8-letter words containing l, e, t, r
- chortles — Plural form of chortle.
- circlets — Plural form of circlet.
- circulet — Obsolete form of circlet.
- clarinet — A clarinet is a musical instrument of the woodwind family in the shape of a pipe. You play the clarinet by blowing into it and covering and uncovering the holes with your fingers.
- clatters — Plural form of clatter.
- clattery — (informal) Tending to cause a clatter; noisy and possibly cumbersome.
- clearcut — Alternative spelling of clear cut.
- clearest — free from darkness, obscurity, or cloudiness; light: a clear day.
- clearout — Alternative form of clear-out.
- cloister — A cloister is a covered area round a square in a monastery or a cathedral.
- clothier — a person who makes, sells, or deals in clothes or cloth
- clotures — Plural form of cloture.
- clusters — Plural form of cluster.
- clustery — Growing in, or full of, clusters; like clusters.
- clutcher — to seize with or as with the hands or claws; snatch: The bird swooped down and clutched its prey with its claws.
- cluttery — full of clutter
- clysters — Plural form of clyster.
- coistrel — a knave
- colewort — cole
- collaret — a small collar
- colorate — To apply color to something, make colourful.
- coltrane — John (William). 1926–67, US jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist and composer
- contrôlé — officially registered
- corelate — to correlate.
- corselet — a piece of armour for the top part of the body
- corslets — Plural form of corslet.
- costlier — costing much; expensive; high in price: a costly emerald bracelet; costly medical care.
- courtlet — a small court or courtyard
- coverlet — A coverlet is the same as a bedspread.
- covertly — concealed; secret; disguised.
- crapplet — (web, abuse) A badly written or profoundly useless Java applet. "I just wasted 30 minutes downloading this stinkin' crapplet!"
- crateful — (informal) As much as a crate would hold.
- creolist — a student of creole languages
- crosslet — a cross having a smaller cross near the end of each arm
- crownlet — a small crown
- cruelest — willfully or knowingly causing pain or distress to others.
- crueltie — Obsolete spelling of cruelty.
- cryolite — a white or colourless mineral consisting of a fluoride of sodium and aluminium in monoclinic crystalline form: used in the production of aluminium, glass, and enamel. Formula: Na3AlF6
- cultrate — shaped like a knife blade
- cultured — If you describe someone as cultured, you mean that they have good manners, are well educated, and know a lot about the arts.
- cultures — the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.
- culverts — Plural form of culvert.
- d'albert — Eugen [German oi-geyn] /German ɔɪˈgeɪn/ (Show IPA), or Eugène [French œ-zhen] /French œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), Francis Charles, 1864–1932, German-French pianist and composer, born in Scotland.
- dataller — a worker paid by the day
- daytaler — a worker who is appointed and paid on a daily basis
- 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.
- deletory — something that deletes or erases
- delsarte — François [fran-swah;; French frahn-swa] /frænˈswɑ;; French frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1811–71, French musician and teacher.