8-letter words containing i, l, e, g, t
- lichgate — Alternative spelling of lych-gate.
- liegnitz — German name of Legnica.
- 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.
- ligement — Obsolete form of ledgment.
- lightens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lighten.
- lighters — Plural form of lighter.
- lightest — a light product, as a beer or cigarette.
- lignites — Plural form of lignite.
- ligulate — having or forming a ligula.
- lingster — an interpreter
- litharge — a yellowish or reddish, odorless, heavy, earthy, water-insoluble, poisonous solid, PbO, used chiefly in the manufacture of storage batteries, pottery, lead glass, paints, enamels, and inks.
- litigate — to make the subject of a lawsuit; contest at law.
- litreage — a capacity measured in litres
- longtime — existing, occurring, or continuing for a long period of time; longstanding: longtime friends celebrating 50 years of association.
- megalith — a stone of great size, especially in ancient construction work, as the Cyclopean masonry, or in prehistoric Neolithic remains, as dolmens or menhirs.
- megillot — Slang. a lengthy, detailed explanation or account: Just give me the facts, not the whole megillah. a lengthy and tediously complicated situation or matter.
- metaling — any of a class of elementary substances, as gold, silver, or copper, all of which are crystalline when solid and many of which are characterized by opacity, ductility, conductivity, and a unique luster when freshly fractured.
- miguelet — miquelet.
- multiage — Concerning more than one age.
- nestling — a young bird not yet old enough to leave the nest.
- netlingo — (computing) An on-line dictionary of more than 3000 terms, started in 1995 and updated monthly. NetLingo contains simple explanations and comprehensive coverage, including chat acronyms and smilies. It is also available in dead tree form.
- nettling — Present participle of nettle.
- obligate — to bind or oblige morally or legally: to obligate oneself to purchase a building.
- penlight — a flashlight similar in size and shape to a fountain pen.
- pilotage — the process of directing the movement of a ship or aircraft by visual or electronic observations of recognizable landmarks.
- pleating — a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- plighted — to pledge (one's troth) in engagement to marry.
- plingnet — UUCPNET. See also pling.
- redlight — a red lamp, used as a traffic signal to mean “stop.”.
- regalist — a person who believes in or promotes regalism
- regality — royalty, sovereignty, or kingship.
- regolith — mantle rock.
- relating — to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- ringlets — locks of hair hanging down in spiral curls
- settling — the act of a person or thing that settles.
- sleeting — precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- slighted — small in amount, degree, etc.: a slight increase; a slight odor.
- smelting — to fuse or melt (ore) in order to separate the metal contained.
- stealing — Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- steeling — any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- sterling — of, relating to, or noting British money: The sterling equivalent is #5.50.
- stillage — a low platform on which goods are stored in a warehouse or factory to keep them off the floor, to aid in handling, etc. Compare skid (def 3).
- tag line — the last line of a play, story, speech, etc., used to clarify or dramatize a point.
- tailgate — a style of playing the trombone, especially in Dixieland jazz, distinguished especially by the use of melodic counterpoint and long glissandi.
- taleggio — a square Italian soft cheese with a salt-covered rind
- taligent — A company founded jointly by Apple and IBM in March 1992. HP announced in January, 1994 that it would buy a 15% stake in Taligent. They are working on an "object-oriented operating system", due to be finished sometime in 1995. However, various independent pieces of Taligent will likely appear to be used with other operating systems, e.g. IBM's WorkplaceOS. Pink is an older name for Taligent, dating back to work that Apple did before the formation of Taligent.
- tangible — capable of being touched; discernible by the touch; material or substantial.
- tealight — small candle floated in water