7-letter words containing li
- birling — a game in which each of two lumberjacks, standing on the same floating log, birls the log so as to try to cause the other to fall off
- birlinn — a sea-going vessel used in the Middle Ages in Scotland's western highlands and islands
- blighty — Blighty is a way of referring to England.
- bliksem — an exclamation expressive of surprise, shock, displeasure, etc
- blinded — unable to see; lacking the sense of sight; sightless: a blind man.
- blinder — If you say that someone such as a sports player or musician has played a blinder, you are emphasizing that they have played something very well.
- blindly — If you say that someone does something blindly, you mean that they do it without having enough information, or without thinking about it.
- blinger — expensive and flashy jewelry, clothing, or other possessions.
- blinked — to open and close the eye, especially involuntarily; wink rapidly and repeatedly.
- blinker — a flashing light for sending messages, as a warning device, etc, such as a direction indicator on a road vehicle
- blintze — a thin pancake folded or rolled around a filling, as of cheese or fruit, and fried or baked.
- blister — A blister is a painful swelling on the surface of your skin. Blisters contain a clear liquid and are usually caused by heat or by something repeatedly rubbing your skin.
- blither — to talk nonsense
- blithes — a female given name.
- blitter — a circuit that transfers large amounts of data within a computer's memory
- blitzed — inebriated; drunk
- blitzer — a person or thing that blitzes
- blitzes — Military. an overwhelming all-out attack, especially a swift ground attack using armored units and air support. an intensive aerial bombing.
- boiling — very warm
- bolices — to do (something) badly; bungle (often followed by up): His interference bollixed up the whole deal.
- bolillo — a crusty hard roll with a soft center.
- bolivar — the standard monetary unit of Venezuela, equal to 100 céntimos
- bolivia — an inland republic in central S America: original Aymara Indian population conquered by the Incas in the 13th century; colonized by Spain from 1538; became a republic in 1825; consists of low plains in the east, with ranges of the Andes rising to over 6400 m (21 000 ft) and the Altiplano, a plateau averaging 3900 m (13 000 ft) in the west; contains some of the world's highest inhabited regions; important producer of tin and other minerals. Official languages: Spanish, Quechua, and Aymara. Religion: Roman Catholic. Currency: boliviano. Capital: La Paz (administrative); Sucre (judicial). Pop: 10 461 053 (2013 est). Area: 1 098 580 sq km (424 260 sq miles)
- bolixed — to do (something) badly; bungle (often followed by up): His interference bollixed up the whole deal.
- borelli — Giovanni Alfonso [joh-vah-nee al-fon-soh,, -zoh,, jee-uh-;; Italian jaw-vahn-nee ahl-fawn-zaw] /dʒoʊˈvɑ ni ælˈfɒn soʊ,, -zoʊ,, ˌdʒi ə-;; Italian dʒɔˈvɑn ni ɑlˈfɔn zɔ/ (Show IPA), 1608–79, Italian astronomer, physicist, and physiologist.
- botulin — a potent toxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum in imperfectly preserved food, etc, causing botulism
- bouilli — a meat stew
- bowlike — resembling a bow
- bowline — a line for controlling the weather leech of a square sail when a vessel is close-hauled
- bowling — Bowling is a game in which you roll a heavy ball down a narrow track towards a group of wooden objects and try to knock down as many of them as possible.
- boxlike — a container, case, or receptacle, usually rectangular, of wood, metal, cardboard, etc., and often with a lid or removable cover.
- brawlie — in a fine or healthy manner
- broglie — Achille Charles Léonce Victor Duc de Broglie1785-1870; Fr. statesman under Napoleon I & Louis Philippe
- bucolic — Bucolic means relating to the countryside.
- budlike — resembling a bud
- bulimia — Bulimia or bulimia nervosa is an illness in which a person has a very great fear of becoming fat, and so they make themselves vomit after eating.
- bulimic — If someone is bulimic, they are suffering from bulimia.
- bulimus — any of a genus of terrestrial molluscs with elongated spiral shells, commonly found in tropical America
- bullied — a blustering, quarrelsome, overbearing person who habitually badgers and intimidates smaller or weaker people.
- bullier — a blustering, quarrelsome, overbearing person who habitually badgers and intimidates smaller or weaker people.
- bulling — the male of a bovine animal, especially of the genus Bos, with sexual organs intact and capable of reproduction.
- bullion — Bullion is gold or silver, usually in the form of bars.
- bullish — On the stock market, if there is a bullish mood, prices are expected to rise. Compare bearish.
- bullitt — William C(hristian) 1891–1967, U.S. diplomat and journalist.
- bumelia — a thorny shrub of the genus Bumelia
- burlily — in burly fashion
- butlins — one of the two best-known traditional holiday camps in Britain
- by-line — a line under the title of a newspaper or magazine article giving the author's name
- byliner — a person who writes articles with bylines
- c-linda — (language) The most widely used variant of Linda, with C as the base language. It is available from Sci Comp Assocs <[email protected]>.