8-letter words containing r, e, t, i, l
- libertie — Archaic spelling of liberty.
- libertys — a town in W Missouri.
- librated — Simple past tense and past participle of librate.
- libretti — (music, rare) Plural form of libretto.
- libretto — the text or words of an opera or similar extended musical composition.
- lientery — a form of diarrhea in which the food is discharged undigested or only partly digested.
- liferaft — Alternative spelling of life raft.
- ligature — the act of binding or tying up: The ligature of the artery was done with skill.
- lighters — Plural form of lighter.
- limiters — Plural form of limiter.
- linarite — a mineral, a complex basic sulfate of lead and copper, having a deep-blue color resembling that of azurite.
- lincture — A linctus; medicine taken by licking with the tongue.
- line art — graphic material that consists of lines or areas of pure black and pure white and requires no screening for reproduction. Compare halftone (def 2).
- lingster — an interpreter
- lintfree — Free of lint.
- liparite — a light-coloured, igneous rock made of quartz
- listener — to give attention with the ear; attend closely for the purpose of hearing; give ear.
- listeria — any of several rod-shaped, aerobic, parasitic bacteria of the genus Listeria, pathogenic for humans and animals.
- listserv — any similar software program.
- literacy — the quality or state of being literate, especially the ability to read and write.
- literals — Plural form of literal.
- literary — pertaining to or of the nature of books and writings, especially those classed as literature: literary history.
- literate — able to read and write.
- literati — Well-educated people who are interested in literature.
- literose — affectedly literary
- litharge — a yellowish or reddish, odorless, heavy, earthy, water-insoluble, poisonous solid, PbO, used chiefly in the manufacture of storage batteries, pottery, lead glass, paints, enamels, and inks.
- litherly — crafty, cunning, or mischievous
- litreage — a capacity measured in litres
- littered — objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
- litterer — objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
- livetrap — a trap for capturing a wild animal alive and without injury.
- loitered — to linger aimlessly or as if aimless in or about a place: to loiter around the bus terminal.
- loiterer — to linger aimlessly or as if aimless in or about a place: to loiter around the bus terminal.
- loricate — covered with a lorica.
- lorikeet — any of various small lories.
- lucretia — Also, Lucrece [loo-krees] /luˈkris/ (Show IPA). Roman Legend. a Roman woman whose suicide led to the expulsion of the Tarquins and the establishment of the Roman republic.
- luderitz — a seaport in SW Namibia: diamond-mining center.
- lutherie — The craft of making stringed musical instruments.
- luthiers — Plural form of luthier.
- material — the substance or substances of which a thing is made or composed: Stone is a durable material.
- materiel — the aggregate of things used or needed in any business, undertaking, or operation (distinguished from personnel).
- metrical — pertaining to meter or poetic measure.
- 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.
- misalter — to alter wrongly
- motelier — a person running or owning a motel or motel chain
- moultrie — William, 1730–1805, U.S. general.
- mulierty — the state of being of legitimate birth.
- oestriol — a weak oestrogenic hormone secreted by the mammalian ovary: a synthetic form is used to treat oestrogen deficiency. Formula: C18H24O3
- oldtimer — An elderly person.
- orbitale — Craniometry, Cephalometry. the lowermost point on the lower margin of the left orbit, located instrumentally on the skull or by palpation on the head.