6-letter words containing a, l
- hallam — Arthur Henry, 1811–35, English poet and essayist.
- hallan — a wall in a cottage that serves as a screen and keeps draughts coming in the door away from the fireplace
- hallel — a liturgical prayer consisting of all or part of Psalms 113–118, recited on Passover, Shavuoth, Sukkoth, Hanukkah, and Rosh Hodesh.
- haller — Albrecht von [German ahl-brekht fuh n] /German ˈɑl brɛxt fən/ (Show IPA), 1708–77, Swiss physiologist, botanist, and writer.
- halles — (formerly) the large, central, wholesale food market area of Paris, France.
- halley — Edmund or Edmond, 1656–1742, English astronomer.
- hallie — a female given name.
- halloa — A loud exclamation; a call to invite attention to something or to incite; a shout.
- halloo — Used to attract someone’s attention.
- hallos — Plural form of hallo.
- hallow — to make holy; sanctify; consecrate.
- hallux — the first or innermost digit of the foot of humans and other primates or of the hind foot of other mammals; great toe; big toe.
- halmat — Intermediate language used by HAL/S.
- haloed — Also called nimbus. a geometric shape, usually in the form of a disk, circle, ring, or rayed structure, traditionally representing a radiant light around or above the head of a divine or sacred personage, an ancient or medieval monarch, etc.
- haloes — Also called nimbus. a geometric shape, usually in the form of a disk, circle, ring, or rayed structure, traditionally representing a radiant light around or above the head of a divine or sacred personage, an ancient or medieval monarch, etc.
- haloid — Also, halogenoid [hal-uh-juh-noid, hey-luh-] /ˈhæl ə dʒəˌnɔɪd, ˈheɪ lə-/ (Show IPA). resembling or derived from a halogen.
- halons — Plural form of halon.
- halser — Alternative form of hawser.
- halsey — William Frederick ("Bull") 1882–1959, U.S. admiral.
- halted — Simple past tense and past participle of halt.
- halter — Archaic. lameness; a limp.
- halton — a unitary authority in NW England, in N Cheshire. Pop: 118 400 (2003 est). Area: 75 sq km (29 sq miles)
- halutz — a person who immigrates to Israel to establish or join a settlement for accomplishing tasks, as clearing the land or planting trees, that are necessary to future development of the country.
- halvah — a sweet, candylike confection of Turkish origin, consisting chiefly of ground sesame seeds and honey.
- halved — Simple past tense and past participle of halve.
- halver — A fisherman who places a net to catch fish in the retreating tide.
- halves — plural of half.
- hamals — Plural form of hamal.
- hamble — (obsolete, transitive) To mutilate; hamstring; cut away.
- hameln — a city in N central Germany, on the Weser River: scene of the legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin.
- hamill — Dorothy (Stuart) born 1956, U.S. figure skater.
- hamlet — (italics) a tragedy (first printed 1603) by Shakespeare.
- hamlin — Hannibal, 1809–91, U.S. political leader: vice president of the U.S. 1861–65.
- hamlyn — Baron Paul. 1926–2001, British businessman and publisher
- hammal — (in some Muslim countries) a porter.
- hamuli — Plural form of hamulus.
- handel — George Frideric [free-der-ik,, -drik] /ˈfri dər ɪk,, -drɪk/ (Show IPA), (Georg Friedrich Händel) 1685–1759, German composer in England after 1712.
- handle — a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
- handly — Of or pertaining to the hand; manual.
- hangul — the Korean alphabetic writing system, introduced in the 15th century, containing 14 consonants and 11 vowels.
- hansel — to give a handsel to.
- hantle — a sizeable amount
- haoles — Plural form of haole.
- haplo- — single or simple
- harald — 1937- ; king of Norway (1991- )
- hardly — only just; almost not; barely: We had hardly reached the lake when it started raining. hardly any; hardly ever.
- hareld — The long-tailed duck, or oldsquaw.
- harlan — John Marshall, 1833–1911, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1877–1911.
- harlem — a section of New York City, in the NE part of Manhattan.
- harley — Robert, 1st Earl of Oxford, 1661–1724, British statesman.