7-letter words containing t, e, l, n
- helmont — Jan Baptista van [yahn bahp tis-tah-vahn] /yɑn bɑp ˈtɪs tɑ vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1579–1644, Flemish chemist and physician.
- hornlet — a small horn
- hotline — hot line.
- indwelt — to inhabit.
- ineptly — without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit: He is inept at mechanical tasks. She is inept at dealing with people.
- inertly — having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active): inert matter.
- inflate — deflate
- inflect — to modulate (the voice).
- instyle — (obsolete, transitive) To style.
- intitle — entitle.
- inutile — of no use or service.
- itelmen — a member of a small group of Paleo-Asiatic people inhabiting the Kamchatka peninsula in eastern Siberia.
- jinglet — the clapper of a sleigh-bell
- kantele — a Finnish stringed instrument, similar to a zither
- kinglet — a king ruling over a small country or territory.
- knittle — (UK, dialect) A string that draws together a purse or bag.
- la tene — Archaeology. designating the period or culture of the late Iron Age typified by the structural remains, swords, tools, utensils, etc., found at La Tène. Compare Hallstattan.
- lactone — any of a group of internal esters derived from hydroxy acids.
- lambent — running or moving lightly over a surface: lambent tongues of flame.
- laments — to feel or express sorrow or regret for: to lament his absence.
- lanated — Alternative form of lanate.
- 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.