8-letter words containing l, i, a, t
- saint-lô — a department in NW France. 2476 sq. mi. (6413 sq. km). Capital: Saint-Lô.
- salacity — lustful or lecherous.
- salariat — the class of workers in an economy who receive salaries.
- salinity — of, containing, or resembling common table salt; salty or saltlike: a saline solution.
- salivate — to produce saliva.
- salt pit — a pit where salt is obtained.
- saltfish — salted cod
- saltillo — a state in N Mexico. 58,067 sq. mi. (150,395 sq. km). Capital: Saltillo.
- santalic — of sandalwood
- santalin — the substance which gives sandalwood its colour
- satiable — capable of being satiated.
- saxatile — living or growing on or among rocks.
- scantily — scant in amount, quantity, etc.; barely sufficient.
- sea lift — an operation to move people, troops or goods by sea
- seablite — any of several halophytic herbs of the genus Suaeda, having fleshy leaves.
- selictar — the sword-bearer of a chieftain
- septical — septic
- septimal — of or based on the number seven.
- set sail — an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- shitload — a lot of something; a large amount.
- sibilant — hissing.
- sibilate — to hiss.
- silastic — a flexible inert silicone rubber, used esp in prosthetic medicine
- silicate — Mineralogy. any of the largest group of mineral compounds, as quartz, beryl, garnet, feldspar, mica, and various kinds of clay, consisting of SiO 2 or SiO 4 groupings and one or more metallic ions, with some forms containing hydrogen. Silicates constitute well over 90 percent of the rock-forming minerals of the earth's crust.
- silk hat — a tall, cylindrical, black hat covered with silk plush, worn by men for formal dress. Compare beaver1 (def 4), opera hat, top hat.
- silktail — the waxwing
- silvatic — of or relating to the forest; sylvan
- simulant — simulating; feigning; imitating.
- simulate — to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
- slaister — a sloppy mess
- slant-in — slant (def 13b).
- slanting — to veer or angle away from a given level or line, especially from a horizontal; slope.
- slatting — a slap; a sharp blow.
- smaltine — a white mineral ore of cobalt
- smaltite — a mineral, originally thought to have been a diarsenide of cobalt, CoAs 2 , but which is actually a skutterudite rich in cobalt.
- societal — noting or pertaining to large social groups, or to their activities, customs, etc.
- sodalist — a member of a sodality.
- sodalite — a mineral, sodium aluminum silicate, Na 4 Al 3 Si 3 O 1 2 Cl, occurring massive and in crystals, usually blue in color and found in certain alkali-rich igneous rocks.
- sodality — fellowship; comradeship.
- solation — to change from a gel to a sol.
- solatium — something given in compensation for inconvenience, loss, injury, or the like; recompense.
- solidate — a parcel of land whose value is equal to a solidus
- solitary — alone; without companions; unattended: a solitary passer-by.
- soterial — relating to salvation
- spitball — a small ball or lump of chewed paper used as a missile.
- spoliate — to rob, plunder, or despoil
- stabling — a building for the lodging and feeding of horses, cattle, etc.
- stablish — establish.
- stalinsk — former name of Novokuznetsk.
- stalking — an act or course of stalking quarry, prey, or the like: We shot the mountain goat after a five-hour stalk.