8-letter words containing u, l, a, t, i
- multiage — Concerning more than one age.
- multicar — involving several cars
- multiday — lasting for more than one day
- muralist — an artist who paints murals, especially an artist associated with muralism.
- mutazila — a member of a medieval theological sect (Mutazila) that maintained that nothing but eternity could be asserted regarding Allah, that the eternal nature of the Koran was questionable, and that humans have free will.
- mutilate — to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging parts: Vandals mutilated the painting.
- nautical — of or relating to sailors, ships, or navigation: nautical terms.
- nautilus — Also called chambered nautilus, pearly nautilus. any cephalopod of the genus Nautilus, having a spiral, chambered shell with pearly septa.
- nuptials — of or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony: the nuptial day; nuptial vows.
- outcavil — to exceed in cavilling
- outrival — a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.
- palatium — a palace, especially the palace of an ancient Roman emperor.
- pictural — a picture
- placitum — a plea made in court on behalf of a person or group
- platinum — Chemistry. a heavy, grayish-white, highly malleable and ductile metallic element, resistant to most chemicals, practically unoxidizable except in the presence of bases, and fusible only at extremely high temperatures: used for making chemical and scientific apparatus, as a catalyst in the oxidation of ammonia to nitric acid, and in jewelry. Symbol: Pt; atomic weight: 195.09; atomic number: 78; specific gravity: 21.5 at 20°C.
- plaudite — a request for applause following a show or production
- plaudits — an enthusiastic expression of approval: Her portrayal of Juliet won the plaudits of the critics.
- playsuit — a sports costume for women and children, usually consisting of shorts and a shirt, worn as beachwear, for tennis, etc.
- pulpital — relating to the pulpit
- 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.
- quintals — Plural form of quintal.
- requital — the act of requiting.
- 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.
- 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.
- rutilant — glowing or glittering with ruddy or golden light.
- simulant — simulating; feigning; imitating.
- simulate — to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
- solatium — something given in compensation for inconvenience, loss, injury, or the like; recompense.
- stipular — of or like a stipule or stipules
- stunsail — studdingsail.
- subtidal — of or relating to, inhabiting or existing in the region below the level of low tide, that is always underwater
- suitable — such as to suit; appropriate; fitting; becoming.
- suitably — such as to suit; appropriate; fitting; becoming.
- sultanic — the sovereign of an Islamic country.
- sutorial — relating to sewing or cobbling
- tablinum — (in an ancient Roman house) a large, open room at the side of the peristyle farthest from the main entrance.
- tail out — to guide (timber) as it emerges from a power saw
- tailleur — a tailored or tailor-made costume for women.
- talmudic — of or relating to the Talmud.
- tanaquil — a legendary queen of Rome who prophesied the future greatness of Servius Tullius and helped him to gain the throne after the murder of her husband by a political faction.
- tenurial — the holding or possessing of anything: the tenure of an office.
- thallium — a soft, malleable, rare, bluish-white metallic element: used in the manufacture of alloys and, in the form of its salts, in rodenticides. Symbol: Tl; atomic weight: 204.37; atomic number: 81; specific gravity: 11.85 at 20°C.
- tranquil — free from commotion or tumult; peaceful; quiet; calm: a tranquil country place.