8-letter words containing l, i, t, e
- mathilde — a female given name, French or German form of Matilda.
- mealtime — the usual time for a meal.
- medalist — a person to whom a medal has been awarded.
- megalith — a stone of great size, especially in ancient construction work, as the Cyclopean masonry, or in prehistoric Neolithic remains, as dolmens or menhirs.
- megillot — Slang. a lengthy, detailed explanation or account: Just give me the facts, not the whole megillah. a lengthy and tediously complicated situation or matter.
- melanist — a melanistic person
- melanite — a deep black variety of andradite garnet.
- melchite — a Christian in Egypt and Syria who accepted the definition of faith adopted by the Council of Chalcedon in a.d. 451.
- melilite — a sorosilicate mineral group, consisting chiefly of sodium, calcium, and aluminum silicates, occurring in igneous rocks.
- melilots — Plural form of melilot.
- melinite — a high explosive containing picric acid.
- melitene — ancient name of Malatya.
- melitose — raffinose.
- melittin — a polypeptide that is the main toxic component in bee venom
- mellitic — (of an acid) obtained from mellite
- mellitum — mellite.
- melodist — a composer or a singer of melodies.
- menilite — another name for liver opal, esp a brown or grey variety
- mentalis — (muscle) A paired central muscle of the lower lip, situated at the tip of the chin.
- mesolite — a mineral variety of the zeolite group, intermediate in chemical composition between natrolite and scolecite.
- metafile — (graphics, file format) 1. An image file format for transport between different machines, often as a device independent bitmap. 2. A functional specification for encoding computer graphics for later display on some suitable device.
- metaling — any of a class of elementary substances, as gold, silver, or copper, all of which are crystalline when solid and many of which are characterized by opacity, ductility, conductivity, and a unique luster when freshly fractured.
- metalist — a person who works with metals.
- metalize — to make metallic; give the characteristics of metal to.
- metallic — of, relating to, or consisting of metal.
- methylic — of, relating to, or characteristic of the methyl group.
- metrical — pertaining to meter or poetic measure.
- michelet — Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), 1798–1874, French historian.
- miguelet — miquelet.
- milepost — any of a series of posts set up to mark distance by miles, as along a highway, or an individual post showing the distance to or from a place.
- milicent — a female given name.
- militate — to have a substantial effect; weigh heavily: His prison record militated against him.
- milstein — Cesar, 1927–2002, Argentinian immunologist: Nobel prize 1984.
- minstrel — a medieval poet and musician who sang or recited while accompanying himself on a stringed instrument, either as a member of a noble household or as an itinerant troubadour.
- minutely — occurring every minute.
- miquelet — (in the Peninsular War) a Spanish guerrilla who fought against the French.
- misalter — to alter wrongly
- misletoe — Archaic form of mistletoe.
- misspelt — Simple past tense and past participle of misspell.
- misstyle — a particular kind, sort, or type, as with reference to form, appearance, or character: the baroque style; The style of the house was too austere for their liking.
- mistitle — (transitive) To title incorrectly; to give the wrong name to.
- mitchell — Arthur, born 1934, U.S. ballet dancer, choreographer, and ballet company director.
- moatlike — Resembling a moat or some aspect of one.
- modelist — a person who makes models, as of airplanes.
- mollient — Serving to soften or assuage; emollient.
- motelier — a person running or owning a motel or motel chain
- mothlike — Resembling a moth or some aspect of one.
- moulinet — a portable pulley device for bending crossbow or turning the drum of a crane
- moultrie — William, 1730–1805, U.S. general.
- mulierty — the state of being of legitimate birth.