of locate.
- longtail — A common designation for an animal that has an unusually long tail relative to similar species.
- luxating — Present participle of luxate.
- maltings — Plural form of malting.
- mantling — a loose, sleeveless cloak or cape.
- megalith — a stone of great size, especially in ancient construction work, as the Cyclopean masonry, or in prehistoric Neolithic remains, as dolmens or menhirs.
- metaling — any of a class of elementary substances, as gold, silver, or copper, all of which are crystalline when solid and many of which are characterized by opacity, ductility, conductivity, and a unique luster when freshly fractured.
- multiage — Concerning more than one age.
- obligant — a person who promises or is obliged to pay a sum or carry out a task
- obligate — to bind or oblige morally or legally: to obligate oneself to purchase a building.
- obligato — Alternative spelling of obbligato.
- patagial — of or relating to a patagium
- pilotage — the process of directing the movement of a ship or aircraft by visual or electronic observations of recognizable landmarks.
- plaiting — a braid, especially of hair or straw.
- planting — any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- platting — a plait or braid.
- pleating — a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- rattling — that rattles: a rattling door.
- regalist — a person who believes in or promotes regalism
- regality — royalty, sovereignty, or kingship.
- relating — to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- ringtail — any phalanger of the genus Pseudocheirus, having the prehensile tail curled into a ring.
- sagittal — Anatomy. of or relating to the suture between the parietal bones at the roof of the skull or to a venous canal within the skull and parallel to this suture. (in direction or location) from front to back in the median plane or in a plane parallel to the median.
- slanting — to veer or angle away from a given level or line, especially from a horizontal; slope.
- slatting — a slap; a sharp blow.
- stabling — a building for the lodging and feeding of horses, cattle, etc.
- stalking — an act or course of stalking quarry, prey, or the like: We shot the mountain goat after a five-hour stalk.
- stapling — a principal raw material or commodity grown or manufactured in a locality.
- starling — a pointed cluster of pilings for protecting a bridge pier from drifting ice, debris, etc.
- stealing — Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- stillage — a low platform on which goods are stored in a warehouse or factory to keep them off the floor, to aid in handling, etc. Compare skid (def 3).
- stilyaga — (formerly, in the Soviet Union) a person, usually young, who adopted the unconventional manner and dress of some Western youth groups, as rockers or punk-rock fans.
- tackling — equipment, apparatus, or gear, especially for fishing: fishing tackle.
- tag line — the last line of a play, story, speech, etc., used to clarify or dramatize a point.
- taglioni — Marie. 1804–84, Italian ballet dancer, whose romantic style greatly influenced ballet in the 19th century
- taiglach — a confection consisting of small balls of dough boiled in a syrup of honey, sugar, and spices.
- tailgate — a style of playing the trombone, especially in Dixieland jazz, distinguished especially by the use of melodic counterpoint and long glissandi.
- tailings — the part of a projecting stone or brick tailed or inserted in a wall.
- taleggio — a square Italian soft cheese with a salt-covered rind