6-letter words containing a, l
- gelato — a rich ice cream, made with eggs and usually containing a relatively low percentage of butterfat.
- gelcap — a dose of medicine enclosed in a soluble case of gelatine
- genial — of or relating to the chin.
- genual — the knee.
- gerald — a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “spear” and “rule.”.
- gevalt — help
- ghazal — (in Middle Eastern and Indian literature and music) a lyric poem with a fixed number of verses and a repeated rhyme, typically on the theme of love, and normally set to music.
- gilead — a district of ancient Palestine, E of the Jordan River, in present N Jordan.
- gilgai — a small gully or ditch.
- gilgal — the name of several places in ancient Palestine, especially a site near Jericho where the Israelites encamped after crossing the Jordan. Josh. 4:19–24.
- gilman — Arthur, 1837–1909, U.S. educator.
- gilyak — Nivkh.
- gimbal — Sometimes, gimbal. a contrivance, consisting of a ring or base on an axis, that permits an object, as a ship's compass, mounted in or on it to tilt freely in any direction, in effect suspending the object so that it will remain horizontal even when its support is tipped.
- gimmal — any of various joints for transmitting motion between rotating parts, as in a timepiece.
- gingal — a large musket fired from a rest, often mounted on a carriage: formerly used in India, China, etc.
- glaber — Raoul [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), or Rudolphe [roo-dawlf] /ruˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), c990–c1050, French ecclesiastic and chronicler.
- glaces — ice placed in a drink to cool it.
- glacis — a gentle slope.
- glad's — gladiolus (def 1).
- gladen — Sword grass.
- glades — Plural form of glade.
- gladly — feeling joy or pleasure; delighted; pleased: glad about the good news; glad that you are here.
- gladys — Elizabeth, 1911–79, U.S. poet.
- glaire — to coat with glair.
- glairs — the white of an egg.
- glairy — of the nature of glair; viscous.
- glaive — a sword or broadsword.
- glamer — glamour.
- glammy — glamorous
- glamor — the quality of fascinating, alluring, or attracting, especially by a combination of charm and good looks.
- glance — to look quickly or briefly.
- glands — a sleeve within a stuffing box, fitted over a shaft or valve stem and tightened against compressible packing in such a way as to prevent leakage of fluid while allowing the shaft or stem to move; lantern ring.
- glared — Stare in an angry or fierce way.
- glares — Plural form of glare.
- glarus — a canton in E central Switzerland. 264 sq. mi. (684 sq. km).
- glaser — Donald A. 1926–2013, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1960.
- glasse — Obsolete spelling of glass.
- glassy — resembling glass, as in transparency or smoothness.
- glauce — the second bride of Jason, murdered on her wedding day by Medea, whom Jason had deserted
- glazed — having a surface covered with a glaze; lustrous; smooth; glassy.
- glazen — glazed
- glazer — Nathan, born 1923, U.S. sociologist.
- glazes — Plural form of glaze.
- gleams — Plural form of gleam.
- gleamy — gleaming.
- gleans — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of glean.
- glenda — a female given name.
- glinka — Mikhail Ivanovich [mi-kah-eel i-vah-nuh-vich;; Russian myi-khuh-yeel ee-vah-nuh-vyich] /mɪ kɑˈil ɪˈvɑ nə vɪtʃ;; Russian myɪ xʌˈyil iˈvɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1803–57, Russian composer.
- glioma — a tumor of the brain composed of neuroglia.
- gloats — Plural form of gloat.