7-letter words containing l, a, e, t, r
- gaulter — a person who digs gault
- gloater — to look at or think about with great or excessive, often smug or malicious, satisfaction: The opposing team gloated over our bad luck.
- greatly — in or to a great degree; much: greatly improved in health.
- halbert — (weapons) An ancient long-handled weapon, of which the head had a point and several long, sharp edges, curved or straight, and sometimes additional points. The heads were sometimes of very elaborate form.
- haltere — (entomology) A small knobbed structure in some two-winged insects, one of a pair that are flapped rapidly and function as accelerometers to maintain stability in flight.
- halters — Plural form of halter.
- harslet — Chiefly Southern U.S. haslet.
- hartley — David, 1705–57, English physician and philosopher.
- heartly — heartily
- herault — a department in S France. 2403 sq. mi. (6225 sq. km). Capital: Montpellier.
- irately — angry; enraged: an irate customer.
- kastler — Alfred [al-fred] /alˈfrɛd/ (Show IPA), 1902–84, French physicist, born in Germany: Nobel Prize 1966.
- kestral — Misspelling of kestrel.
- labrets — Plural form of labret.
- lacerta — a small faint constellation in the N hemisphere, part of which is crossed by the Milky Way, lying between Cygnus and Andromeda
- laertes — the father of Odysseus.
- laetare — the fourth Sunday of Lent
- lambert — Constant [kon-stuh nt] /ˈkɒn stənt/ (Show IPA), 1905–51, English composer and conductor.
- lameter — (Scots) a cripple.
- lamster — a fugitive from the law.
- lantern — a transparent or translucent, usually portable, case for enclosing a light and protecting it from the wind, rain, etc.
- largest — of more than average size, quantity, degree, etc.; exceeding that which is common to a kind or class; big; great: a large house; a large number; in large measure; to a large extent.
- larvate — of, relating to, or in the form of a larva.
- laterad — toward the side.
- lateral — of or relating to the side; situated at, proceeding from, or directed to a side: a lateral view.
- lateran — the church of St. John Lateran, the cathedral church of the city of Rome; the church of the pope as bishop of Rome.
- lathers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lather.
- lathery — consisting of, covered with, or capable of producing lather.
- lathier — lathlike; long and thin.
- latimer — Hugh, c1470–1555, English Protestant Reformation bishop, reformer, and martyr.
- latrine — a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
- latrobe — Benjamin Henry, 1764–1820, U.S. architect and engineer, born in England.
- laurate — a salt or ester of lauric acid.
- lautrec — Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri.
- lavaret — a whitefish, Coregonus lavaretus, found in the lakes of central Europe.
- lavater — Johann Kaspar [yoh-hahn kahs-pahr] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈkɑs pɑr/ (Show IPA), 1741–1801, Swiss poet, theologian, and physiognomist.
- lazaret — a hospital for those affected with contagious diseases, especially leprosy.
- leather — the skin of an animal, with the hair removed, prepared for use by tanning or a similar process designed to preserve it against decay and make it pliable or supple when dry.
- leg art — cheesecake (def 2).
- legator — a person who bequeaths; a testator.
- leotard — a skintight, one-piece garment for the torso, having a high or low neck, long or short sleeves, and a lower portion resembling either briefs or tights, worn by acrobats, dancers, etc.
- leuctra — a town in ancient Greece, in Boeotia: Thebans defeated Spartans here 371 b.c.
- levator — Anatomy. a muscle that raises a part of the body. Compare depressor.
- librate — to oscillate or move from side to side or between two points.
- literal — in accordance with, involving, or being the primary or strict meaning of the word or words; not figurative or metaphorical: the literal meaning of a word.
- loather — unwilling; reluctant; disinclined; averse: to be loath to admit a mistake.
- locater — a person who locates something.
- loretta — a female given name, form of Laura.
- lyrated — Alternative form of lyrate.
- marlite — an indurated marl.