8 Letter Words for Ligature
alurgite, ligature
7 Letter Words for Ligature
gaulter, guarite, laurite, litarge, rituale, tegular, teguria, tragule, uralite
6 Letter Words for Ligature
agiler, aguilt, aiglet, aigret, airgel, aliter, alture, arguli, argute, arigue, augite, aurite, gaiter, gaurie, gelati, glaire, gluier, glutei, graile, guiler, guitar, gurlet, larget, lauter, legati, ligate, ligure, lirate, raglet, ragule, regula, reguli, retail, retial, riglet, ritual, rugate, rutile, taigle, tailer, tailge, tairge, tegula, tergal, tirage, triage, trigae, tuareg, tugela, tulare, uglier, uretal
5 Letter Words for Ligature
aegir, agile, aglet, aguti, aiger, alert, aleut, aliet, alite, alter, alure, argel, argil, argle, argue, ariel, arite, artel, atule, auger, auget, aurei, autre, ergal, galet, galut, garle, gater, gault, gaure, gauri, geira, gilet, glair, glare, glaur, gleir, gleit, gluer, glute, grail, grate, great, greit, greta, gruel, gteau, guile, guilt, gular, gurle, irate, irula, laeti, lager, large, later, laure, legit, legua, liart, lieut, liger, liter, litra, luger, lurgi, lutea, luter, lutra, raile, ratel, rauli, regal, regia, relig, retag, retal, retia, rigel, rugae, rugal, tagel, taler, targe, tarie, tegua, telar, telia, terai, terga, tiger, tiler, tragi, trail, trial, triga, tugra, ugali, ultra, uraei, urali, urate, ureal, urial, uriel, urite, uteri, utile
4 Letter Words for Ligature
ager, aget, agit, aglu, ague, aiel, aile, aire, airt, aitu, areg, aret, aril, arle, arte, arui, atle, atli, auge, aute, earl, egal, eila, eira, eral, erat, eria, etua, etui, gael, gaet, gail, gair, gait, gale, gali, galt, gare, gari, gart, gate, gaul, gaur, gaut, geal, gear, geat, geir, geit, geta, gila, gile, gilt, gire, girl, girt, gite, glar, glei, glia, glit, glue, glut, grat, gret, grit, grue, guar, gula, gule, gult, gurl, gurt, iare, iglu, ilea, ital, itel, iter, iure, laer, laet, lair, lait, lare, lari, late, lati, laur, lear, leat, leir, liar, lier, lieu, lige, lira, lire, lite, litu, luge, luit, lura, lure, lurg, lute, rage, ragi, rail, rait, rale, rate, ratu, real, regt, reit, rial, riel, riga, rile, rita, rite, ruga, rule, ruta, tael, taig, tail, tale, tali, tare, tari, taur, teal, tear, tega, tegu, teil, tela, teli, tera, tiar, tier, tige, tile, tire, tirl, trag, trie, trig, true, trug, tula, tule, ugli, ulta, ural, urea, urge, uria, utai, util
3 Letter Words for Ligature
aer, age, agr, agt, ail, air, ait, ale, alg, alt, are, arg, art, aru, ate, aug, aul, ear, eat, eau, eir, ela, eli, elt, era, erg, ert, eta, gal, gar, gat, gau, gel, ger, get, gie, git, glt, gra, gte, gue, gui, gul, gur, gut, ile, ira, ire, ita, lag, lai, lar, lat, lea, leg, lei, ler, let, leu, lie, lig, lir, lit, ltr, lue, lug, lur, lut, rag, rai, rat, rea, reg, rei, rel, ria, rie, rig, rit, rle, rte, rti, rue, rug, rut, tag, tai, tal, tar, tau, tea, teg, tel, ter, tie, tig, til, tiu, tlr, tra, tri, tua, tue, tug, tui, tur, ugt, uit, ula, ule, ult, ura, ure, uta, ute, uti
Definitions for Ligature
[1] the act of binding or tying up: The ligature of the artery was done with skill.
[2] anything that serves for binding or tying up, as a band, bandage, or cord.
[3] a tie or bond: the ligature of mutual need that bound them together.
[4] Printing , Orthography . a stroke or bar connecting two letters.
[5] Printing . a character or type combining two or more letters, as fl and ƕ.
[6] Music . slur. a group of notes connected by a slur. a metal band for securing the reed of a clarinet or saxophone to the mouthpiece.
[7] Surgery . a thread or wire for constriction of blood vessels or for removing tumors by strangulation.
[8] to bind with a ligature; tie up; ligate.
[9] the act of binding or tying up
[10] something used to bind
[11] a link, bond, or tie
[12] surgery a thread or wire for tying around a vessel, duct, etc, as for constricting the flow of blood to a part
[13] printing a character of two or more joined letters, such as, fl, ffi, ffl
[14] music a slur or the group of notes connected by it (in plainsong notation) a symbol indicating two or more notes grouped together
[15] (tr) to bind with a ligature; ligate
Words related to Ligature
nexus, binding, bandage, rope, band, connection, yoke, knot, tie, bond, ligament
Words nearby Ligature
ligan, ligand, ligase, ligate, ligation, ligature, ligeance, liger, ligeti, light, light a fire under
Origin of Ligature
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English word from Late Latin word ligātūra. See ligate, -ure
Other words from Ligature
un·lig·a·tured , adjective
Word origin for Ligature
C14: from Late Latin ligātūra, ultimately from Latin ligāre to bind
Synonyms for Ligature
band, bandage, binding, bond, connection, knot, ligament, nexus, rope, tie, yoke
