8-letter words containing t, i, u
- lalitpur — a city in E central Nepal, near Kathmandu.
- lartigue — Jacques Henri [zhahk ahn-ree] /ʒɑk ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1894–1986, French photographer and painter.
- latitude — Geography. the angular distance north or south from the equator of a point on the earth's surface, measured on the meridian of the point. a place or region as marked by this distance.
- lawsuits — Plural form of lawsuit.
- lazulite — an azure-blue mineral, hydrous magnesium iron aluminum phosphate, (FeMg)Al 2 P 2 O 8 (OH) 2 .
- lazurite — a mineral, sodium aluminum silicate and sulfide, Na 5 Al 3 Si 3 O 12 S 3 , occurring in deep-blue crystals, used for ornamental purposes.
- leukotic — any of several diseases occurring chiefly in chickens, involving proliferation of the leukocytes and characterized by paralysis, blindness, formation of tumors in the internal organs, and bone calcification.
- ligature — the act of binding or tying up: The ligature of the artery was done with skill.
- light up — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
- lightful — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
- ligulate — having or forming a ligula.
- lilliput — an imaginary country inhabited by people about 6 inches (15 cm) tall, described in Swift's Gulliver's Travels.
- lilyturf — liriope.
- limequat — a hybrid citrus tree produced by crossing the lime and the kumquat.
- lincture — A linctus; medicine taken by licking with the tongue.
- line cut — an engraving consisting only of lines or areas that are solid black or white. Compare halftone (def 2).
- line out — a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page.
- line-out — a procedure for putting an out-of-bounds ball back in play, whereby a player outside the touchline tosses the ball high and between two lines of opposing forwards lined up perpendicular to the touchline.
- lineouts — Plural form of lineout.
- linguist — a specialist in linguistics.
- linocuts — Plural form of linocut.
- liquated — Simple past tense and past participle of liquate.
- liquitab — a soluble plastic capsule containing liquid detergent or medicine
- lithuria — the presence of an excessive amount of uric acid in the urine.
- littluns — Plural form of littlun.
- liturgic — of or relating to formal public worship or liturgies.
- live out — residing away from the place of one's employment: a live-out cook.
- live-out — residing away from the place of one's employment: a live-out cook.
- locution — a particular form of expression; a word, phrase, expression, or idiom, especially as used by a particular person, group, etc.
- loquitur — (he or she) speaks (with the speaker’s name following, as a stage direction or to inform the reader).
- lubitsch — Ernst [urnst;; German ernst] /ɜrnst;; German ɛrnst/ (Show IPA), 1892–1947, German film director and producer, in the U.S. after 1922.
- lucidity — the quality of being easily understood, completely intelligible, or comprehensible: She makes her argument with pointed logic and exemplary lucidity.
- luckiest — having or marked by good luck; fortunate: That was my lucky day.
- 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.
- luddites — a member of any of various bands of workers in England (1811–16) organized to destroy manufacturing machinery, under the belief that its use diminished employment.
- luderitz — a seaport in SW Namibia: diamond-mining center.
- luisetti — Angelo ("Hank") 1916–2002, U.S. basketball player.
- luminant — That illuminates; luminous.
- luminate — (obsolete) To illuminate.
- lunarist — a person who believes the moon influences weather
- lunatics — Plural form of lunatic.
- lunation — the period of time from one new moon to the next (about 29½ days); a lunar month.
- luristan — a mountainous region in W Iran.
- lusatian — a native or inhabitant of Lusatia.
- lustiest — Superlative form of lusty.
- lustring — the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss: the luster of satin.
- lutanist — a person who plays the lute.
- lutecium — a trivalent rare-earth element. Symbol: Lu; atomic weight: 174.97; atomic number: 71.
- lutefisk — dried cod tenderized by soaking in lye, which is rinsed out before cooking.
- lutenist — a person who plays the lute.