7-letter words starting with LI
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter LI. This section showcases how LI at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with LI, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| license | 9 | excessive freedom; lack of due restraint | when liberty becomes license dictatorship is near |
| library | 12 | a depository built to contain books and other materials for reading and study | - |
| lighter | 11 | a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals) | - |
| liberty | 12 | immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence | - |
| limited | 10 | subject to limits or subjected to limits | - |
| lightly | 14 | in a small quantity or extent | apply paint lightly |
| licence | 11 | excessive freedom; lack of due restraint | - |
| liberal | 9 | given or giving freely | a liberal backer of the arts |
| licking | 14 | an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest | they suffered a convincing licking |
| lifting | 11 | - | - |
| lighten | 11 | make more cheerful | the conversation lightened me up a bit |
| liaison | 7 | a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship | - |
| lineage | 8 | the number of lines in a piece of printed material | - |
| listing | 8 | a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics) | - |
| literal | 7 | being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something | a literal solitude like a desert |
| limping | 12 | disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet | - |
| lithium | 12 | a soft silver-white univalent element of the alkali metal group; the lightest metal known; occurs in several minerals | - |
| lioness | 7 | a female lion | - |
| liqueur | 16 | strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a meal | - |
| lighted | 12 | set afire or burning | the lighted candles |
| likable | 13 | (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings | - |
| liquefy | 22 | make (a solid substance) liquid, as by heating | liquefy the silver |
| liftoff | 16 | the initial ascent of a rocket from its launching pad | - |
| linkage | 12 | (genetics) traits that tend to be inherited together as a consequence of an association between their genes; all of the genes of a given chromosome are linked (where one goes they all go) | - |
| littler | 7 | small or little relative to something else | - |
| liturgy | 11 | a Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wine | - |
| livable | 12 | fit or suitable to live in or with | livable conditions |
| lilting | 8 | characterized by a buoyant rhythm | an easy lilting stride |
| lineman | 9 | a person who installs or repairs electrical or telephone lines | - |
| lingual | 8 | consisting of or related to language | lingual diversity |
| linseed | 8 | the seed of flax used as a source of oil | - |
| liftman | 12 | a man employed to operate an elevator | in England they call an elevator man a liftman |
| linemen | 9 | the football players who line up on the line of scrimmage | - |
| limiter | 9 | (electronics) a nonlinear electronic circuit whose output is limited in amplitude; used to limit the instantaneous amplitude of a waveform (to clip off the peaks of a waveform) | a limiter introduces amplitude distortion |
| ligated | 9 | - | - |
| lionize | 16 | assign great social importance to | The tenor was lionized in Vienna |
| lidless | 8 | always watchful | to an eye like mine, a lidless watcher of the public weal |
| lissome | 9 | gracefully thin and bending and moving with ease | - |
| liaised | 8 | - | - |
| liaises | 7 | - | - |
| lianoid | 8 | - | - |
| liassic | 9 | - | - |
| liatris | 7 | genus of perennial North American herbs with aromatic usually cormous roots | - |
| libated | 10 | - | - |
| libates | 9 | - | - |
| libbard | 12 | - | - |
| libbers | 11 | - | - |
| libbing | 12 | - | - |
| libeled | 10 | - | - |
| libelee | 9 | - | - |
| libeler | 9 | one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel | - |
| liberos | 9 | - | - |
| libidos | 10 | - | - |
| libkens | 13 | - | - |
| liblabs | 11 | - | - |
| librate | 9 | determine the weight of | - |
| licente | 9 | - | - |
| lichees | 12 | - | - |
| lichens | 12 | - | - |
| lichted | 13 | - | - |
| lichter | 12 | - | - |
| lichtly | 15 | - | - |
| lichway | 18 | - | - |
| licitly | 12 | in a manner acceptable to common custom | - |
| lickers | 13 | - | - |
| lictors | 9 | - | - |
| lidding | 10 | - | - |
| lidgers | 9 | - | - |
| liefest | 10 | - | - |
| liegers | 8 | - | - |
| lienees | 7 | - | - |
| lienors | 7 | - | - |
| liernes | 7 | - | - |
| lievest | 10 | - | - |
| lifeful | 13 | - | - |
| lifeway | 16 | - | - |
| liftboy | 15 | - | - |
| lifters | 10 | - | - |
| liftmen | 12 | - | - |
| ligands | 9 | - | - |
| ligases | 8 | - | - |
| ligates | 8 | - | - |
| liggers | 9 | - | - |
| ligging | 10 | - | - |
| lignage | 9 | - | - |
| lignans | 8 | - | - |
| lignify | 14 | convert into wood or cause to become woody | - |
| lignins | 8 | - | - |
| lignite | 8 | intermediate between peat and bituminous coal | - |
| lignose | 8 | - | - |
| lignums | 10 | - | - |
| ligroin | 8 | - | - |
| ligulae | 8 | - | - |
| ligular | 8 | - | - |
| ligulas | 8 | - | - |
| ligules | 8 | - | - |
