6-letter words containing a, t, l
- tabula — an ancient tablet for writing on
- tabuli — tabbouleh
- tackle — equipment, apparatus, or gear, especially for fishing: fishing tackle.
- tacpol — (language) A PL/I-like language used by the US Army for command and control.
- tahsil — an administrative division of a zila in certain states in India
- taigle — to entangle, impede, or delay
- tailed — coming from behind: a tail breeze.
- tailer — the limitation of an estate to a person and the person’s heirs or some particular class of such heirs.
- taille — French History. a tax that was levied by a king or seigneur on his subjects or on lands held under him and that became solely a royal tax in the 15th century from which the lords and later the clergy were exempt.
- tailor — a stroke of a bell indicating someone's death; knell.
- talara — a seaport in NW Peru.
- talbot — Charles, Duke of Shrewsbury, 1660–1718, British statesman: prime minister 1714.
- talcum — Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- talent — a special natural ability or aptitude: a talent for drawing.
- talien — Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- talion — lex talionis.
- talked — to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.
- talker — to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.
- talkie — talking picture.
- taller — having a relatively great height; of more than average stature: a tall woman; tall grass.
- tallet — a loft
- tallis — Thomas, c1505–85, English organist and composer, especially of church music.
- tallit — a shawllike garment of wool, silk, or the like, with fringes, or zizith, at the four corners, worn around the shoulders by Orthodox and Conservative (sometimes also Reform) Jews, as during the morning service.
- tallow — the fatty tissue or suet of animals.
- tallys — Thomas, c1505–85, English organist and composer, especially of church music.
- talmud — the collection of Jewish law and tradition consisting of the Mishnah and the Gemara and being either the edition produced in Palestine a.d. c400 or the larger, more important one produced in Babylonia a.d. c500.
- taluka — a hereditary estate.
- talwin — pentazocine
- tamale — a city in N Ghana.
- tamely — changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated: a tame bear.
- tangle — to bring together into a mass of confusedly interlaced or intertwisted threads, strands, or other like parts; snarl.
- tangly — full of tangles; snarled
- tapalo — a Latin American scarf or shawl, often patterned and brightly coloured
- taqlid — the acceptance of authority in religious matters.
- tarlac — a city on N central Luzon, in the N Philippines.
- tarnal — damned
- tarsal — of or relating to the tarsus of the foot.
- tartly — sharp to the taste; sour or acid: Tart apples are best for pie. Synonyms: astringent, acrid, piquant. Antonyms: sweet, sugary, bland, mellow.
- tassel — a pendent ornament consisting commonly of a bunch of threads, small cords, or other strands hanging from a roundish knob or head, used on clothing, in jewelry, on curtains, etc.
- tatler — a triweekly periodical (1709–11) written, edited, and published by Richard Steele with the collaboration of Joseph Addison.
- tattle — to let out secrets.
- tautly — tightly drawn; tense; not slack.
- taxila — an archaeological site near Rawalpindi, Pakistan: ruins of three successive cities on the same site, dating from about the 7th century b.c. to about the 7th century a.d.; Buddhist center.
- taylor — A(lan) J(ohn) P(ercivale) 1906–90, English historian.
- teagle — a hoist for moving goods within a warehouse
- teasel — any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads. Compare teasel family.
- teazel — to raise a nap on (cloth) with teasels; dress by means of teasels.
- teazle — to raise a nap on (cloth) with teasels; dress by means of teasels.
- tectal — of or relating to the tectum
- tegula — (in certain insects) a scalelike lobe at the base of the forewing.