8-letter words containing l, i, e, g, s
- leasings — Plural form of leasing.
- leavings — something that is left; residue.
- legacies — Law. a gift of property, especially personal property, as money, by will; a bequest.
- legalise — to make legal; authorize.
- legalism — strict adherence, or the principle of strict adherence, to law or prescription, especially to the letter rather than the spirit.
- legalist — strict adherence, or the principle of strict adherence, to law or prescription, especially to the letter rather than the spirit.
- leggings — a covering for the leg, usually extending from the ankle to the knee but sometimes higher, worn by soldiers, riders, workers, etc. Compare chaps, gaiter, puttee.
- lemmings — Plural form of lemming.
- lendings — Plural form of lending.
- lensings — Plural form of lensing.
- lesghian — Lezghian.
- lettings — Plural form of letting.
- lightens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lighten.
- lighters — Plural form of lighter.
- lightest — a light product, as a beer or cigarette.
- ligneous — of the nature of or resembling wood; woody.
- lignites — Plural form of lignite.
- lineages — Plural form of lineage.
- lingster — an interpreter
- linkages — Plural form of linkage.
- logicise — to make logical; give logical form to: to logicize a sequence of events.
- longwise — lengthwise
- lysergic — Used in designation of lysergic acid, lysergic acid diethylamide.
- measling — A form of delamination, or separation in a laminate material, resulting in a spotty appearance.
- mileages — Plural form of mileage.
- mislodge — to lodge or accommodate wrongly
- nestling — a young bird not yet old enough to leave the nest.
- newsgirl — a girl who sells or delivers newspapers.
- obligees — Plural form of obligee.
- peelings — Peelings are pieces of skin removed from vegetables and fruit.
- pelagius — died a.d. 590, pope 579–590.
- pelasgic — Pelasgian.
- pleasing — giving pleasure; agreeable; gratifying: a pleasing performance.
- regalism — the principle that royalty have the highest power, esp when referring to church affairs
- regalist — a person who believes in or promotes regalism
- riesling — Horticulture. a variety of grape. the vine bearing this grape, grown in Europe and California.
- ringless — a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- ringlets — locks of hair hanging down in spiral curls
- salering — an enclosed area for livestock at market
- salinger — J(erome) D(avid) 1971–2010, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- sanglier — a closely woven fabric made of mohair or worsted, constructed in plain weave, and finished to simulate the coat of a boar.
- scaliger — Joseph Justus [juhs-tuh s] /ˈdʒʌs təs/ (Show IPA), 1540–1609, French scholar and critic.
- scriggle — to wriggle
- seedling — a plant or tree grown from a seed.
- semigala — an event similar to a gala but on a lesser scale; an occasion that is festive but not to the degree of a gala
- seraglio — the part of a Muslim house or palace in which the wives and concubines are secluded; harem.
- settling — the act of a person or thing that settles.
- shagpile — (of a carpet or rug) having long, rough fibres
- shealing — a pasture or grazing ground.
- shelling — act of removing shell