7-letter words containing r, e, l, a
- leavers — Plural form of leaver.
- leavier — leafy.
- leclair — Jean Marie [zhahn ma-ree] /ʒɑ̃ maˈri/ (Show IPA), 1697–1764, French violinist and composer.
- ledyard — a town in SE Connecticut.
- leeward — pertaining to, situated in, or moving toward the quarter toward which the wind blows (opposed to windward).
- leg art — cheesecake (def 2).
- legator — a person who bequeaths; a testator.
- legwear — Hosiery.
- lempira — a paper money and monetary unit of Honduras, equal to 100 centavos. Abbreviation: L.
- leonard — Sugar Ray (Ray Charles Leonard) born 1956, U.S. boxer.
- leonora — a female given name, form of Eleanor.
- leopard — a large, spotted Asian or African carnivore, Panthera pardus, of the cat family, usually tawny with black markings; the Old World panther: all leopard populations are threatened or endangered.
- leotard — a skintight, one-piece garment for the torso, having a high or low neck, long or short sleeves, and a lower portion resembling either briefs or tights, worn by acrobats, dancers, etc.
- leppard — Raymond. born 1927, British conductor and musicologist, in the US from 1977: noted esp for his revivals of early opera
- leproma — the swollen lesion of leprosy.
- leuctra — a town in ancient Greece, in Boeotia: Thebans defeated Spartans here 371 b.c.
- levator — Anatomy. a muscle that raises a part of the body. Compare depressor.
- liberal — favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs.
- liberia — a republic in W Africa: founded by freed American slaves 1822. About 43,000 sq. mi. (111,000 sq. km). Capital: Monrovia.
- librate — to oscillate or move from side to side or between two points.
- linacre — Thomas, 1460?–1521, English humanist, translator, scholar, and physician.
- linares — a city in S Spain.
- lipread — to understand spoken words by interpreting the movements of a speaker's lips without hearing the sounds made.
- lirella — the elongated, narrow apothecium of certain lichens.
- literal — in accordance with, involving, or being the primary or strict meaning of the word or words; not figurative or metaphorical: the literal meaning of a word.
- llanero — a native of the llanos
- loaders — Plural form of loader.
- loafers — Plural form of loafer.
- loamier — Comparative form of loamy.
- loaners — Plural form of loaner.
- loather — unwilling; reluctant; disinclined; averse: to be loath to admit a mistake.
- locater — a person who locates something.
- loraine — a female given name, form of Lorraine.
- loretta — a female given name, form of Laura.
- lucarne — a dormer window.
- lyrated — Alternative form of lyrate.
- maceral — any of the organic units that constitute coal: equivalent to any of the mineral constituents of a rock
- mailers — Plural form of mailer.
- mälaren — Lake, a lake in S Sweden, extending W from Stockholm. 440 sq. mi. (1140 sq. km).
- malvern — an urban area in W England, SW of Birmingham: mineral springs; incorporated into Malvern Hills 1974.
- malware — software intended to damage a computer, mobile device, computer system, or computer network, or to take partial control over its operation: tips on finding and removing viruses, spyware, and other malware.
- mandrel — a shaft or bar the end of which is inserted into a workpiece to hold it during machining.
- mangler — to injure severely, disfigure, or mutilate by cutting, slashing, or crushing: The coat sleeve was mangled in the gears of the machine.
- manlier — Comparative form of manly.
- marbled — Having a streaked and patterned appearance like that of variegated marble.
- marbler — Someone who works with marble.
- marbles — metamorphosed limestone, consisting chiefly of recrystallized calcite or dolomite, capable of taking a high polish, occurring in a wide range of colors and variegations and used in sculpture and architecture.
- marcels — Plural form of marcel.
- marlene — a female given name.
- marlier — Comparative form of marly.