8-letter words containing l, i, t, e
- rolamite — (sometimes initial capital letter) an almost frictionless mechanical device consisting of a flexible metal band formed in an S-shaped loop around moving rollers.
- rootlike — a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- ruralite — of, relating to, or characteristic of the country, country life, or country people; rustic: rural tranquillity.
- salivate — to produce saliva.
- satiable — capable of being satiated.
- saxatile — living or growing on or among rocks.
- scilicet — to wit; namely.
- sclerite — any chitinous, calcareous, or similar hard part, plate, spicule, or the like.
- 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.
- sedulity — sedulous quality, application, or activity; diligence.
- selenite — Mineralogy. a variety of gypsum, found in transparent crystals and foliated masses.
- selictar — the sword-bearer of a chieftain
- selihoth — (used with a plural verb) liturgical prayers serving as expressions of repentance and pleas for God's forgiveness, recited by Jews during the period, usually beginning the preceding week, before Rosh Hashanah, during the period between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, and on fast days.
- senility — the state of being senile, especially the weakness or mental infirmity of old age.
- sentinel — a person or thing that watches or stands as if watching.
- 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.
- settling — the act of a person or thing that settles.
- shitless — If someone says that they are scared shitless or bored shitless, they are emphasizing that they are extremely scared or bored.
- sibilate — to hiss.
- silently — making no sound; quiet; still: a silent motor.
- 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.
- silliest — weak-minded or lacking good sense; stupid or foolish: a silly writer.
- sillitoe — Alan. 1928–2010, British novelist. His best-known works include Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1958) and The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1959)
- simplest — easy to understand, deal with, use, etc.: a simple matter; simple tools.
- simulate — to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
- sisterly — of, like, or befitting a sister: sisterly affection.
- skittles — skittles, (used with a singular verb) ninepins in which a wooden ball or disk is used to knock down the pins.
- slaister — a sloppy mess
- sleeting — precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- slickest — smooth and glossy; sleek.
- slighted — small in amount, degree, etc.: a slight increase; a slight odor.
- slithery — 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.
- slitless — without an opening or slit, esp. in spectroscopy, having no slit for admitting light
- slitlike — to cut apart or open along a line; make a long cut, fissure, or opening in.
- sluttier — of, resembling, or characteristic of a slut: slutty behavior.
- 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.
- smelting — to fuse or melt (ore) in order to separate the metal contained.
- societal — noting or pertaining to large social groups, or to their activities, customs, etc.
- 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.
- solidate — a parcel of land whose value is equal to a solidus
- solitude — the state of being or living alone; seclusion: to enjoy one's solitude.
- solstice — Astronomy. either of the two times a year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator: about June 21, when the sun reaches its northernmost point on the celestial sphere, or about December 22, when it reaches its southernmost point. Compare summer solstice, winter solstice. either of the two points in the ecliptic farthest from the equator.
- solutive — a solvent or laxative
- soterial — relating to salvation
- soutpiel — an English-speaking South African
- spikelet — a small or secondary spike in grasses; one of the flower clusters, the unit of inflorescence, consisting of two or more flowers and subtended by one or more glumes variously disposed around a common axis.