8-letter words containing lli
- lamelli- — indicating lamella or lamellae
- lilliput — an imaginary country inhabited by people about 6 inches (15 cm) tall, described in Swift's Gulliver's Travels.
- llanelli — an industrial town in S Wales, in SE Carmarthenshire on an inlet of Carmarthen Bay. Pop: 46 357 (2001)
- lollipop — a piece of hard candy attached to the end of a small stick that is held in the hand while the candy is licked.
- medallic — of or relating to medals.
- medellin — a city in W Colombia.
- mellitic — (of an acid) obtained from mellite
- mellitum — mellite.
- metallic — of, relating to, or consisting of metal.
- milliamp — One thousandth ( 10-3 ) of an ampere, abbreviated as mA.
- milliard — one thousand millions; equivalent to U.S. billion.
- milliare — an ancient Roman unit of distance equal to 0.1478 centimetres
- milliary — of, relating to, or designating the ancient Roman mile of a thousand paces.
- millibar — a centimeter-gram-second unit of pressure equal to one thousandth of a bar or 1000 dynes per square centimeter, used to measure air pressure. Abbreviation: mb.
- millieme — a cupronickel coin of Egypt and Sudan, the 1000th part of a pound or the 10th part of a piaster.
- milligal — a unit of acceleration, equal to one thousandth of a gal; one thousandth of a centimeter per second per second. Abbreviation: mGal.
- milligan — Spike, real name Terence Alan Milligan. 1918–2002, Irish radio, stage, and film comedian and author, born in India. He appeared in The Goon Show (with Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe; BBC Radio, 1952–60) and his films include Postman's Knock (1962), Adolf Hitler, My Part in his Downfall (1972), The Three Musketeers (1974), The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977), and Yellowbeard (1982). He was awarded an honorary knighthood in 2000
- millikan — Robert Andrews, 1868–1953, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1923.
- millilux — a unit of illumination, equal to one thousandth of a lux. Abbreviation: mlx.
- millimho — one thousandth of a mho
- milliner — a person who designs, makes, or sells hats for women.
- millings — Plural form of milling.
- milliohm — one thousandth of an ohm
- millions — a cardinal number, a thousand times one thousand.
- millirem — one thousandth of a rem. Abbreviation: mrem.
- minnelli — Liza (ˈlaɪzə). born 1946, US actress and singer, daughter of Judy Garland. Her films include Charlie Bubbles (1968), Cabaret (1972), Arthur (1981), and Stepping Out (1991)
- mollient — Serving to soften or assuage; emollient.
- mollisol — a productive agricultural soil common to the world's grasslands, characterized by a dark surface layer rich in organic matter.
- monellin — an extremely sweet protein obtained from the African plant Dioscoreophyllum cumminsii
- morbilli — measles (def 1).
- mulligan — Gerald Joseph ("Gerry"; "Jeru") 1927–96, U.S. jazz saxophonist, bandleader, and composer.
- mulliken — Robert Sanderson [san-der-suh n] /ˈsæn dər sən/ (Show IPA), 1896–1986, U.S. chemist and physicist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1966.
- mullings — Plural form of mulling.
- mullions — a vertical member, as of stone or wood, between the lights of a window, the panels in wainscoting, or the like.
- orillion — a part of a bastion used for defence
- palliard — an expert beggar; an unsavoury character
- palliate — to relieve or lessen without curing; mitigate; alleviate.
- pallidly — pale; faint or deficient in color; wan: a pallid countenance.
- pellicle — a thin skin or membrane; film; scum.
- phillips — a male given name.
- phyllite — a slaty rock, the cleavage planes of which have a luster imparted by minute scales of mica.
- polliwog — a tadpole.
- prilling — Prilling is a process in which a melted substance is sprayed against upward-flowing air in a tower to form solid particles.
- psellism — Pathology. stuttering; stammering.
- psyllids — jumping plant louse.
- psyllium — fleawort.
- quelling — to suppress; put an end to; extinguish: The troops quelled the rebellion quickly.
- quilling — one of the large feathers of the wing or tail of a bird.
- ramillie — a wig with a long plait at the back, fashionable in the 18th century
- rolliche — roulade (def 2).