6-letter words containing d, e, l
- chield — a young man; fellow.
- childe — a young man of noble birth
- 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.
- cledge — (mining) The upper stratum of fuller's earth.
- cleoid — a claw-shaped dental instrument used to remove carious material from a cavity.
- cleped — to call; name (now chiefly in the past participle as ycleped or yclept).
- clerid — a beetle that preys on other insects
- clewed — Simple past tense and past participle of clew.
- cloned — Simple past tense and past participle of clone.
- closed — A closed group of people does not welcome new people or ideas from outside.
- cloyed — to weary by an excess of food, sweetness, pleasure, etc.; surfeit; satiate.
- cludge — (slang, UK dialectal) A toilet.
- coaled — Simple past tense and past participle of coal.
- coddle — To coddle someone means to treat them too kindly or protect them too much.
- coiled — Coiled means in the form of a series of loops.
- colden — Cadwallader, 1688–1776, Scottish physician, botanist, and public official in America, born in Ireland.
- colder — having a relatively low temperature; having little or no warmth: cold water; a cold day.
- coldie — a cold can or bottle of beer
- colead — to lead together
- colled — Simple past tense and past participle of coll.
- cooled — At a lower temperature.
- coulde — Obsolete spelling of could.
- cowled — wearing a cowl
- 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
- cuddle — If you cuddle someone, you put your arms round them and hold them close as a way of showing your affection.
- cudgel — A cudgel is a thick, short stick that is used as a weapon.
- culled — to choose; select; pick.
- curdle — If milk or eggs curdle or if you curdle them, they separate into different bits.
- curled — in a curved or spiral shape or position
- cycled — Simple past tense and past participle of cycle.
- 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