8-letter words containing l, a, g, e
- guidable — Capable of being guided; willing to be guided or counselled.
- gullable — easily deceived or cheated.
- gunlayer — a person who aims a ship's gun
- gunmetal — any of various alloys or metallic substances with a dark gray or blackish color or finish, used for chains, belt buckles, etc.
- gunwales — Plural form of gunwale.
- gunwhale — Misspelling of gunwale.
- gustable — Having a taste; capable of being tasted.
- gutteral — Misspelling of guttural.
- hagglers — Plural form of haggler.
- hair gel — a jelly-like substance applied to the hair before styling in order to retain the shape of the style
- halogens — Plural form of halogen.
- hangable — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- headling — (obsolete) An equal; a fellow; mate.
- headlong — with the head foremost; headfirst: to plunge headlong into the water.
- hegelian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Hegel or his philosophical system.
- helotage — a member of the lowest class in ancient Laconia, constituting a body of serfs who were bound to the land and were owned by the state. Compare Perioeci, Spartiate.
- hexaglot — a book written in six languages
- hexalogy — A set of six works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as six individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.
- hla gene — any of a complex of genes, located on human chromosome 6, that govern the expression of HLA.
- huggable — evoking a desire to hug close; inviting a close embrace; cuddly: a huggable little baby.
- hyalogen — any of several insoluble substances found in many animal structures such as cartilage which yield sugars on hydrolysis structures
- hypogeal — underground; subterranean.
- idealogy — Misspelling of ideology.
- illegals — Multiple emigrants residing illegally in a country.
- imagable — Alternative form of imageable.
- in large — as a totality or on a broad scale
- inlarged — Simple past tense and past participle of inlarge.
- intangle — Archaic form of entangle.
- integral — of, relating to, or belonging as a part of the whole; constituent or component: integral parts.
- jacklegs — Plural form of jackleg.
- jaggedly — having ragged notches, points, or teeth; zigzag: the jagged edge of a saw; a jagged wound.
- jagiello — Jagello.
- jargonel — a type of pear that ripens early
- joktaleg — a large clasp knife or pocketknife; jackknife.
- jugulate — to check or suppress (disease) by extreme measures.
- kinglake — Alexander William, 1809–91, English historian.
- la farge — John, 1835–1910, U.S. painter, stained-glass designer, and writer.
- la hague — Cape, a cape in NW France, in the English Channel near Cherbourg: the NW extremity of the Cotentin Peninsula.
- la hogue — La [la] /la/ (Show IPA), La Hogue.
- labeling — a slip of paper, cloth, or other material, marked or inscribed, for attachment to something to indicate its manufacturer, nature, ownership, destination, etc.
- lace bug — any of several bugs of the family Tingidae, characterized by a lacy pattern of ridges on the head, thorax, and wings, and feeding on the leaves of oak, birch, sycamore, etc.
- lacewing — any of several insects of the family Chrysopidae, having delicate, lacelike wings and golden or copper-colored eyes, the larvae of which are predaceous on aphids and other small insects.
- lactogen — (biochemistry) A polypeptide placental hormone, part of the somatotropin family, with structure and function similar to those of growth hormone. It modifies the metabolic state of the mother during pregnancy to facilitate the energy supply of the fetus.
- laforgue — Jules (ʒyl). 1860–87, French symbolist poet. An originator of free verse, he had a considerable influence on modern poetry
- lag line — a lagging or falling behind; retardation.
- lagering — a camp or encampment, especially within a protective circle of wagons.
- lagerlof — Selma (Ottiliana Lovisa) [sel-mah awt-ti-lee-ah-nah loo-vi-sah] /ˈsɛl mɑ ˌɔt tɪ liˈɑ nɑ ˈlu vɪˌsɑ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1940, Swedish novelist and poet: Nobel Prize 1909.
- lagrange — Joseph Louis [zhaw-zef lwee] /ʒɔˈzɛf lwi/ (Show IPA), Comte, 1736–1813, French mathematician and astronomer.
- laguerre — Edmond-Nicolas [ed-mawn-nee-kaw-lah] /ɛd mɔ̃ ni kɔˈlɑ/ (Show IPA), 1834–86, French mathematician.
- lake zug — a lake in N central Switzerland, in Zug and Schwyz cantons. Area: 39 sq km (15 sq miles)