7-letter words containing s, a, i, l
- ischial — Pertaining to the ischium. (from 19th c.).
- ishmael — the son of Abraham and Hagar: both he and Hagar were cast out of Abraham's family by Sarah. Gen. 16:11, 12.
- islamic — the religious faith of Muslims, based on the words and religious system founded by the prophet Muhammad and taught by the Koran, the basic principle of which is absolute submission to a unique and personal god, Allah.
- islands — a tract of land completely surrounded by water, and not large enough to be called a continent.
- isleman — an islander
- ismaili — a member of the Ismaʿiliya sect.
- isoamyl — containing the isoamyl group; isopentyl.
- isocola — a figure of speech or sentence having a parallel structure formed by the use of two or more clauses, or cola, of similar length, as “The bigger they are, the harder they fall.”.
- isolani — (chess) A pawn on the d file with no pawns of the same colour on the adjacent c and e file; an isolated queen pawn.
- isolate — to set or place apart; detach or separate so as to be alone.
- isolato — a person who is spiritually isolated from or out of sympathy with his or her times or society.
- isolead — a curved line on a ballistic graph that is used to calculate the trajectory required in order to hit a moving target
- israeli — a native or inhabitant of modern Israel.
- israfil — the angel who will sound the trumpet announcing the end of the world.
- italics — designating or pertaining to a style of printing types in which the letters usually slope to the right, patterned upon a compact manuscript hand, and used for emphasis, to separate different kinds of information, etc.: These words are in italic type.
- jailers — Plural form of jailer.
- jalebis — Plural form of jalebi.
- jalisco — a state in W Mexico. 31,152 sq. mi. (80,685 sq. km). Capital: Guadalajara.
- japlish — Japanese spoken or written with a large admixture of English words and expressions.
- kailasa — a Brahmanical temple dedicated to Shiva, at Ellora, India: architecturally one of the finest of ancient cave temples.
- kalmias — Plural form of kalmia.
- khalasi — An Indian worker at a port or dockyard, traditionally employed in pulling vessels out of the water for maintenance and repair and returning them to the water afterwards.
- khalkis — Chalcis.
- kisetla — a pidgin language based on Swahili, formerly used for communication between Europeans and Africans.
- klipdas — a rock hyrax, Procavia capensis
- kolbasi — kielbasa
- labials — Plural form of labial.
- lachish — a Canaanite city captured by Joshua: now an archaeological site in Israel.
- laciest — Superlative form of lacy.
- lacings — Plural form of lacing.
- laddies — Plural form of laddie.
- laddish — a boy or youth.
- laddism — (British) Laddish beliefs and behaviours.
- ladyish — Characteristic of a lady.
- ladyism — the behaviour, manner or style of a lady
- laicism — the nonclerical, or secular, control of political and social institutions in a society (distinguished from clericalism).
- lakshmi — the Hindu goddess of fortune.
- lamaism — the Buddhism of Tibet and Mongolia, a Mahayana form including non-Buddhist Indian elements as well as elements of the preexisting Bön shamanism.
- lamaist — One who believes in lamaism.
- lansing — a state in the N central United States. 58,216 sq. mi. (150,780 sq. km). Capital: Lansing. Abbreviation: MI (for use with zip code), Mich.
- lappish — Lapp (def 2).
- lapsing — Present participle of lapse.
- lardies — Plural form of lardy.
- largish — rather large.
- lariats — Plural form of lariat.
- larissa — a city in E Thessaly, in E Greece.
- larkish — a merry, carefree adventure; frolic; escapade.
- lashing — the flexible part of a whip; the section of cord or the like forming the extremity of a whip.
- lassies — Plural form of lassie.
- lasting — continuing or enduring a long time; permanent; durable: a lasting friendship.