8-letter words containing li
- alive to — fully aware of; perceiving
- alizarin — a brownish-yellow powder or orange-red crystalline solid used as a dye and in the manufacture of other dyes. Formula: C6H4(CO)2C6H2(OH)2
- alkalies — Plural form of alkali.
- alkalify — to make or become alkaline
- alkaline — Something that is alkaline contains an alkali or has a pH value of more than 7.
- alkalize — to make alkaline
- allelism — any of several forms of a gene, usually arising through mutation, that are responsible for hereditary variation.
- alliable — having the ability to form a compact or association
- alliance — An alliance is a group of countries or political parties that are formally united and working together because they have similar aims.
- alligate — to connect or join (a thing) to something else
- allision — the striking of one ship by another.
- ampliate — enlarged; dilated.
- amplicon — A piece of DNA or RNA formed as the products of natural or artificial amplification events, as in a polymerase chain reaction.
- anabolic — of or relating to anabolism
- anapolis — a city in central Brazil.
- anatolia — the Asian part of Turkey, occupying the peninsula between the Black Sea, the Mediterranean, and the Aegean: consists of a plateau, largely mountainous, with salt lakes in the interior
- angelica — Angelica is the candied stems of the angelica plant which can be used in making cakes or sweets.
- angelico — Fra (fra), original name Guido di Pietro; monastic name Fra Giovanni da Fiesole. ?1400–55, Italian fresco painter and Dominican friar
- angelina — a feminine name
- angeling — one of a class of spiritual beings; a celestial attendant of God. In medieval angelology, angels constituted the lowest of the nine celestial orders (seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominations or dominions, virtues, powers, principalities or princedoms, archangels, and angels).
- anglican — Anglican means belonging or relating to the Church of England, or to the churches related to it.
- animalia — the taxonomic kingdom comprising all animals.
- animalic — relating to animals
- annalise — record in annals
- annalist — a writer of annals
- annalize — to document in annals or historical records
- annelida — the phylum comprising the annelids.
- annelids — Plural form of annelid.
- ant lion — any of a family (Myrmeleontidae) of neuropteran insects, some of which have large-jawed larvae (doodlebugs) that lie hidden in cone-shaped pits where they feed on ants and other insects that fall in
- anthelix — a prominent curved fold of cartilage just inside the outer rim of the external ear
- antilife — opposed to living in harmony with the natural order
- antislip — designed to prevent slipping or to remain stationary
- antliate — having an antlia
- aphelion — the point in its orbit when a planet or comet is at its greatest distance from the sun
- appaling — Misspelling of appalling.
- appeling — Present participle of appel.
- applique — Applique is the craft of sewing fabric shapes onto larger pieces of cloth. You can also use applique to refer to things you make using this craft.
- aquiline — If someone has an aquiline nose or profile, their nose is large, thin, and usually curved.
- arbalist — a powerful medieval crossbow with a steel bow, used to shoot stones, metal balls, arrows, etc.
- arclight — A lamp that produces light by generating an electric arc across an enclosed gas.
- armalite — a lightweight high-velocity rifle of various calibres, capable of automatic and semiautomatic operation
- ateliers — Plural form of atelier.
- athaliah — a daughter of Ahab and Jezebel and usurper of the throne of Judah, reigned 842–837 b.c. II Kings 11:1–3.
- atheling — (in Anglo-Saxon England) a prince of any of the royal dynasties
- auntlike — similar to or like an aunt
- aurality — the quality, condition, or degree of being aural
- aurelian — Latin name Lucius Domitius Aurelianus. ?212–275 ad, Roman emperor (270–275), who conquered Palmyra (273) and restored political unity to the Roman Empire
- aurelius — Marcus(Marcus Aurelius Antoninus) a.d. 121-180; Rom. emperor (161-180) & Stoic philosopher
- aureolin — a pigment used in painting, consisting of potassium cobaltinitrite and characterized by its brilliant yellow hue, transparency, and permanence.
- autolisp — (language) A dialect of Lisp used by the Autocad CAD package from Autodesk.