8-letter words containing i, l
- antilles — main island group of the West Indies, including all but the Bahamas
- antilock — designed to prevent skidding and improve control by sensing and compensating for overbraking
- antilogy — a contradiction in terms
- antimale — opposed to men
- antipole — the opposite pole
- antiroll — designed to prevent a vehicle from tilting
- antislip — designed to prevent slipping or to remain stationary
- antliate — having an antlia
- aphelion — the point in its orbit when a planet or comet is at its greatest distance from the sun
- apically — of, at, or forming the apex.
- apiculus — a small point or tip
- apiology — the scientific study of bees
- aplastic — relating to or characterized by aplasia
- apologia — An apologia is a statement in which you defend something that you strongly believe in, for example a way of life, a person's behaviour, or a philosophy.
- apologie — Archaic spelling of apology.
- apostilb — a unit of luminance equal to one ten thousandth of a lambert.
- appaling — Misspelling of appalling.
- appeling — Present participle of appel.
- apple ii — (computer) An 8-bit personal computer with a 6502 processor, from Apple Computer. It was invented by Steve Wozniak and was very popular from about 1980 until the first several years of MS-DOS IBM PCs.
- applique — Applique is the craft of sewing fabric shapes onto larger pieces of cloth. You can also use applique to refer to things you make using this craft.
- applying — to make use of as relevant, suitable, or pertinent: to apply a theory to a problem.
- apprisal — The act of apprising, of making aware, of informing.
- apprizal — Archaic form of appraisal.
- apuleius — Lucius (ˈluːsɪəs). 2nd century ad, Roman writer, noted for his romance The Golden Ass
- aquarial — related to an aquarium
- 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.
- ar rimal — Rubʿ al Khali.
- araldite — a strong epoxy resin best known as a glue
- arbalist — a powerful medieval crossbow with a steel bow, used to shoot stones, metal balls, arrows, etc.
- arbitral — of or relating to arbitration
- archival — Archival means belonging or relating to archives.
- arclight — A lamp that produces light by generating an electric arc across an enclosed gas.
- aridisol — a soil type common to the world's deserts, poor in organic matter and rich in salts.
- arillary — (of seeds) having an aril
- arillate — having an aril.
- arillode — a false aril, developing from an opening in the covering of the ovule instead of from its stalk
- arilloid — relating to or resembling an aril
- 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)
- armorial — of or relating to heraldry or heraldic arms
- arrhizal — having no roots
- arrivals — Plural form of arrival.
- art film — a film characterized primarily by content and technique that reflect an artistic sensibility, by psychological or social realism, etc.
- arterial — Arterial means involving or relating to your arteries and the movement of blood through your body.
- articals — Misspelling of articles Plural form of artical.
- 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.