8-letter words containing a, l, e, t, u
- jaculate — to throw or hurl (a dart, javelin, etc.).
- jubilate — to show or feel great joy; rejoice; exult.
- jugulate — to check or suppress (disease) by extreme measures.
- la tuque — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- la-chute — French La Chute. a novel (1957) by Albert Camus.
- lacteous — milky; of the color of milk.
- 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.
- laugheth — (archaic) Third-person singular present simple form of 'laugh'.
- laughter — the action or sound of laughing.
- laureate — a person who has been honored for achieving distinction in a particular field or with a particular award: a Nobel laureate.
- lauretta — a female given name, form of Laura.
- 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.
- legatura — (music) A tie or brace; a syncopation.
- ligature — the act of binding or tying up: The ligature of the artery was done with skill.
- ligulate — having or forming a ligula.
- limequat — a hybrid citrus tree produced by crossing the lime and the kumquat.
- liquated — Simple past tense and past participle of liquate.
- lobulate — consisting of, divided into, or having lobes.
- loculate — having one or more locules.
- 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.
- luminate — (obsolete) To illuminate.
- lunately — in a lunate or crescent form
- lunulate — having lunular markings.
- lustrate — to purify by a propitiatory offering or other ceremonial method.
- lutheran — of or relating to Luther, adhering to his doctrines, or belonging to one of the Protestant churches that bear his name.
- maculate — spotted; stained.
- malamute — Alaskan malamute.
- malemute — Alaskan malamute.
- maturely — complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
- modulate — to regulate by or adjust to a certain measure or proportion; soften; tone down.
- mule-fat — a composite shrub, Baccharis viminea, of California, having willowlike leaves and clustered flowers, growing in riverbeds.
- multiage — Concerning more than one age.
- muscatel — a sweet wine made from muscat grapes.
- muteable — Capable of being muted.
- mutilate — to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging parts: Vandals mutilated the painting.
- nembutal — pentobarbital sodium
- neutrals — Plural form of neutral.
- nu-metal — a type of rock music popular from the late 1990s, featuring much of the sound typical of heavy metal but also influenced by rap and hip-hop
- nucleate — having a nucleus.
- osculate — to come into close contact or union.
- outblaze — to blaze more than or hotter than
- outbleat — to bleat more than or louder than
- outfable — to exceed in creating fables
- outflare — to burn with an unsteady, swaying flame, as a torch or candle in the wind.
- outglare — (transitive) To surpass or outdo in glaring.
- outgleam — to gleam more than
- outlawed — a lawless person or habitual criminal, especially one who is a fugitive from the law.
- outleaps — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outleap.