8-letter words containing a, r, e, l, i
- en clair — in ordinary language; not in cipher
- engrails — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of engrail.
- entrails — A person or animal's intestines or internal organs, especially when removed or exposed.
- epidural — On or around the dura mater, in particular (of an anesthetic) introduced into the space around the dura mater of the spinal cord.
- epilator — An electrical device used for hair removal by mechanically grasping multiple hairs simultaneously and pulling them out.
- eremital — of, or relating to, an eremite
- erotical — (obsolete) Erotic.
- escalier — a staircase
- escorial — a village in central Spain, northwest of Madrid: site of an architectural complex containing a monastery, palace, and college, built by Philip II between 1563 and 1584
- escurial — Escorial
- espalier — A fruit tree or ornamental shrub whose branches are trained to grow flat against a wall, supported on a lattice or a framework of stakes.
- etherial — Archaic form of ethereal.
- exordial — Of or relating to an exordium, beginning or introduction.
- failover — A method of protecting computer systems from failure, in which standby equipment automatically takes over when the main system fails.
- failures — Plural form of failure.
- fairlead — a pulley, thimble, etc., used to guide a rope forming part of the rigging of a ship, crane, etc., in such a way as to prevent chafing.
- faultier — having faults or defects; imperfect.
- filagree — filigree.
- filander — a former name for the pademelon, a small wallaby of the genus Thylogale
- filariae — Plural form of filaria.
- filature — the act of forming into threads.
- filecard — a card of a size suitable for filing, typically 3 × 5 inches (7.62 × 12.7 cm) or 4 × 6 inches (10.16 × 15.24 cm).
- filtrate — liquid that has been passed through a filter.
- finagler — to trick, swindle, or cheat (a person) (often followed by out of): He finagled the backers out of a fortune.
- fireable — Alternative form of firable.
- fireball — Sir Charles George Douglas, 1860–1943, Canadian poet and novelist.
- firecall — A call of fire alarm to a fire station.
- fireclay — Clay capable of withstanding high temperatures, chiefly used for making firebricks.
- firehall — a fire station
- firewalk — An instance of firewalking.
- firewall — a partition made of fireproof material to prevent the spread of a fire from one part of a building or ship to another or to isolate an engine compartment, as on a plane, automobile, etc.
- flabbier — Comparative form of flabby.
- flanerie — idleness; dawdling.
- foresail — the lowermost sail on a foremast.
- forhaile — to distress
- fractile — (statistics) The value of a distribution for which some fraction of the sample lies below.
- frailero — an armchair of the Renaissance, having a leather seat and a leather back stretched between plain wooden members and having a broad front stretcher.
- frailest — Superlative form of frail.
- fraulein — an unmarried woman.
- freetail — a free-tailed bat.
- gabrieli — Andrea [ahn-drey-uh;; Italian ahn-dre-ah] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1510–86, Italian organist and composer.
- galeries — (in French Louisiana) a house with its main story above the ground floor and with verandas (galeries) for both stories in tiers on at least one side.
- galerius — full name Gaius Galerius Valerius Maximianus. ?250–311 ad, Eastern Roman Emperor (305–311): noted for his persecution of Christians
- galleria — a spacious passageway, court, or indoor mall, usually with a vaulted roof and lined with commercial establishments.
- ganglier — Comparative form of gangly.
- garfield — James Abram, 1831–81, 20th president of the U.S., 1881.
- gasalier — A gas-powered chandelier.
- gaselier — Alt form gasalier.
- gasolier — a chandelier furnished with gaslights.
- gaultier — Jean-Paul (ʒɑ̃pɔl). born 1952, French fashion designer