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Showing words for LIGATURE using the English dictionary

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