6-letter words containing e, l, a
- belate — to cause to be late
- belaud — to praise highly
- belaya — a river in S Russia, flowing generally NW from the Urals to the Kama River. 880 miles (1416 km) long.
- beldam — an old woman, esp an ugly or malicious one; hag
- beleap — to leap over
- belgae — an ancient Celtic people who in Roman times inhabited present-day Belgium and N France
- belial — a demon mentioned frequently in apocalyptic literature: identified in the Christian tradition with the devil or Satan
- bellay — Joachim du (ʒɔaʃɛ̃ dy). 1522–60, French poet, a member of the Pléiade
- beluga — a large white sturgeon, Acipenser (or Huso) huso, of the Black and Caspian Seas: a source of caviar and isinglass
- bemaul — to maul
- bengal — a former province of NE India, in the great deltas of the Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers: in 1947 divided into West Bengal (belonging to India) and East Bengal (Bangladesh)
- benzal — a transparent crystalline substance
- beslan — a town in the North Ossetian Republic in Russia: scene of a massacre in 2004 when Chechen extremists held a school hostage, leading to a siege in which 344 people were killed. Pop: 35 550 (2002)
- beulah — the land of Israel (Isaiah 62:4)
- bewail — If you bewail something, you express great sorrow about it.
- bladed — having a blade or blades (often used in combination): a single-bladed leaf.
- blader — a person who skates with in-line skates
- blague — pretentious but empty talk; nonsense
- blaine — James G(illespie)1830-93; U.S. statesman: secretary of state (1881, 1889-92)
- blaise — a male given name.
- blakey — Art, full name Arthur Blakey. (1919–90), US Black jazz drummer and leader of the Jazz Messengers band
- blamed — damned
- blamer — someone who blames
- blared — to emit a loud, raucous sound: The trumpets blared as the procession got under way.
- blated — bleat.
- blazer — A blazer is a kind of jacket which is often worn by members of a particular group, especially schoolchildren and members of a sports team.
- blazes — (intensifier)
- bleach — If you bleach something, you use a chemical to make it white or pale in colour.
- bleaks — a European freshwater fish, Alburnus alburnus, having scales with a silvery pigment that is used in the production of artificial pearls.
- bleary — If your eyes are bleary, they look dull or tired, as if you have not had enough sleep or have drunk too much alcohol.
- boatel — a waterside hotel catering for boating people
- boreal — of or relating to the north or the north wind
- branle — an old French country dance performed in a linked circle
- bullae — a seal attached to an official document, as a papal bull.
- byelaw — a standing rule governing the regulation of a corporation's or society's internal affairs.
- bylane — a side lane or alley off a road
- cabble — Metallurgy. to cut up (iron or steel bars) for fagoting.
- cabell — James Branch1879-1958; U.S. novelist
- cabled — Simple past tense and past participle of cable.
- cabler — a cable broadcasting company
- cables — Plural form of cable.
- cablet — a small cable, esp a cable-laid rope that has a circumference of less than 25 centimetres (ten inches)
- cackle — If someone cackles, they laugh in a loud unpleasant way, often at something bad that happens to someone else.
- caecal — cecum.
- caelum — a small faint constellation in the S hemisphere close to Eridanus
- caille — (in cookery) a quail
- cajole — If you cajole someone into doing something, you get them to do it after persuading them for some time.
- calced — wearing shoes
- calces — calx
- calder — Alexander. 1898–1976, US sculptor, who originated mobiles and stabiles (moving or static abstract sculptures, generally suspended from wire)