7-letter words containing n, t, e
- lancets — Plural form of lancet.
- languet — any of various small tongue-shaped parts, processes, or projections.
- lantern — a transparent or translucent, usually portable, case for enclosing a light and protecting it from the wind, rain, etc.
- late on — at a late stage; near the end
- latence — Obsolete form of latency.
- latency — the state of being latent.
- lateran — the church of St. John Lateran, the cathedral church of the city of Rome; the church of the pope as bishop of Rome.
- latrine — a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
- lean-to — a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- leanest — Superlative form of lean.
- lectern — a reading desk in a church on which the Bible rests and from which the lessons are read during the church service.
- lectins — Plural form of lectin.
- lection — a version of a passage in a particular copy or edition of a text; a variant reading.
- lecturn — Misspelling of lectern.
- lengths — Plural form of length.
- lengthy — having or being of great length; very long: a lengthy journey.
- lenient — agreeably tolerant; permissive; indulgent: He tended to be lenient toward the children. More lenient laws encouraged greater freedom of expression.
- lenitic — lentic.
- lenotre — André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1613–1700, French architect and landscape designer.
- lentigo — a freckle or other pigmented spot.
- lentils — Plural form of lentil.
- lentisk — mastic (def 1).
- lentoid — having the shape of a biconvex lens.
- lentous — viscid or viscous
- leotine — a female given name.
- lepanto — Greek Návpaktos. a seaport in W Greece, on the Lepanto Strait: Turkish sea power destroyed here 1571.
- leptons — Plural form of lepton.
- letdown — a decrease in volume, force, energy, etc.: a letdown in sales; a general letdown of social barriers.
- lethean — Classical Mythology. a river in Hades whose water caused forgetfulness of the past in those who drank of it.
- letting — Archaic. to hinder, prevent, or obstruct.
- levants — Plural form of levant.
- licente — permitted or allowed
- liement — (fencing) An action in which one fencer forces the opponent\u2019s blade into the diagonally opposite line, (that is, from high line to low line on the opposite side, or vice versa) by taking it with the guard and forte of his own blade.
- lighten — to become less severe, stringent, or harsh; ease up: Border inspections have lightened recently.
- lignite — a soft coal, usually dark brown, often having a distinct woodlike texture, and intermediate in density and carbon content between peat and bituminous coal.
- lineate — marked with lines, especially parallel lengthwise lines; striped.
- linecut — an engraving or print obtained from a line drawing
- lineout — (rugby) a set piece where the hooker throws the ball into play between a row of players from each team.
- linnets — Plural form of linnet.
- lintels — Plural form of lintel.
- linters — the short fibres stripped from ginned cotton seeds
- linties — Plural form of lintie.
- lisente — plural of sente.
- listens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of listen.
- loments — Plural form of loment.
- longest — having considerable linear extent in space: a long distance; a long handle.
- longeth — Archaic third-person singular form of long.
- lorentz — Hendrik Antoon [hen-drik ahn-tohn] /ˈhɛn drɪk ˈɑn toʊn/ (Show IPA), 1853–1928, Dutch physicist: Nobel Prize 1902.
- lorient — a seaport in NW France, on the Bay of Biscay.
- lunated — Lunate; crescent-shaped.