7-letter words containing l, i, t, e
- resplit — to split again
- reticle — a network of fine lines, wires, or the like placed in the focus of the eyepiece of an optical instrument.
- retiled — a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- retinal — of or relating to the retina of the eye.
- retinol — vitamin A.
- retiral — the act of retiring from office, one's work, etc; retirement
- retitle — to rename
- retrial — Law. the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact. the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- rigolet — a small stream; rivulet.
- ringlet — a curled lock of hair.
- ripplet — a small ripple.
- rivulet — a small stream; streamlet; brook.
- salient — prominent or conspicuous: salient traits.
- saltier — tasting of or containing salt; saline.
- saltine — a crisp, salted cracker.
- saltire — an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- sealift — a system for transporting persons or cargo by ship, especially in an emergency.
- sectile — capable of being cut smoothly with a knife.
- selfist — a selfish person
- setline — any of various types of fishing line that consist of a long line suspended across a stream, between buoys, etc, and having shorter hooked and baited lines attached
- sextile — Astronomy. noting or pertaining to the aspect or position of two heavenly bodies when 60° distant from each other.
- sheitel — a wig worn by certain Orthodox Jewish married women in keeping with an old rabbinical precept that forbids a woman to leave her hair uncovered in the sight of a man other than her husband.
- sheltie — Shetland pony.
- singlet — a sleeveless athletic jersey, especially a loose-fitting top worn by runners, joggers, etc.
- sitella — any of various small generally black-and-white birds of the genus Neositta, having a straight sharp beak and strong claws used to run up trees in search of insects: family Sittidae (nuthatches)
- sithole — Ndabaningi (əndabaˈnɪŋɡɪ). 1920–2000, Zimbabwean clergyman and politician; leader of the Zimbabwe African National Union (1963–74). He was one of the negotiators of the internal settlement (1978) to pave the way for Black majority rule in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)
- sitwell — Dame Edith, 1887–1964, English poet and critic.
- skelpit — slapped
- skillet — a frying pan.
- skittle — skittles, (used with a singular verb) ninepins in which a wooden ball or disk is used to knock down the pins.
- slainte — cheers!
- sleekit — sleeky.
- sleight — skill; dexterity.
- slinter — a dodge, trick, or stratagem
- slither — to slide down or along a surface, especially unsteadily, from side to side, or with some friction or noise: The box slithered down the chute.
- smittle — (of a disease) infectious
- sniglet — any word coined for something that has no specific name.
- spilite — a type of igneous rock
- spittle — saliva; spit.
- stabile — fixed in position; stable.
- staniel — a kestrel
- steelie — steelhead.
- stellio — a lizard
- stencil — a device for applying a pattern, design, words, etc., to a surface, consisting of a thin sheet of cardboard, metal, or other material from which figures or letters have been cut out, a coloring substance, ink, etc., being rubbed, brushed, or pressed over the sheet, passing through the perforations and onto the surface.
- sterile — free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic: sterile surgical instruments.
- stickle — to argue or haggle insistently, especially on trivial matters.
- stiegel — Henry William, 1729–85, German iron and glass manufacturer in America.
- stifled — to quell, crush, or end by force: to stifle a revolt; to stifle free expression.
- stifler — to quell, crush, or end by force: to stifle a revolt; to stifle free expression.
- stilled — remaining in place or at rest; motionless; stationary: to stand still.