6-letter words containing i, l, a
- liaise — to form a liaison.
- lianas — Plural form of liana.
- lianes — any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- liards — Plural form of liard.
- liason — Misspelling of liaison.
- libant — touching lightly
- libate — to pour out (a liquid, esp wine) in honour of a deity
- libava — Russian name of Liepāja.
- libera — an ancient Italian goddess of wine, vineyards, and fertility and the wife of Liber, in later times identified with Persephone.
- liblab — of or relating to a coalition of liberal and labor groups, especially in politics
- librae — Plural form of libra.
- libral — (obsolete) Of a pound in weight.
- libran — a person born under the sign of Libra
- libyan — of or relating to Libya or its inhabitants.
- lidars — Plural form of lidar.
- lienal — the spleen.
- ligand — Biochemistry. a molecule, as an antibody, hormone, or drug, that binds to a receptor.
- ligans — lagan.
- 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).
- lignan — (organic chemistry) Any of a class of phenylpropanoid (propylbenzene) type of molecules found in essentially all plants, generally dimeric or higher order, and produced by secondary metabolic pathways branching off of aromatic amino acid biosynthesis, in some cases having associated antioxidant or estrogenic (phytoestrogenic) activities; having in common with lignin the phenylpropanoid monomers, where lignin is a random oxidative polymerization of the same.
- ligsam — Alternative form of ligan.
- ligula — Botany, Zoology. a tonguelike or strap-shaped part or organ.
- likasi — a city in the S Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- likuta — a paper money, aluminum coin, and monetary unit of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the 100th part of a zaire.
- lilacs — Plural form of lilac.
- lilyan — a female given name.
- limbal — (medical) Of or pertaining to the limbus.
- limina — threshold (def 4).
- linacs — Plural form of linac.
- linage — the number of printed lines, especially agate lines covered by a magazine article, newspaper advertisement, etc.
- lineal — being in the direct line, as a descendant or ancestor, or in a direct line, as descent or succession.
- linear — of, consisting of, or using lines: linear design.
- lingam — Sanskrit Grammar. the masculine gender.
- lingua — the tongue or a part like a tongue.
- linhay — a storage shed or other attachment to the back of a house.
- lipase — any of a class of enzymes that break down fats, produced by the liver, pancreas, and other digestive organs or by certain plants.
- lipoma — a benign tumor consisting of fat tissue.
- lisgar — Sir John Young, 1807–76, Canadian political leader: governor general 1869–72.
- lisp a — "LISP A: A LISP-like System for Incremental Computing", E.J. Sandewall, Proc SJCC 32 (1968).
- litany — a ceremonial or liturgical form of prayer consisting of a series of invocations or supplications with responses that are the same for a number in succession.
- litate — (botany) forked, with the points slightly curved outward.
- lithal — (informal, inorganic compound) lithium aluminium hydride;.
- lithia — Chemistry. lithium oxide.
- litvak — a Jew from Lithuania or a neighboring country or region.
- lizard — a promontory in SW Cornwall, in SW England: the southernmost point in England.
- loadie — loady.
- lochia — the liquid discharge from the uterus after childbirth.
- loggia — a gallery or arcade open to the air on at least one side.
- lolita — Language for the On-Line Investigation and Transformation of Abstractions