6-letter words containing i, l
- insoul — ensoul.
- instal — to place in position or connect for service or use: to install a heating system; to install software on a computer.
- instil — instill.
- insula — a group of convolutions situated at the base of the lateral fissure of the brain.
- insull — Samuel, 1859–1938, U.S. public utilities magnate, born in England.
- insult — to treat or speak to insolently or with contemptuous rudeness; affront.
- intail — Archaic form of entail.
- inulin — a polysaccharide, (C 6 H 10 O 5) n , obtained from the roots of certain plants, especially elecampane, dahlia, and Jerusalem artichoke, that undergoes hydrolysis to the dextrorotatory form of fructose: used chiefly as an ingredient in diabetic bread, in processed foods to increase their fiber content, and as a reagent in diagnosing kidney function.
- inveil — (transitive) To cover with a veil.
- invile — (obsolete, transitive) To render vile.
- inwale — (in an open boat) a horizontal timber binding together the frames along the top strake.
- inwall — to enclose with a wall.
- inyala — an antelope, Tragelaphus angasii, that is native to South Africa
- iolite — cordierite.
- ireful — full of intense anger; wrathful.
- iridal — (rare) Pertaining to a rainbow.
- irreal — unreal.
- isabel — a female given name.
- iseult — Also, Yseult. German Isolde. Arthurian Romance. the daughter of a king of Ireland who became the wife of King Mark of Cornwall: she was the beloved of Tristram. daughter of the king of Brittany, and wife of Tristram.
- island — a tract of land completely surrounded by water, and not large enough to be called a continent.
- islets — Plural form of islet.
- isling — a small island.
- islisp — International Standard Lisp. An object-oriented Lisp intended as an international replacement for Common Lisp, EuLisp, Le-Lisp and Scheme. The standard's goals are object orientation, extensibility, efficiency, and suitability for non-academic use. The standard is defined in ISO WG 16, draft Dec 1992.
- ismael — Ishmael (def 1).
- isohel — a line on a weather map connecting points that receive equal amounts of sunshine.
- isolda — a female given name, form of Iseult.
- isolde — German name of Iseult.
- isolex — an isogloss marking off the area in which a particular item of vocabulary is found
- isolog — one of two or more isologous compounds.
- israel — a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- italia — Italian name of Italy.
- italic — designating or pertaining to a style of printing types in which the letters usually slope to the right, patterned upon a compact manuscript hand, and used for emphasis, to separate different kinds of information, etc.: These words are in italic type.
- italo- — indicating Italy or Italian
- itself — Used as the object of a verb or preposition to refer to a thing or animal previously mentioned as the subject of the clause.
- izabal — Lake, a lake in E Guatemala: the largest in the country. About 450 sq. mi. (1165 sq. km).
- izalco — an active volcano in W El Salvador. 6070 feet (1850 meters).
- jailed — Simple past tense and past participle of jail.
- jailer — a person who is in charge of a jail or section of a jail.
- jailor — a person who is in charge of a jail or section of a jail.
- jalebi — A sweet popular in the Indian subcontinent, made by deep-frying a maida flour batter and soaking it in sugar syrup.
- jamila — a female given name: from a Swahili word meaning “beautiful.”.
- jeelie — jelly or jam
- jezail — a long-barrelled Afghan musket
- jiggle — a jiggling movement.
- jiggly — tending to jiggle or marked by a jiggling movement.
- jilbab — a long robe covering the head worn by some Muslim women
- jilgie — Alternative spelling of gilgie.
- jillet — a giddy or flirtatious girl or young woman.
- jilolo — Halmahera.
- jilong — Chilung.