7-letter words containing li
- axelike — similar to or like an axe
- azeglio — Massimo Taparelli [mahs-see-maw tah-pah-rel-lee] /ˈmɑs siˌmɔ ˌtɑ pɑˈrɛl li/ (Show IPA), Marchese d', 1798–1866, Italian statesman and author.
- azilian — a Palaeolithic culture of Spain and SW France that can be dated to the 10th millennium bc, characterized by flat bone harpoons and schematically painted pebbles
- baalism — the worship of false gods or idols
- babelic — an ancient city in the land of Shinar in which the building of a tower (Tower of Babel) intended to reach heaven was begun and the confusion of the language of the people took place. Gen. 11:4–9.
- bacilli — bacillus
- backlit — illuminated from behind
- baglike — resembling a bag
- bailiff — A bailiff is a law officer who makes sure that the decisions of a court are obeyed. Bailiffs can take a person's furniture or possessions away if the person owes money.
- bailing — Also, bailer. a bucket, dipper, or other container used for bailing.
- baillie — Dame Isobel. 1895–1983, British soprano
- balitac — Early system on IBM 650. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
- balling — a spherical or approximately spherical body or shape; sphere: He rolled the piece of paper into a ball.
- balliol — a college of Oxford University, founded before 1268.
- ballism — a condition characterized by twisting, shaking, and jerking motions.
- ballium — bailey.
- barline — A vertical line in musical notation indicating the start of a new bar.
- bartoli — Cecilia. born 1966, Italian mezzo-soprano, noted for her performances in Mozart and Rossini operas
- bashlik — a type of cone-shaped hood extending over the neck, worn primarily in Russia and Turkey as protection against bad weather
- basilic — designating or of a large vein of the upper arm, on the inner side of the biceps muscle
- batlike — any of numerous flying mammals of the order Chiroptera, of worldwide distribution in tropical and temperate regions, having modified forelimbs that serve as wings and are covered with a membranous skin extending to the hind limbs.
- batling — A young, small, or baby bat.
- bawling — to cry or wail lustily.
- bayliss — Sir William Maddock [mad-uh k] /ˈmæd ək/ (Show IPA), 1860–1924, English physiologist: codiscoverer of secretin.
- be like — to say, think, or feel
- bedlike — resembling a bed
- beelike — resembling a bee
- beeline — the most direct route between two places (esp in the phrase make a beeline for)
- beliefs — something believed; an opinion or conviction: a belief that the earth is flat.
- believe — If you believe that something is true, you think that it is true, but you are not sure.
- belinda — a feminine name: dim. Linda
- bellied — having a belly, esp. of a specified kind
- bellies — the front or under part of a vertebrate body from the breastbone to the pelvis, containing the abdominal viscera; the abdomen.
- belling — the cry of a rutting stag or hunting dog.
- bellini — Giovanni (dʒoˈvanni). ?1430–1516, Italian painter of the Venetian school, noted for his altarpieces, landscapes, and Madonnas. His father Jacopo (?1400–70) and his brother Gentile (?1429–1507) were also painters
- bengali — Bengali means belonging or relating to Bengal, or to its people or language.
- berklix — /berk'liks/ (From Berkeley Unix) Berkeley Software Distribution. Not used at Berkeley itself. May be more common among suits attempting to sound like cognoscenti than among hackers, who usually just say "BSD".
- berline — a limousine with a glass partition between the front and rear seats
- berlioz — Hector (Louis) (ɛktɔr). 1803–69, French composer, regarded as a pioneer of modern orchestration. His works include the cantata La Damnation de Faust (1846), the operas Les Troyens (1856–59) and Béatrice et Bénédict (1860–62), the Symphonie fantastique (1830), and the oratorio L'Enfance du Christ (1854)
- beslime — to cover with slime
- biblike — resembling a bib
- biblio- — indicating book or books
- biblist — biblicist
- big lie — a false statement of outrageous magnitude employed as a propaganda measure in the belief that a lesser falsehood would not be credible.
- biliary — of or relating to bile, to the ducts that convey bile, or to the gall bladder
- bilimbi — a fruit-bearing tree growing in India and Sri Lanka
- bilious — If someone describes the appearance of something as bilious, they mean that they think it looks unpleasant and rather disgusting.
- billies — a male given name, form of William.
- billing — the relative importance of a performer or act as reflected in the prominence given in programmes, advertisements, etc
- billion — A billion is a thousand million.