8-letter words containing l, i, u, e
- reillume — to relight or to light up again
- relumine — to relume.
- republic — a state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly by them.
- requital — the act of requiting.
- residual — pertaining to or constituting a residue or remainder; remaining; leftover.
- reticule — a small purse or bag, originally of network but later of silk, rayon, etc.
- retinula — a group of elongate neural receptor cells forming part of an arthropod compound eye: each retinula cell leads to a nerve fiber passing to the optic ganglion.
- reuchlin — Johann [yoh-hahn] /ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), 1455–1522, German humanist scholar.
- ridicule — speech or action intended to cause contemptuous laughter at a person or thing; derision.
- rivulose — (of plants) having irregular lines
- roumelia — a division of the former Turkish Empire, in the Balkan Peninsula: included Albania, Macedonia, and Thrace.
- ruisdael — Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˌyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1628?–82, Dutch painter.
- runcible — Early system for mathematics on IBM 650. See also FORTRUNCIBLE, IT.
- runelike — resembling a rune or runes
- ruralite — of, relating to, or characteristic of the country, country life, or country people; rustic: rural tranquillity.
- ruralize — to make rural.
- scurrile — scurrilous.
- sedulity — sedulous quality, application, or activity; diligence.
- selenium — a nonmetallic element chemically resembling sulfur and tellurium, occurring in several allotropic forms, as crystalline and amorphous, and having an electrical resistance that varies under the influence of light. Symbol: Se; atomic weight: 78.96; atomic number: 34; specific gravity: (gray) 4.80 at 25°C, (red) 4.50 at 25°C.
- seleucia — an ancient city in Iraq, on the Tigris River: capital of the Seleucid empire.
- seleucid — a member of a Macedonian dynasty, 312–64 b.c., that ruled an empire that included much of Asia Minor, Syria, Persia, Bactria, and Babylonia.
- semibull — a bull or official document issued by the pope after his election but before his coronation
- semilune — a half-moon shape
- serpulid — a marine polychaete worm of the family Serpulidae, which constructs and lives in a calcareous tube attached to stones or seaweed and has a crown of ciliated tentacles
- sibelius — Jean (Julius Christian) [zhahn yoo-lyoo s kris-tyahn] /ʒɑn ˈyu lyʊs ˈkrɪs tyɑn/ (Show IPA), 1865–1957, Finnish composer.
- siffleur — a male professional whistler
- simulate — to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
- slice up — cut into thin pieces
- slurried — a thin mixture of an insoluble substance, as cement, clay, or coal, with a liquid, as water or oil.
- sluttier — of, resembling, or characteristic of a slut: slutty behavior.
- smileful — full of smiles
- solitude — the state of being or living alone; seclusion: to enjoy one's solitude.
- solutive — a solvent or laxative
- souplike — resembling or characteristic of soup
- soutpiel — an English-speaking South African
- spiteful — full of spite or malice; showing spite; malicious; malevolent; venomous: a spiteful child.
- splenium — a structure in the brain
- splenius — a broad muscle on each side of the back of the neck and the upper part of the thoracic region, the action of which draws the head backward and assists in turning it to one side.
- squailer — a stick that has been specially weighted to use as a missile for throwing at something
- squiggle — a short, irregular curve or twist, as in writing or drawing.
- squilgee — squeegee.
- squirely — belonging or relating to, or appropriate to, a squire or squires
- squirrel — any of numerous arboreal, bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Sciurus, of the family Sciuridae.
- stipules — one of a pair of lateral appendages, often leaflike, at the base of a leaf petiole in many plants.
- suasible — able to be persuaded
- subfield — a field that is a subset of a given field.
- subtitle — a secondary or subordinate title of a literary work, usually of explanatory character.
- suchlike — of any such kind; similar.
- suitable — such as to suit; appropriate; fitting; becoming.
- sulawesi — an island in central Indonesia. 72,986 sq. mi. (189,034 sq. km).