4-letter words containing i, l
- laik — to play (a game, etc)
- lain — past participle of lie2 .
- lair — A wild animal's resting place, especially one that is well hidden.
- lais — Plural form of lai.
- lait — Lightning; flash of lightning; a flash.
- lari — an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- lati — latissimus dorsi.
- leid — (Scotland, chiefly poetic) language.
- leif — a male given name.
- leis — Plural form of lei.
- leix — Laoighis.
- levi — Carlo [kahr-law] /ˈkɑr lɔ/ (Show IPA), 1902–75, Italian painter and writer.
- lfib — Label Forwarding Information Base
- liao — a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- liar — MIT Scheme
- lias — Leah (def 1).
- libs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lib.
- lice — plural of louse.
- lich — the body; the trunk.
- lick — to pass the tongue over the surface of, as to moisten, taste, or eat (often followed by up, off, from, etc.): to lick a postage stamp; to lick an ice-cream cone.
- lido — a fashionable beach resort.
- lids — Plural form of lid.
- lied — simple past tense and past participle of lie1 .
- lief — gladly; willingly: I would as lief go south as not.
- liek — (internet slang, nonstandard) deliberate misspelling of like.
- lien — the spleen.
- lier — a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- lies — Plural form of lie.
- lieu — place; stead.
- life — the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
- lifo — stack
- lift — to move or bring (something) upward from the ground or other support to a higher position; hoist.
- lige — (obsolete) To lie; to tell lies.
- like — in like manner with; similarly to; in the manner characteristic of: He works like a beaver.
- lila — a female given name, form of Leila.
- lili — a female given name.
- lill — (obsolete, dialect) To loll.
- lilo — An inflatable air mattress.
- lilt — rhythmic swing or cadence.
- lily — any scaly-bulbed plant of the genus Lilium, having showy, funnel-shaped or bell-shaped flowers. Compare lily family.
- lima — Spanish Perú [pe-roo] /pɛˈru/ (Show IPA). a republic in W South America. 496,222 sq. mi. (1,285,215 sq. km). Capital: Lima.
- limb — Astronomy. the edge of the disk of the sun, a moon, or a planet.
- lime — limelight.
- limn — to represent in drawing or painting.
- limo — a limousine.
- limp — to walk with a labored, jerky movement, as when lame.
- limy — consisting of, containing, or like lime.
- lina — a female given name.
- linc — 1. (language) A Burroughs/Unisys 4GL designed in New Zealand. 2. Laboratory Instrument Computer.
- lind — Jenny (Johanna Maria Lind Goldschmidt"The Swedish Nightingale") 1820–87, Swedish soprano.