| ligures | 8 | - | - |
| likably | 16 | - | - |
| likened | 12 | - | - |
| likings | 12 | - | - |
| lilling | 8 | - | - |
| limacel | 11 | - | - |
| limaces | 11 | - | - |
| limacon | 11 | - | - |
| limails | 9 | - | - |
| limbate | 11 | - | - |
| limbeck | 17 | - | - |
| limbecs | 13 | - | - |
| limbers | 11 | a channel or gutter on either side of a ship's keelson; carries bilge water into the pump well | - |
| limbier | 11 | - | - |
| limbing | 12 | - | - |
| limboed | 12 | - | - |
| limboes | 11 | - | - |
| limbous | 11 | - | - |
| limeade | 10 | sweetened beverage of lime juice and water | - |
| limelit | 9 | - | - |
| limepit | 11 | - | - |
| limiest | 9 | - | - |
| liminal | 9 | - | - |
| limings | 10 | - | - |
| limites | 9 | - | - |
| limmers | 11 | - | - |
| limners | 9 | - | - |
| limning | 10 | a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects | - |
| limoses | 9 | - | - |
| limosis | 9 | - | - |
| limpers | 11 | - | - |
| limpest | 11 | - | - |
| limpets | 11 | - | - |
| limpkin | 15 | wading bird of Florida, Cuba and Jamaica having a drooping bill and a distinctive wailing call | - |
| limpsey | 14 | - | - |
| limulus | 9 | type genus of the family Limulidae | - |
| linable | 9 | - | - |
| linages | 8 | - | - |
| linalol | 7 | - | - |
| linches | 12 | - | - |
| linchet | 12 | - | - |
| linctus | 9 | - | - |
| lindane | 8 | a white crystalline powder used as an agricultural insecticide | - |
| lindens | 8 | - | - |
| lindied | 9 | - | - |
| lindies | 8 | - | - |
| lineate | 7 | - | - |
| linecut | 9 | a print obtained from a line drawing | - |
| lineups | 9 | - | - |
| lingams | 10 | - | - |
| lingcod | 11 | food fish of the northern Pacific related to greenlings | - |
| lingels | 8 | - | - |
| lingers | 8 | - | - |
| lingier | 8 | - | - |
| lingles | 8 | - | - |
| lingoes | 8 | - | - |
| lingots | 8 | - | - |
| linguae | 8 | - | - |
| linguas | 8 | - | - |
| lingula | 8 | - | - |
| linhays | 13 | - | - |
| liniest | 7 | - | - |
| linings | 8 | - | - |
| linkboy | 16 | (formerly) an attendant hired to carry a torch for pedestrians in dark streets | - |
| linkers | 11 | - | - |
| linkier | 11 | - | - |
| linking | 12 | - | - |
| linkman | 13 | (formerly) an attendant hired to carry a torch for pedestrians in dark streets | - |
| linkmen | 13 | - | - |
| linkrot | 11 | - | - |
| linkups | 13 | - | - |
| linnets | 7 | - | - |
| linneys | 10 | - | - |
| linnies | 7 | - | - |
| linning | 8 | - | - |
| linocut | 9 | a design carved in relief into a block of linoleum | - |
| linsang | 8 | - | - |
| linseys | 10 | - | - |
| lintels | 7 | - | - |
| linters | 7 | - | - |
| lintier | 7 | - | - |
| linties | 7 | - | - |
| linting | 8 | - | - |
| lintols | 7 | - | - |
| linuron | 7 | a herbicide that kills weeds without harming vegetables | - |
| linuxes | 14 | - | - |
| lioncel | 9 | - | - |
| lionels | 7 | - | - |
| lionets | 7 | - | - |
| lionise | 7 | assign great social importance to | - |
| lionism | 9 | - | - |
| lipases | 9 | - | - |
| lipemia | 11 | presence of excess lipids in the blood | - |
| lipides | 10 | - | - |
| lipidic | 12 | - | - |
| lipless | 9 | without a lip or lips | - |
| liplike | 13 | having lips or parts that resemble lips | - |
| lipoids | 10 | - | - |
| lipomas | 11 | - | - |
| lippens | 11 | - | - |
| lippers | 11 | - | - |
| lippier | 11 | - | - |
| lippies | 11 | - | - |
| lipping | 12 | - | - |
| lipread | 10 | interpret by lipreading; of deaf people | - |
| lipuria | 9 | - | - |
| liquate | 16 | - | - |
| liquids | 17 | - | - |
| liquidy | 20 | - | - |
| liquify | 22 | make (a solid substance) liquid, as by heating | - |
| liquors | 16 | - | - |
| liriope | 9 | sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae: lilyturf | - |
| lirking | 12 | - | - |
| lisente | 7 | - | - |
| lispers | 9 | - | - |
| lisping | 10 | - | - |
| lispund | 10 | - | - |
| listbox | 16 | - | - |
| listees | 7 | - | - |
| listels | 7 | - | - |
| listens | 7 | - | - |
| listers | 7 | - | - |
| listeth | 10 | - | - |
| listful | 10 | - | - |
| litchis | 12 | - | - |
| lithate | 10 | - | - |
| lithely | 13 | - | - |
| lithest | 10 | - | - |
| lithias | 10 | - | - |
| lithify | 16 | - | - |
| lithing | 11 | - | - |
| lithite | 10 | - | - |
| lithoed | 11 | - | - |
| lithoes | 10 | - | - |
| lithoid | 11 | - | - |
| lithops | 12 | any plant of the genus Lithops native to Africa having solitary yellow or white flowers and thick leaves that resemble stones | - |
| litoral | 7 | the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean | - |
| litotes | 7 | understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary) | saying `I was not a little upset' when you mean `I was very upset' is an example of litotes |
| litotic | 9 | - | - |
| litters | 7 | - | - |
| littery | 10 | - | - |
| littles | 7 | - | - |
| littlie | 7 | - | - |
| littlin | 7 | - | - |
| livedos | 11 | - | - |
| livelod | 11 | - | - |
| livened | 11 | - | - |
| livener | 10 | - | - |
| livered | 11 | - | - |
| liveyer | 13 | - | - |
| livider | 11 | - | - |
| lividly | 14 | in a livid manner | - |
| liviers | 10 | - | - |
| livings | 11 | - | - |
| livyers | 13 | - | - |
| lixivia | 17 | - | - |
| lizards | 17 | - | - |
| lizzies | 25 | - | - |
