6-letter words containing a, l, d, e
- calced — wearing shoes
- calder — Alexander. 1898–1976, US sculptor, who originated mobiles and stabiles (moving or static abstract sculptures, generally suspended from wire)
- calked — Simple past tense and past participle of calk.
- called — having the name
- calmed — Simple past tense and past participle of calm.
- calved — Simple past tense and past participle of calve.
- candle — A candle is a stick of hard wax with a piece of string called a wick through the middle. You light the wick in order to give a steady flame that provides light.
- caudle — a hot spiced wine drink made with gruel, formerly used medicinally
- cedula — a form of identification, usually a card, in Spanish-speaking countries
- cendal — a silk fabric in use during the Middle Ages.
- clades — Plural form of clade.
- claude — Albert. 1898–1983, US cell biologist, born in Belgium: shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1974) for work on microsomes and mitochondria
- clawed — having claws (sometimes used in combination): sharp-clawed.
- clayed — a natural earthy material that is plastic when wet, consisting essentially of hydrated silicates of aluminum: used for making bricks, pottery, etc.
- coaled — Simple past tense and past participle of coal.
- colead — to lead together
- cradle — A cradle is a baby's bed with high sides. Cradles often have curved bases so that they rock from side to side.
- credal — of a creed; creedal
- dabble — If you dabble in something, you take part in it but not very seriously.
- daddle — to walk unsteadily
- daedal — skilful or intricate
- daggle — to soil by trailing through water or mud
- daidle — to waddle about
- daleth — the fourth letter of the Hebrew alphabet (ד), transliterated as d or, when final, dh
- dalles — a stretch of a river between high rock walls, with rapids and dangerous currents
- damsel — A damsel is a young, unmarried woman.
- dandle — to move (a young child, etc) up and down (on the knee or in the arms)
- dangle — If something dangles from somewhere or if you dangle it somewhere, it hangs or swings loosely.
- daniel — a youth who was taken into the household of Nebuchadnezzar, received guidance and apocalyptic visions from God, and was given divine protection when thrown into the lions' den
- daplex — ["The Functional Data Model and the Data Language DAPLEX", D.W. Shipman, ACM Trans Database Sys, 6(1):140-173 (Mar 1981)].
- dapple — to mark or become marked with spots or patches of a different colour; mottle
- dargle — a wooded hollow
- darkle — to grow dark; darken
- darnel — any of several grasses of the genus Lolium, esp L. temulentum, that grow as weeds in grain fields in Europe and Asia
- dartle — to move swiftly and repeatedly
- dawdle — If you dawdle, you spend more time than is necessary going somewhere.
- dazzle — If someone or something dazzles you, you are extremely impressed by their skill, qualities, or beauty.
- deadly — If something is deadly, it is likely or able to cause someone's death, or has already caused someone's death.
- deafly — partially or wholly lacking or deprived of the sense of hearing; unable to hear.
- dealed — (nonstandard) Simple past tense and past participle of deal.
- dealer — A dealer is a person whose business involves buying and selling things.
- dealth — (obsolete) A share dealt out.
- dearly — If you love someone dearly, you love them very much.
- deasil — in the direction of the apparent course of the sun; clockwise
- decals — Plural form of decal.
- declaw — to remove the claws from (an animal or bird)
- deflea — to remove fleas from (an animal or bird)
- deland — Margaret (Margaretta Wade Campbell Deland) 1857–1945, U.S. novelist.
- delano — a city in S California.
- delany — Martin Robinson, 1812–85, U.S. physician, army officer, and political reformer: leader of the black nationalist movement.