8 letter word starting with lit

Words Parts of Speech Meaning/Definition/Similar Words
litanies plural of Litany
literacy noun State of being literate.
literary adjective Of or pertaining to letters or literature; pertaining to learning or learned men; as, literary fame; a literary history; literary conversation., Versed in, or acquainted with, literature; occupied with literature as a profession; connected with literature or with men of letters; as, a literary man.
literate adjective Instructed in learning, science, or literature; learned; lettered., One educated, but not having taken a university degree; especially, such a person who is prepared to take holy orders., A literary man.
literati noun pl. Learned or literary men. See Literatus., of Literatus
litharge noun Lead monoxide; a yellowish red substance, obtained as an amorphous powder, or crystallized in fine scales, by heating lead moderately in a current of air or by calcining lead nitrate or carbonate. It is used in making flint glass, in glazing earthenware, in making red lead minium, etc. Called also massicot.
litherly adjective Crafty; cunning; mischievous; wicked; treacherous; lazy.
lithoxyl noun Petrified wood.
litigant adjective Disposed to litigate; contending in law; engaged in a lawsuit; as, the parties litigant., A person engaged in a lawsuit.
litigate verb t. To make the subject of a lawsuit; to contest in law; to prosecute or defend by pleadings, exhibition of evidence, and judicial debate in a court; as, to litigate a cause., To carry on a suit by judicial process.
littered imp. & past participle of Litter
littoral adjective Of or pertaining to a shore, as of the sea., Inhabiting the seashore, esp. the zone between high-water and low-water mark.
littress noun A smooth kind of cartridge paper used for making cards.
liturate adjective Having indistinct spots, paler at their margins., Spotted, as if from abrasions of the surface.
liturgic Alt. of Liturgical