8-letter words containing t, u, l, i
- prebuilt — to construct (especially something complex) by assembling and joining parts or materials: to build a house.
- pugilist — a person who fights with the fists; a boxer, usually a professional.
- pulitzer — Joseph, 1847–1911, U.S. journalist and publisher, born in Hungary.
- pulpital — relating to the pulpit
- pulpiter — a preacher
- pulpitry — the art of delivering sermons
- pulpitum — (in many cathedrals and large churches) a stone screen which divides the nave and the choir, often supporting a gallery or loft
- puntilla — (in bullfighting) a short dagger used for cutting the spinal cord of the bull.
- quaintly — having an old-fashioned attractiveness or charm; oddly picturesque: a quaint old house.
- quantile — one of the class of values of a variate that divides the total frequency of a sample or population into a given number of equal proportions.
- quartile — Statistics. (in a frequency distribution) one of the values of a variable that divides the distribution of the variable into four groups having equal frequencies. Compare first quartile, median, third quartile.
- quillets — a subtlety or quibble.
- quilters — Plural form of quilter.
- quilting — a coverlet for a bed, made of two layers of fabric with some soft substance, as wool or down, between them and stitched in patterns or tufted through all thicknesses in order to prevent the filling from shifting.
- quintals — Plural form of quintal.
- quintile — Statistics. a quantile for the special case of five equal proportions.
- requital — the act of requiting.
- reticule — a small purse or bag, originally of network but later of silk, rayon, etc.
- retinula — a group of elongate neural receptor cells forming part of an arthropod compound eye: each retinula cell leads to a nerve fiber passing to the optic ganglion.
- rightful — having a valid or just claim, as to some property or position; legitimate: the rightful owner of the farm.
- risoluto — to be played firmly and decisively
- ritually — an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite.
- ruralist — one who leads or advocates a rural life
- ruralite — of, relating to, or characteristic of the country, country life, or country people; rustic: rural tranquillity.
- rurality — rural character.
- rustical — of, relating to, or living in the country, as distinguished from towns or cities; rural.
- rusticly — in a rustic manner
- rustling — to make a succession of slight, soft sounds, as of parts rubbing gently one on another, as leaves, silks, or papers.
- rutilant — glowing or glittering with ruddy or golden light.
- sculpsit — he engraved, carved, or sculptured (it); she engraved, carved, or sculptured (it). Abbreviation: sc.
- sedulity — sedulous quality, application, or activity; diligence.
- silurist — a member of the ancient Silurian tribe
- simulant — simulating; feigning; imitating.
- simulate — to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
- slip out — to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
- sluttier — of, resembling, or characteristic of a slut: slutty behavior.
- sluttish — of, resembling, or characteristic of a slut: slutty behavior.
- solatium — something given in compensation for inconvenience, loss, injury, or the like; recompense.
- solitude — the state of being or living alone; seclusion: to enjoy one's solitude.
- solution — the act of solving a problem, question, etc.: The situation is approaching solution.
- solutive — a solvent or laxative
- soutpiel — an English-speaking South African
- spiteful — full of spite or malice; showing spite; malicious; malevolent; venomous: a spiteful child.
- split up — to divide or separate from end to end or into layers: to split a log in two.
- split-up — the act of splitting.
- stickful — as much set type as a composing stick will hold, usually about two column inches.
- stimulus — something that incites to action or exertion or quickens action, feeling, thought, etc.: The approval of others is a potent stimulus.
- stipular — of or like a stipule or stipules
- stipules — one of a pair of lateral appendages, often leaflike, at the base of a leaf petiole in many plants.
- stultify — to make, or cause to appear, foolish or ridiculous.