7-letter words containing l, i, t, e
- filenet — (storage) A system for storage of images on laser disk using COLD.
- filiate — Law. to determine judicially the paternity of, as a child born out of wedlock. Compare affiliate (def 5).
- fillets — Plural form of fillet.
- filmset — to photocompose.
- filters — Plural form of filter.
- firelit — Illuminated by a fire.
- flattie — a flounder or other flatfish
- fleapit — a shabby public place, especially a run-down motion-picture theater.
- flinted — a hard stone, a form of silica resembling chalcedony but more opaque, less pure, and less lustrous.
- flirted — Simple past tense and past participle of flirt.
- flirter — to court triflingly or act amorously without serious intentions; play at love; coquet.
- flitted — to move lightly and swiftly; fly, dart, or skim along: bees flitting from flower to flower.
- flitter — a fritter or pancake.
- flytier — a person who makes artificial lures for fly-fishing.
- foliate — covered with or having leaves.
- gelatin — a nearly transparent, faintly yellow, odorless, and almost tasteless glutinous substance obtained by boiling in water the ligaments, bones, skin, etc., of animals, and forming the basis of jellies, glues, and the like.
- genital — of, relating to, or noting reproduction.
- gentile — of or relating to any people not Jewish.
- giblets — The liver, heart, gizzard, and neck of a chicken or other fowl, usually removed before the bird is cooked, and often used to make gravy, stuffing, or soup.
- gilbert — Cass, 1859–1934, U.S. architect.
- gillett — Frederick Huntington, 1851–1935, U.S. political leader: Speaker of the House 1919–25.
- gillnet — to catch (a fish) with a gill net.
- gimblet — a small tool for boring holes, consisting of a shaft with a pointed screw at one end and a handle perpendicular to the shaft at the other.
- gimlets — Plural form of gimlet.
- gimlety — (rare) gimlet-eyed, piercing, sharp-sighted.
- glaiket — foolish; giddy; flighty.
- glideth — Archaic third-person singular form of glide.
- glinted — a tiny, quick flash of light.
- glisten — to reflect a sparkling light or a faint intermittent glow; shine lustrously.
- glister — to glisten; glitter.
- glitter — to reflect light with a brilliant, sparkling luster; sparkle with reflected light.
- gristle — cartilage, especially in meats.
- guilted — the fact or state of having committed an offense, crime, violation, or wrong, especially against moral or penal law; culpability: He admitted his guilt.
- heftily — heavy; weighty: a hefty book.
- heitler — Walter (ˈvaltər). 1904–81, German physicist, noted for his work on chemical bonds
- heliast — a court judge in ancient Greece
- hilbert — David [dey-vid;; German dah-vit] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; German ˈdɑ vɪt/ (Show IPA), 1862–1943, German mathematician.
- hilites — Plural form of hilite.
- hitless — to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
- holiest — specially recognized as or declared sacred by religious use or authority; consecrated: holy ground.
- hoplite — a heavily armed foot soldier of ancient Greece.
- hostile — of, relating to, or characteristic of an enemy: a hostile nation.
- hotline — hot line.
- hyalite — a colorless variety of opal, sometimes transparent like glass, and sometimes whitish and translucent.
- ileitis — inflammation of the ileum.
- illegit — dishonest or unprincipled.
- implate — (transitive) To cover with plates; to sheathe.
- implete — to fill
- indwelt — to inhabit.
- ineptly — without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit: He is inept at mechanical tasks. She is inept at dealing with people.