8-letter words containing g, i, l, n, e
- 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
- legatine — of, relating to, or authorized by a legate.
- legation — a diplomatic minister and staff in a foreign mission.
- 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
- 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).
- 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.
- liefling — (South Africa) One held as lief or dear; a darling.
- 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.
- ligament — Anatomy, Zoology. a band of tissue, usually white and fibrous, serving to connect bones, hold organs in place, etc.
- 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.
- ligneous — of the nature of or resembling wood; woody.
- lignites — Plural form of lignite.
- ligroine — a flammable mixture of hydrocarbons that boils at from 20°C to 135°C, obtained from petroleum by distillation and used as a solvent.
- likening — to represent as similar or like; compare: to liken someone to a weasel.
- lilongwe — Formerly Nyasaland. a republic in SE Africa, on the W and S shores of Lake Malawi: formerly a British protectorate and part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland; gained independence July 6, 1964; a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 49,177 sq. mi. (127,368 sq. km). Capital: Lilongwe.
- lineages — Plural form of lineage.
- lingered — to remain or stay on in a place longer than is usual or expected, as if from reluctance to leave: We lingered awhile after the party.
- lingerer — Agent noun of linger; one who lingers.
- lingerie — underwear, sleepwear, and other items of intimate apparel worn by women.
- lingster — an interpreter
- linguine — a type of pasta in long, slender, flat strips.
- linkages — Plural form of linkage.
- livelong — (of time) whole or entire, especially when tediously long, slow in passing, etc.: We picked apples the livelong day.
- livening — Present participle of liven.
- livering — Anatomy. a large, reddish-brown, glandular organ located in the upper right side of the abdominal cavity, divided by fissures into five lobes and functioning in the secretion of bile and various metabolic processes.
- lodgeing — Obsolete form of lodging.
- log line — the line by which a log or patent log is streamed.
- longline — A type of deep-sea fishing gear consisting of a long main line anchored to the bottom to which shorter lines with baited hooks are fastened at intervals.