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8-letter words starting with EL

There are 66 8-letter words starting with EL in the standard word-game list. The most common are elevator, electric, election, elephant, elements, eligible.

Most common, with meanings

WordMeaningPoints
elevatorlifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft…11
electricusing or providing or producing or transmitting or operated by electricity12
electiona vote to select the winner of a position or political office10
elephantfive-toed pachyderm13
elementsviolent or severe weather (viewed as caused by the action of the four elements)10
eligiblequalified for or allowed or worthy of being chosen11
elevatedraised above the ground12
elegancea refined quality of gracefulness and good taste11
electronan elementary particle with negative charge10
eloquentexpressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively17
eleventhcoming next after the tenth and just before the twelfth in position14
electivesubject to popular election13
elaphinePertaining to, resembling, or characteristic of the red deer, Cervus elaphus.13
elastasea pancreatic enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of elastin8
elasticsA children's game in which players perform various jumping and trapping manoeuvres on long loops of elastic…10
elatedlyIn an elated manner12
elateridany of various widely distributed beetles9
elaterinAn extract from the juice of the fruit of Ecballium elaterium (the squirting cucumber), used as a purgative.8
elbowingjostling with the elbows14
eldritchsuggesting the operation of supernatural influences14
electretA solid dielectric having a quasi-permanent charge; usually a metallized film; used in electroacoustic and…10
electruman alloy of gold and silver12
elegancyA mock title.14
elenchicPertaining to an elench.15
elenchusA technique of argument associated with Socrates wherein the arguer asks the interlocutor to agree with a…13
elencticServing to refute, refutative, especially as part of a systematic interrogation; pertaining to rhetorical…12
elfishlyIn an elfish manner; mischievously.17
elicitedcalled forth from a latent or potential state by stimulation11
elicitorA person or thing that elicits10
elidibleCapable of being elided.11
eligiblyIn an eligible manner.14
elkhoundbreed of compact medium-sized dog with a heavy grey coat developed in Norway for hunting elk16
ellipsisomission or suppression of parts of words or sentences10
elliptic(of a leaf shape) in the form of an ellipse12
eloignerOne who eloigns.9
elongate(of a leaf shape) long and narrow9
eluviateTo cause eluviation.11
elvishlyIn an elvish manner.17
elytroidResembling a beetle's wingcase.12
elytrousRelating to the elytron.11

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