8-letter words containing l, a, e, t, r
- decretal — a papal edict on doctrine or church law
- deflater — a person or device that causes deflation
- deflator — (economics) A factor applied to economic statistics in order to counter the effect of inflation.
- delsarte — François [fran-swah;; French frahn-swa] /frænˈswɑ;; French frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1811–71, French musician and teacher.
- dentural — of or relating to dentures
- desalter — an apparatus for desalting
- detailer — a person who cares for (polishes, repaints, cleans, etc) cars
- detrital — rock in small particles or other material worn or broken away from a mass, as by the action of water or glacial ice.
- dielytra — a member of a genus of flowering herbaceous plants including bleeding heart
- dipteral — dipterous.
- e-tailer — the selling of goods and services on the Internet or through email solicitation.
- earliest — in or during the first part of a period of time, a course of action, a series of events, etc.: early in the year.
- earthily — In an earthy manner.
- easterly — moving, directed, or situated toward the east: an easterly course.
- elaterid — any of the beetles constituting the widely distributed family Elateridae (click beetles). The group includes the wireworms and certain fireflies
- elaterin — An extract from the juice of the fruit of Ecballium elaterium (the squirting cucumber), used as a purgative.
- elevator — A platform or compartment housed in a shaft for raising and lowering people or things to different floors or levels.
- emulator — A person or thing that emulates.
- enthrall — Capture the fascinated attention of.
- enthrals — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enthral.
- entrails — A person or animal's intestines or internal organs, especially when removed or exposed.
- epilator — An electrical device used for hair removal by mechanically grasping multiple hairs simultaneously and pulling them out.
- eremital — of, or relating to, an eremite
- erotical — (obsolete) Erotic.
- errantly — In an errant manner.
- eternall — Obsolete spelling of eternal.
- ethereal — Extremely delicate and light in a way that seems too perfect for this world.
- etherial — Archaic form of ethereal.
- everlast — (intransitive) To last always or forever; continue; endure; remain.
- exalters — Plural form of exalter.
- external — Belonging to or forming the outer surface or structure of something.
- extremal — (mathematics) Having to do with extrema.
- faltered — to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.
- far left — of or relating to the extreme left wing
- fatherly — of, like, or befitting a father.
- fattrels — a collection of ribbon-ends
- faultier — having faults or defects; imperfect.
- fellator — to perform fellatio on.
- filature — the act of forming into threads.
- filtrate — liquid that has been passed through a filter.
- flaherty — Robert Joseph, 1884–1951, U.S. pioneer in the production of documentary motion pictures.
- flatters — Plural form of flatter.
- flattery — the act of flattering.
- flatware — utensils, as knives, forks, and spoons, used at the table for serving and eating food.
- flaubert — Gustave [gys-tav] /güsˈtav/ (Show IPA), 1821–80, French novelist.
- flaunter — to parade or display oneself conspicuously, defiantly, or boldly.
- fleawort — a European plantain, Plantago psyllium, having seeds that are used in medicine.
- floaters — a person or thing that floats.
- flowrate — The flowrate is the speed at which fluid in a pipe moves, or the speed at which it moves from a reservoir into a wellbore.
- forestal — a large tract of land covered with trees and underbrush; woodland.