6-letter words containing e, l, i, g
- glaive — a sword or broadsword.
- glided — to move smoothly and continuously along, as if without effort or resistance, as a flying bird, a boat, or a skater.
- glider — a motorless, heavier-than-air aircraft for gliding from a higher to a lower level by the action of gravity or from a lower to a higher level by the action of air currents.
- glides — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of glide.
- gliere — Reinhold Moritzovich [rahyn-hawlt maw-ryi-tsuh-vyich] /ˈraɪn hɔlt ˈmɔ ryɪ tsə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1875–1956, Russian composer.
- gloire — glory
- glutei — any of several muscles of the buttocks, especially the gluteus maximus.
- goalie — a goalkeeper.
- goidel — a Celt who speaks a Goidelic language; Gael
- goldie — (UK, birdwatching) the golden eagle.
- goolie — (slang) testicle.
- gridle — To sing badly with the aim of soliciting donations out of sympathy.
- grille — cooked on a grill; broiled.
- grilse — a young Atlantic salmon as it returns from the sea to fresh water for the first time.
- guiler — a deceiver
- guiles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of guile.
- gweilo — (ethnic slur) A Caucasian person, in China (generally a man); a ‘foreign devil’.
- heling — Present participle of hele.
- higgle — to bargain, especially in a petty way; haggle.
- jiggle — a jiggling movement.
- jilgie — Alternative spelling of gilgie.
- jingle — to make clinking or tinkling sounds, as do coins, keys, or other light, resonant metal objects when coming into contact or being struck together repeatedly: The keys on his belt jingled as he walked.
- kilerg — one thousand ergs
- kingle — a type of hard sandstone
- leg it — run, hurry
- leggie — a leg break
- leggin — a covering for the leg, usually extending from the ankle to the knee but sometimes higher, worn by soldiers, riders, workers, etc. Compare chaps, gaiter, puttee.
- leging — Present participle of lege.
- legion — a division of the Roman army, usually comprising 3000 to 6000 soldiers.
- legist — an expert in law, especially ancient law.
- leglin — a milk pail
- leguia — Augusto Bernardino [ou-goos-taw ber-nahr-th ee-naw] /aʊˈgus tɔ ˌbɛr nɑrˈði nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1863–1932, president of Peru 1908–12, 1919–30.
- lehigh — a river in E Pennsylvania, flowing SW and SE into the Delaware River. 103 miles (165 km) long.
- liebig — Justus [yoo s-too s] /ˈyʊs tʊs/ (Show IPA), Baron von [fuh n] /fən/ (Show IPA), 1803–73, German chemist.
- lieges — Plural form of liege.
- lieing — Misspelling of lying.
- ligase — any of a class of enzymes that catalyze the joining of two molecules by formation of a covalent bond accompanied by the hydrolysis of ATP.
- ligate — to bind with or as if with a ligature; tie up (a bleeding artery or the like).
- ligers — Plural form of liger.
- ligeti — György Sándor [jawr-jee shahn-dawr,, dyawr-] /ˈdʒɔr dʒi ˈʃɑn dɔr,, ˈdyɔr-/ (Show IPA), 1923–2006, Austrian composer, born in Hungary.
- ligged — Simple past tense and past participle of lig.
- ligger — The horizontal timber of a scaffolding; a ledger.
- ligule — a thin, membranous outgrowth from the base of the blade of most grasses.
- ligure — a precious stone, probably the jacinth. Ex. 28:19.
- linage — the number of printed lines, especially agate lines covered by a magazine article, newspaper advertisement, etc.
- lingel — (obsolete) A shoemaker's thread.
- linger — to remain or stay on in a place longer than is usual or expected, as if from reluctance to leave: We lingered awhile after the party.
- linget — An ingot; a lingot.
- lingle — Alternative form of lingel.
- lingoe — a metal weight attached to the cords of a Jacquard harness, for lowering the warp threads after they have been raised and for keeping the harness cords taut.