8-letter words containing g, e, l, i
- leaching — to dissolve out soluble constituents from (ashes, soil, etc.) by percolation.
- leadings — Plural form of leading.
- leanings — Plural form of leaning.
- learning — knowledge acquired by systematic study in any field of scholarly application.
- leasings — Plural form of leasing.
- leavings — something that is left; residue.
- leeching — any bloodsucking or carnivorous aquatic or terrestrial worm of the class Hirudinea, certain freshwater species of which were formerly much used in medicine for bloodletting.
- leftwing — Alternative spelling of left-wing.
- leg iron — a shackle for a prisoner's leg
- legacies — Law. a gift of property, especially personal property, as money, by will; a bequest.
- legalise — to make legal; authorize.
- legalism — strict adherence, or the principle of strict adherence, to law or prescription, especially to the letter rather than the spirit.
- legalist — strict adherence, or the principle of strict adherence, to law or prescription, especially to the letter rather than the spirit.
- legality — the state or quality of being in conformity with the law; lawfulness.
- legalize — to make legal; authorize.
- legatine — of, relating to, or authorized by a legate.
- legation — a diplomatic minister and staff in a foreign mission.
- legerity — physical or mental quickness; nimbleness; agility.
- leggiero — Misspelling of leggero.
- leggings — a covering for the leg, usually extending from the ankle to the knee but sometimes higher, worn by soldiers, riders, workers, etc. Compare chaps, gaiter, puttee.
- legioned — arranged in legions
- legitime — (legal) That portion of a parent's estate of which he cannot disinherit his children, without a legal cause.
- leighton — Frederick (Baron Leighton of Stretton) 1830–96, English painter and sculptor.
- lemmings — Plural form of lemming.
- lendings — Plural form of lending.
- lensings — Plural form of lensing.
- lesghian — Lezghian.
- letching — a lecherous desire or craving.
- lettings — Plural form of letting.
- leveeing — Present participle of levee.
- leveling — having no part higher than another; having a flat or even surface.
- levering — Mechanics. a rigid bar that pivots about one point and that is used to move an object at a second point by a force applied at a third. Compare machine (def 4b).
- levigate — to rub, grind, or reduce to a fine powder, as in a mortar, with or without the addition of a liquid.
- lexicog. — lexicographical
- lexigram — (psychology) A symbol that represents a word but is not necessarily indicative of the object referenced by the word, used in studies of communication.
- lezghian — a member of a people living mainly in the Dagestan Autonomous Republic in the Russian Federation.
- libeling — Law. defamation by written or printed words, pictures, or in any form other than by spoken words or gestures. the act or crime of publishing it. a formal written declaration or statement, as one containing the allegations of a plaintiff or the grounds of a charge.
- lichgate — Alternative spelling of lych-gate.
- liefling — (South Africa) One held as lief or dear; a darling.
- liegedom — the state of being a liege
- liegeman — a vassal; subject.
- liegemen — Plural form of liegeman.
- liegnitz — German name of Legnica.
- lifelong — lasting or continuing through all or much of one's life: lifelong regret.
- liftgate — hatch2 (def 9b).
- ligament — Anatomy, Zoology. a band of tissue, usually white and fibrous, serving to connect bones, hold organs in place, etc.
- ligature — the act of binding or tying up: The ligature of the artery was done with skill.
- ligeance — Chiefly Law. the territory subject to a sovereign or liege lord.
- ligement — Obsolete form of ledgment.
- lightens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lighten.