8-letter words containing l, a, y, t
- dilatory — tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy.
- distally — situated away from the point of origin or attachment, as of a limb or bone; terminal. Compare proximal.
- draftily — In a drafty manner.
- dry-salt — to cure or preserve (meat, hides, etc.) by drying and salting.
- earthily — In an earthy manner.
- easterly — moving, directed, or situated toward the east: an easterly course.
- elatedly — In an elated manner.
- enthalpy — A thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the total heat content of a system. It is equal to the internal energy of the system plus the product of pressure and volume.
- equality — The state of being equal, especially in status, rights, and opportunities.
- errantly — In an errant manner.
- ethanoyl — of, consisting of, or containing the monovalent group CH3CO-
- ethylate — (organic chemistry) To react with an ethyl compound so as to introduce one or more ethyl groups into a compound.
- eucalypt — Any tree of the genus Eucalyptus.
- evitably — In an evitable way; avoidably.
- eyestalk — A movable stalk that bears an eye near its tip, especially in crabs, shrimps, and related crustaceans, and in some mollusks.
- facility — Often, facilities. something designed, built, installed, etc., to serve a specific function affording a convenience or service: transportation facilities; educational facilities; a new research facility. something that permits the easier performance of an action, course of conduct, etc.: to provide someone with every facility for accomplishing a task; to lack facilities for handling bulk mail.
- fatality — a disaster resulting in death.
- fatherly — of, like, or befitting a father.
- faultily — In a faulty manner.
- fayalite — the iron end member of the olivine group, Fe 2 SiO 4 .
- femality — Femaleness.
- fentanyl — a synthetic, short-acting narcotic analgesic and sedative, C 22 H 28 N 2 O, used pharmacologically in anesthesia and neuroleptanalgesia, and also as an illicit drug: Medics quickly administered fentanyl to the injured soldiers. Drug dealers are lacing heroin with fentanyl.
- festally — In a festal/festive manner.
- filatory — a machine for spinning thread
- finality — the state, quality, or fact of being final; conclusiveness or decisiveness.
- flaherty — Robert Joseph, 1884–1951, U.S. pioneer in the production of documentary motion pictures.
- flattery — the act of flattering.
- flatways — with the flat side, rather than the edge, foremost or in contact.
- fly swat — fly swatter.
- fly trap — any of various plants that entrap insects, especially Venus's-flytrap.
- fly-cast — Angling. to fish by fly casting.
- fly-past — a ceremonial flight of aircraft over a given area
- flyboats — Plural form of flyboat.
- flytraps — Plural form of flytrap.
- geolatry — the worship of the earth
- graithly — in a graith manner
- hability — Obsolete form of ability.
- harlotry — prostitution.
- haylofts — Plural form of hayloft.
- heartily — in a hearty manner; cordially: He was greeted heartily.
- heatedly — made hot or hotter; warmed.
- hilarity — cheerfulness; merriment; mirthfulness.
- holiatry — holism (def 2).
- hydrolat — An aromatic hydrosol, especially one made by steam distillation of a plant extract.
- hylobate — Any of the genus Hylobates of gibbons.
- ideality — ideal quality or character.
- idolatry — the religious worship of idols.
- infantly — (obsolete) Like an infant.
- innately — existing in one from birth; inborn; native: innate musical talent.
- intactly — in an intact manner