8-letter words containing le
- antlered — having antlers
- apoplexy — Apoplexy is a stroke.
- apostles — Plural form of apostle.
- appalled — If you are appalled by something, you are shocked or disgusted because it is so bad or unpleasant.
- appealed — Simple past tense and past participle of appeal.
- appealer — an earnest request for aid, support, sympathy, mercy, etc.; entreaty; petition; plea.
- appellee — a person who is accused or appealed against
- apple ii — (computer) An 8-bit personal computer with a 6502 processor, from Apple Computer. It was invented by Steve Wozniak and was very popular from about 1980 until the first several years of MS-DOS IBM PCs.
- appleton — Sir Edward (Victor). 1892–1965, English physicist, noted particularly for his research on the ionosphere: Nobel prize for physics 1947
- apuleius — Lucius (ˈluːsɪəs). 2nd century ad, Roman writer, noted for his romance The Golden Ass
- aquileia — a town in NE Italy, at the head of the Adriatic: important Roman centre, founded in 181 bc. Pop: 3329 (2001)
- arbalest — a large medieval crossbow, usually cocked by mechanical means
- arbuscle — a small tree, or a plant halfway between a shrub and a tree
- arguable — If you say that it is arguable that something is true, you believe that it can be supported by evidence and that many people would agree with it.
- armholes — Plural form of armhole.
- armidale — a town in Australia, in NE New South Wales: a centre for tourism. Pop: 20 271 (2001)
- arsehole — If one person calls another person an arsehole, they think that person is extremely stupid or has behaved in a stupid way.
- articled — In Britain, someone who is articled to a firm of lawyers or accountants is employed by the firm and is training to become qualified.
- articles — legal training
- arvicole — a mouse or water vole that belongs to the genus Arvicola
- as level — a public examination taken for the General Certificate of Education, with a smaller course content than an A level: since 2000 taken either as the first part of a full A level or as a qualification in its own right
- asparkle — in a glittering or glinting manner
- asplenia — Absence of normal spleen function.
- assailed — Simple past tense and past participle of assail.
- assailer — One who assails; an assailant.
- assemble — When people assemble or when someone assembles them, they come together in a group, usually for a particular purpose such as a meeting.
- assholes — Plural form of asshole.
- assoiled — Simple past tense and past participle of assoil.
- asystole — the absence of heartbeat; cardiac arrest
- at least — You use at least to say that a number or amount is the smallest that is possible or likely and that the actual number or amount may be greater. The forms at the least and at the very least are also used.
- at table — at a meal
- athletes — Plural form of athlete.
- athletic — Athletic means relating to athletes and athletics.
- atonable — Capable of being atoned for.
- atremble — in a shaking or trembling state
- audibled — Simple past tense and past participle of audible.
- audibles — Plural form of audible.
- aureoles — Plural form of aureole.
- auricled — (botany) auriculate.
- auricles — Plural form of auricle.
- aurulent — Gold in color.
- availeth — Archaic third-person singular form of avail.
- avowable — Capable of being avowed or openly acknowledged with confidence.
- awfulest — Superlative form of awful.
- axilemma — the membrane surrounding the axon of a nerve fiber.
- axle cap — a cap that covers the end of an axle
- axle-box — the journal box of a rotating axle
- axle-pin — a pin that holds an axle in place
- axletree — a bar fixed across the underpart of a wagon or carriage that has rounded ends on which the wheels revolve
- axolemma — the membrane that encloses the axon of a nerve cell