8-letter words containing t, a, l, i, e
- ligature — the act of binding or tying up: The ligature of the artery was done with skill.
- ligulate — having or forming a ligula.
- limequat — a hybrid citrus tree produced by crossing the lime and the kumquat.
- limitate — Bounded by a distinct line.
- linament — (surgery) lint, especially when made into a tent for insertion into wounds or ulcers.
- linarite — a mineral, a complex basic sulfate of lead and copper, having a deep-blue color resembling that of azurite.
- linctape — (storage) A formatted, block-oriented, high-reliability, random access tape system used on the Laboratory Instrument Computer. The tape was 3/4" wide. The funny DECtape is actually a variant of the original LINCtape. According to Wesley Clark, DEC tried to "improve" the LINCtape system, which mechanically, was wonderfully simple and elegant. The DEC version had pressure fingers and tape guides to force alignment as well as huge DC servo motors and complex control circuitry. These literally shredded the tape to bits if not carefully adjusted, and required frequent cleaning to remove all the shedded tape oxide. That was amazing, because the tape had a micro-thin plastic layer OVER the oxide to protect it. What happened was that all the forced alignment stuff caused shredding at the edge. An independent company, Computer Operations[?], built LINCtape drives for use in nuclear submarines. This was based on the tape system's high reliability. Correspondent Brian Converse has a picture of himself holding a LINCtape punched full of 1/4" holes. It still worked!
- 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).
- lineated — marked with lines, especially parallel lengthwise lines; striped.
- liparite — a light-coloured, igneous rock made of quartz
- lipoates — Plural form of lipoate.
- liquated — Simple past tense and past participle of liquate.
- listable — That can be listed.
- listeria — any of several rod-shaped, aerobic, parasitic bacteria of the genus Listeria, pathogenic for humans and animals.
- litanies — Plural form of litany.
- 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.
- 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.
- lithemia — the presence of an excessive amount of uric acid in the blood.
- litigate — to make the subject of a lawsuit; contest at law.
- litreage — a capacity measured in litres
- livetrap — a trap for capturing a wild animal alive and without injury.
- localite — one who lives in a particular locality.
- locative — (in certain inflected languages) noting a case whose distinctive function is to indicate place in or at which, as Latin domī “at home.”.
- loricate — covered with a lorica.
- 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.
- luminate — (obsolete) To illuminate.
- lysithea — a small moon of the planet Jupiter.
- malecite — a member of a North American Indian people of southern and western New Brunswick and northern Maine.
- maledict — accursed.
- maliseet — Malecite.
- manliest — having qualities traditionally ascribed to men, as strength or bravery.
- 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).
- mathilde — a female given name, French or German form of Matilda.
- mealtime — the usual time for a meal.
- medalist — a person to whom a medal has been awarded.
- megalith — a stone of great size, especially in ancient construction work, as the Cyclopean masonry, or in prehistoric Neolithic remains, as dolmens or menhirs.
- melanist — a melanistic person
- melanite — a deep black variety of andradite garnet.
- mentalis — (muscle) A paired central muscle of the lower lip, situated at the tip of the chin.
- metafile — (graphics, file format) 1. An image file format for transport between different machines, often as a device independent bitmap. 2. A functional specification for encoding computer graphics for later display on some suitable device.
- metaling — any of a class of elementary substances, as gold, silver, or copper, all of which are crystalline when solid and many of which are characterized by opacity, ductility, conductivity, and a unique luster when freshly fractured.
- metalist — a person who works with metals.
- metalize — to make metallic; give the characteristics of metal to.
- metallic — of, relating to, or consisting of metal.
- metrical — pertaining to meter or poetic measure.