7-letter words containing l, e, a, t
- lemmata — a subsidiary proposition introduced in proving some other proposition; a helping theorem.
- 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.
- lepanto — Greek Návpaktos. a seaport in W Greece, on the Lepanto Strait: Turkish sea power destroyed here 1571.
- letchya — Alt form letcha.
- lethean — Classical Mythology. a river in Hades whose water caused forgetfulness of the past in those who drank of it.
- letitia — a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “gladness.”.
- leuctra — a town in ancient Greece, in Boeotia: Thebans defeated Spartans here 371 b.c.
- levants — Plural form of levant.
- 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.
- liestal — a demicanton in N Switzerland. 165 sq. mi. (425 sq. km). Capital: Liestal.
- lietuva — Lithuanian name of Lithuania.
- ligated — Simple past tense and past participle of ligate.
- ligates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ligate.
- limbate — bordered, as a flower in which one color is surrounded by an edging of another.
- lineate — marked with lines, especially parallel lengthwise lines; striped.
- lipoate — (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of lipoic acid.
- liquate — to heat (an alloy or mixture) sufficiently to melt the more fusible matter and thus to separate it from the rest, as in the refining of tin.
- 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.
- lithate — a salt of uric acid
- loathed — to feel disgust or intense aversion for; abhor: I loathe people who spread malicious gossip.
- loather — unwilling; reluctant; disinclined; averse: to be loath to admit a mistake.
- loathes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of loathe.
- located — to identify or discover the place or location of: to locate the bullet wound.
- locater — a person who locates something.
- locates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of locate.
- loretta — a female given name, form of Laura.
- lunated — Lunate; crescent-shaped.
- lunates — Plural form of lunate.
- lutetia — Paris2
- luxated — Simple past tense and past participle of luxate.
- lyautey — Louis Hubert Gonzalve [lwee y-ber gawn-zalv] /lwi üˈbɛr gɔ̃ˈzalv/ (Show IPA), 1854–1934, French marshal: resident general of Morocco 1912–16, 1917–25.
- lydgate — John, c1370–1451? English monk, poet, and translator.
- lyrated — Alternative form of lyrate.
- maleate — a salt or ester of maleic acid.
- mallets — Plural form of mallet.
- maltase — an enzyme that converts maltose into glucose and causes similar cleavage of many other glucosides.
- malteds — Plural form of malted.
- maltese — of or relating to Malta, its people, or their language.
- maltose — a white, crystalline, water-soluble sugar, C 1 2 H 2 2 O 1 1 ⋅H 2 O, formed by the action of diastase, especially from malt, on starch: used chiefly as a nutrient, as a sweetener, and in culture media.
- manteel — a cloak, shawl or covering
- mantels — Plural form of mantel.
- mantled — Simple past tense and past participle of mantle.
- mantles — Plural form of mantle.
- mantlet — mantelet (def 2).
- marlite — an indurated marl.
- martele — martellato.
- martlet — British Dialect. a house martin.
- matelot — a sailor.
- matilde — Also called Maud. 1102–67, empress of the Holy Roman Empire 1114–25; queen of England 1141 (daughter of Henry I of England).