6-letter words containing i, l
- kigali — a republic in central Africa, E of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: formerly comprising the N part of the Belgian trust territory of Ruanda-Urundi; became independent 1962. 10,169 sq. mi. (26,338 sq. km). Capital: Kigali.
- kilerg — one thousand ergs
- kilims — Plural form of kilim.
- killas — Cornish clay slate
- killed — Cause the death of (a person, animal, or other living thing).
- killer — a person or thing that kills.
- kilmer — (Alfred) Joyce, 1886–1918, U.S. poet and journalist.
- kilned — Simple past tense and past participle of kiln.
- 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.
- kilted — wearing a kilt.
- kilter — good condition; order: The engine was out of kilter.
- kiltie — a person who wears a kilt, especially a member of a regiment in which the kilt is worn as part of the dress uniform.
- kindle — (of animals, especially rabbits) to bear (young); produce (offspring).
- kindly — having, showing, or proceeding from a benevolent disposition or spirit; kindhearted: kindly people.
- kingle — a type of hard sandstone
- kingly — stately or splendid, as resembling, suggesting, or befitting a king; regal: He strode into the room with a kingly air.
- kinkle — a little kink.
- kinkly — a little kink.
- kirtle — a woman's loose gown, worn in the Middle Ages.
- kislev — the third month of the Jewish calendar.
- kissel — A dessert made from fruit juice or purée, boiled with sugar and water and thickened with potato or cornstarch.
- kittel — a white robe used by Jews, especially Orthodox Jews, as a ceremonial garment for men and as a burial shroud for both sexes: worn during worship on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, by a bridegroom during the wedding ceremony, and by the leader of the Seder on Passover.
- kittle — to tickle with the fingers; agitate or stir, as with a spoon.
- kittul — a type of Asian palm, Caryota urens, from which jaggery sugar comes and which is used to make rope, etc
- kleist — (Bernd) Heinrich (Wilhelm) von [bernt hahyn-rikh vil-helm fuh n] /bɛrnt ˈhaɪn rɪx ˈvɪl hɛlm fən/ (Show IPA), 1777–1811, German poet, dramatist, and story writer.
- klippe — Numismatics. a square or lozenge-shaped coin.
- 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.
- kudlik — an Inuit soapstone seal-oil lamp
- kulfis — Plural form of kulfi.
- kulich — a sweetened, dome-shaped yeast bread, rich in butter and eggs and also containing raisins and topped with a sugar icing: traditionally made at Easter and served with paskha.
- kylies — Plural form of kylie.
- l sill — a sill for a building frame composed of a plate resting on the basement wall and a header or joist at the outer edge of the plate.
- l-line — one of a series of lines (L-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (L-radiation) caused by the transition of an electron to the L-shell.
- labial — of, relating to, or resembling a labium.
- labile — apt or likely to change.
- labio- — relating to or formed by the lips and (another organ or part)
- labium — a lip or liplike part.
- labrid — any of numerous fishes of the family Labridae, including the wrasses, the tautog, and the cunner, and characterized chiefly by well-developed teeth and, often, brilliant colors.
- lacier — Comparative form of lacy.
- lacily — in a lacy manner or pattern
- lacing — a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- lactic — of, relating to, or obtained from milk.
- lactin — (obsolete) lactose.
- laddie — a young lad; boy.
- ladied — (obsolete) ladylike; not rough; gentle.
- ladies — a woman who is refined, polite, and well-spoken: She may be poor and have little education, but she's a real lady.
- lading — the act of lading.
- ladino — Also called Judeo-Spanish, Judezmo. a Romance language of Sephardic Jews, based on Old Spanish and written in the Hebrew script.
- laelia — any of several epiphytic tropical American orchids of the genus Laelia, having fleshy leaves and showy flowers.