7-letter words containing e, l, i, g
- legging — either of the two lower limbs of a biped, as a human being, or any of the paired limbs of an animal, arthropod, etc., that support and move the body.
- leggins — Plural form of leggin.
- leggism — the character or practice of a blackleg
- legible — capable of being read or deciphered, especially with ease, as writing or printing; easily readable.
- legibly — capable of being read or deciphered, especially with ease, as writing or printing; easily readable.
- legific — Of or pertaining to lawmaking.
- legions — Plural form of legion.
- legists — Plural form of legist.
- legitim — the part of an estate that children or other close relatives can claim against the decedent's testament.
- leglike — Resembling a leg or some aspect of one.
- legnica — a city in SW Poland: formerly in Germany.
- legside — the part of a the field to the left of a right-handed batsman as he faces the bowler
- legumin — a globulin obtained from the seeds of leguminous and other plants.
- leipzig — a city in E central Germany.
- lekking — a traditional place where males assemble during the mating season and engage in competitive displays that attract females.
- lemming — any of various small, mouselike rodents of the genera Lemmus, Myopus, and Dicrostonyx, of far northern regions, as L. lemmus, of Norway, Sweden, etc., noted for periodic mass migrations that sometimes result in mass drownings.
- lending — That lends.
- lensing — a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- lentigo — a freckle or other pigmented spot.
- lessing — Doris (May) 1919–2013, British novelist in Africa; born in Persia; Nobel Prize in Literature 2007.
- letting — Archaic. to hinder, prevent, or obstruct.
- levying — an imposing or collecting, as of a tax, by authority or force.
- li peng — born 1928, Chinese Communist politician: premier (1988–98)
- ligases — Plural form of ligase.
- ligated — Simple past tense and past participle of ligate.
- ligates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ligate.
- lighted — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
- lighten — to become less severe, stringent, or harsh; ease up: Border inspections have lightened recently.
- lighter — a light product, as a beer or cigarette.
- lignane — (organic compound) The hydrocarbon formed by joining two propylbenzene residues at the \u03b2-carbon atom of the propyl side chain; this structure is the basis of all lignans.
- lignite — a soft coal, usually dark brown, often having a distinct woodlike texture, and intermediate in density and carbon content between peat and bituminous coal.
- lignose — an explosive compound composed of nitroglycerin and wood fibre
- ligules — Plural form of ligule.
- limoges — a department in central France. 2145 sq. mi. (5555 sq. km). Capital: Limoges.
- linages — Plural form of linage.
- lineage — the number of printed lines, especially agate lines covered by a magazine article, newspaper advertisement, etc.
- lingers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of linger.
- lingoes — Plural form of lingo.
- linguae — the tongue or a part like a tongue.
- linkage — the act of linking; state or manner of being linked.
- logined — the act of logging in to a database, mobile device, or computer, especially a multiuser computer or a remote or networked computer system.
- logline — a synopsis of a script or screenplay
- longies — long underwear, especially for winter use.
- lucigen — a lamp that burns oil mixed with hot air
- luening — Otto, 1900–1996, U.S. composer, conductor, and flutist.
- lygaeid — Also called lygaeid bug, lygus bug [lahy-guh s] /ˈlaɪ gəs/ (Show IPA). any of numerous, often brightly marked bugs of the family Lygaeidae, which feed on the juices of plants in both the larval and adult stages and are important pests of cultivated crops and some fruit trees.
- mealing — Present participle of meal.
- megilph — Alternative form of megilp.
- melding — a blend.
- melling — to beat with a mallet; hammer.