6-letter words containing i, l, o
- izalco — an active volcano in W El Salvador. 6070 feet (1850 meters).
- jailor — a person who is in charge of a jail or section of a jail.
- jilolo — Halmahera.
- jilong — Chilung.
- jokily — lacking in seriousness; frivolous: The editorial had an offensively jokey tone for such an important subject.
- joliet — Louis [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1645–1700, French-Canadian explorer, born in Quebec.
- joplin — Scott, 1868–1917, U.S. ragtime pianist and composer.
- jovial — endowed with or characterized by a hearty, joyous humor or a spirit of good-fellowship: a wonderfully jovial host.
- kaolin — a fine white clay used in the manufacture of porcelain.
- keloid — an abnormal proliferation of scar tissue, as on the site of a surgical incision.
- kilroy — a fictitious American male, created by American troops who left the inscription “Kilroy was here” on walls, property, etc., all over the world in the years during and after World War II.
- koelie — Lb South Africa alternative spelling of coolie.
- kolima — a river in the NE Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE to the Arctic Ocean. 1000 miles (1610 km) long.
- labio- — relating to or formed by the lips and (another organ or part)
- ladino — Also called Judeo-Spanish, Judezmo. a Romance language of Sephardic Jews, based on Old Spanish and written in the Hebrew script.
- lajoie — Napoleon ("Nap") 1875–1959, U.S. baseball player.
- lamoid — A member of the South American camelid family, a llama, alpaca, vicuna, or guanaco.
- lao zi — ?604–?531 bc, Chinese philosopher, traditionally regarded as the founder of Taoism and the author of the Tao-te Ching
- laogai — the system of forced-labor camps, prisons, etc., in China.
- laroid — belonging or relating to gulls or specifically the Larus genus of the gull family
- lashio — a town in N Burma (Myanmar), NE of Mandalay: the SW terminus of the Burma Road.
- latigo — a leather strap on the saddletree of a Western saddle used to tighten and secure the cinch.
- latino — of or relating to people of Latin-American descent: Latino business owners; Latino audiences; the Latino community; Latino immigrants.
- lation — (astrology, obsolete) Motion of a celestial object from one place to another; local motion.
- legion — a division of the Roman army, usually comprising 3000 to 6000 soldiers.
- leipoa — mallee fowl.
- leloir — Luis Federico [lwees fe-th e-ree-kaw] /lwis ˌfɛ ðɛˈri kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1906–1987, Argentine biochemist, born in France: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1970.
- lenoir — Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- leo ii — Saint, died a.d. 683, Sicilian ecclesiastic: pope 682–683.
- leo iv — Saint, died a.d. 855, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 847–855.
- leo ix — Saint (Bruno) 1002–54, German ecclesiastic: pope 1049–54.
- leo vi — pope a.d. 928.
- leo xi — (Alessandro de'Medici) 1535–1605, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1605.
- leonid — any of a shower of meteors occurring around November 15 and appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Leo.
- lesion — an injury; hurt; wound.
- li-sao — a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- liason — Misspelling of liaison.
- libero — The rearmost, roaming defensive player in volleyball or soccer.
- libido — Psychoanalysis. all of the instinctual energies and desires that are derived from the id.
- lictor — (in ancient Rome) one of a body of attendants on chief magistrates, who preceded them carrying the fasces and whose duties included executing the sentences of criminals.
- lie to — to be in a horizontal, recumbent, or prostrate position, as on a bed or the ground; recline. Antonyms: stand.
- lienor — (legal) A lienholder.
- limbos — Plural form of limbo.
- límnos — a Greek island in the NE Aegean. 186 sq. mi. (480 sq. km). Capital: Myrina.
- limous — thick, slimy or muddy
- lindon — a male given name.
- 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.
- lingol — LINguistics Oriented Language. Natural language processing.
- lingos — Plural form of lingo.
- lingot — A linget or ingot.