6-letter words containing a, l
- impale — to fasten, stick, or fix upon a sharpened stake or the like.
- imparl — to confer with the opposing party in a lawsuit with a view to settling the dispute amicably, out of court.
- imphal — a state in NE India between Assam and Burma. 8620 sq. mi. (22,326 sq. km). Capital: Imphal.
- in all — the whole of (used in referring to quantity, extent, or duration): all the cake; all the way; all year.
- in alt — in the octave directly above the treble staff
- in-law — a relative by marriage.
- inable — (obsolete, now nonstandard) Unable, not able.
- incall — A visit by a client to a prostitute.
- infall — The falling of small objects or other matter onto or into a larger body.
- infula — one of the two embroidered lappets of the miter of a bishop.
- inhale — to breathe in; draw in by breathing: to inhale the polluted air.
- inhaul — any of various lines for hauling a sail, spar, etc., inward or inboard in order to stow it after use.
- inlace — enlace.
- inlaid — set into the surface of something: an inlaid design on a chest.
- inland — pertaining to or situated in the interior part of a country or region: inland cities.
- inlaut — medial position in a word, especially as a conditioning environment in sound change.
- inlaws — Plural form of inlaw.
- inlays — Plural form of inlay.
- inlead — (transitive, mechanical, and, electrical) To lead into; conduct.
- instal — to place in position or connect for service or use: to install a heating system; to install software on a computer.
- insula — a group of convolutions situated at the base of the lateral fissure of the brain.
- intail — Archaic form of entail.
- inwale — (in an open boat) a horizontal timber binding together the frames along the top strake.
- inwall — to enclose with a wall.
- inyala — an antelope, Tragelaphus angasii, that is native to South Africa
- iridal — (rare) Pertaining to a rainbow.
- irreal — unreal.
- isabel — a female given name.
- island — a tract of land completely surrounded by water, and not large enough to be called a continent.
- ismael — Ishmael (def 1).
- isolda — a female given name, form of Iseult.
- israel — a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- italia — Italian name of Italy.
- italic — designating or pertaining to a style of printing types in which the letters usually slope to the right, patterned upon a compact manuscript hand, and used for emphasis, to separate different kinds of information, etc.: These words are in italic type.
- italo- — indicating Italy or Italian
- izabal — Lake, a lake in E Guatemala: the largest in the country. About 450 sq. mi. (1165 sq. km).
- izalco — an active volcano in W El Salvador. 6070 feet (1850 meters).
- jabble — to splash or agitate (a liquid)
- jacals — Plural form of jacal.
- jackal — any of several nocturnal wild dogs of the genus Canis, especially C. aureus, of Asia and Africa, that scavenge or hunt in packs.
- jacmel — a seaport in S Haiti.
- jaffle — A toasted sandwich.
- jailed — Simple past tense and past participle of jail.
- jailer — a person who is in charge of a jail or section of a jail.
- jailor — a person who is in charge of a jail or section of a jail.
- jalapa — a state in E Mexico, on the Gulf of Mexico. 27,759 sq. mi. (71,895 sq. km). Capital: Jalapa.
- jalebi — A sweet popular in the Indian subcontinent, made by deep-frying a maida flour batter and soaking it in sugar syrup.
- jalopy — an old, decrepit, or unpretentious automobile.
- jambul — An evergreen tropical tree, Syzygium cumini.
- jamila — a female given name: from a Swahili word meaning “beautiful.”.