9-letter words containing lect
- selecting — to choose in preference to another or others; pick out.
- selection — an act or instance of selecting or the state of being selected; choice.
- selective — having the function or power of selecting; making a selection.
- selectman — (in most New England states) one of a board of town officers chosen to manage certain public affairs.
- sociolect — a variety of a language used by a particular social group; a social dialect.
- the elect — persons belonging to a specially privileged group
- tylectomy — the surgical excision of a lump or tumour
- unelected — chosen by vote, as for an office (contrasted with appointed): an elected official.