8-letter words containing i, l, e, a
- apuleius — Lucius (ˈluːsɪəs). 2nd century ad, Roman writer, noted for his romance The Golden Ass
- aquileia — a town in NE Italy, at the head of the Adriatic: important Roman centre, founded in 181 bc. Pop: 3329 (2001)
- aquiline — If someone has an aquiline nose or profile, their nose is large, thin, and usually curved.
- araldite — a strong epoxy resin best known as a glue
- arillate — having an aril.
- arillode — a false aril, developing from an opening in the covering of the ovule instead of from its stalk
- armalite — a lightweight high-velocity rifle of various calibres, capable of automatic and semiautomatic operation
- armidale — a town in Australia, in NE New South Wales: a centre for tourism. Pop: 20 271 (2001)
- arterial — Arterial means involving or relating to your arteries and the movement of blood through your body.
- articled — In Britain, someone who is articled to a firm of lawyers or accountants is employed by the firm and is training to become qualified.
- articles — legal training
- arvicole — a mouse or water vole that belongs to the genus Arvicola
- asplenia — Absence of normal spleen function.
- assailed — Simple past tense and past participle of assail.
- assailer — One who assails; an assailant.
- assoiled — Simple past tense and past participle of assoil.
- astilbes — Plural form of astilbe.
- ateliers — Plural form of atelier.
- atheling — (in Anglo-Saxon England) a prince of any of the royal dynasties
- athletic — Athletic means relating to athletes and athletics.
- audibled — Simple past tense and past participle of audible.
- audibles — Plural form of audible.
- auntlike — similar to or like an aunt
- aurelian — Latin name Lucius Domitius Aurelianus. ?212–275 ad, Roman emperor (270–275), who conquered Palmyra (273) and restored political unity to the Roman Empire
- aurelius — Marcus(Marcus Aurelius Antoninus) a.d. 121-180; Rom. emperor (161-180) & Stoic philosopher
- aureolin — a pigment used in painting, consisting of potassium cobaltinitrite and characterized by its brilliant yellow hue, transparency, and permanence.
- auricled — (botany) auriculate.
- auricles — Plural form of auricle.
- availeth — Archaic third-person singular form of avail.
- aventail — the movable front flap on a helmet
- avulsive — Of or pertaining to an avulsion.
- awfulize — (psychotherapy) To react dramatically or catastrophically to distressing events.
- axilemma — the membrane surrounding the axon of a nerve fiber.
- axle-pin — a pin that holds an axle in place
- aycliffe — a town in Co Durham: founded as a new town in 1947. Pop (including Newton Aycliffe): 25 655 (2001)
- babelism — a confusion, particularly a noisy confusion, of speech or ideas
- babelize — to make a confusion of (customs, languages, usages, etc.); cause to be mixed or unintelligible; confound.
- babylike — Resembling a baby, or something associated with a baby.
- backfile — the archives of a newspaper or magazine
- backline — (in some team sports) the defensive players considered as a unit
- backlite — (in automotive styling) the rear window of a vehicle.
- baculine — relating to flogging with a rod
- baculite — an extinct species of mollusc from the Late Cretaceous period, fossils of which have been found ranging from 7cm to 2m in length
- bailable — eligible for release on bail
- bailment — a contractual delivery of goods in trust to a person for a specific purpose
- bailsmen — Plural form of bailsman.
- bakelite — Bakelite is a type of hard plastic that was used in the past for making things such as telephones and radios.
- baladine — a theatrical dancer or stage buffoon
- balearic — of or relating to the Balearic Islands
- balefire — a bonfire