6-letter words containing i, n, e, l
- legion — a division of the Roman army, usually comprising 3000 to 6000 soldiers.
- leglin — a milk pail
- leiden — a city in W Netherlands.
- lenify — (transitive) To assuage or mitigate; to soften.
- lenite — to undergo lenition; be pronounced with weakened articulation, as when the consonant sound p changes to b, b to v, or v to w.
- lenity — the quality or state of being mild or gentle, as toward others.
- lenoir — Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- lentic — pertaining to or living in still water.
- lentil — a plant, Lens culinaris, of the legume family, having flattened, biconvex seeds used as food.
- leonid — any of a shower of meteors occurring around November 15 and appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Leo.
- leptin — a hormone that is thought to suppress appetite and speed up metabolism.
- lesion — an injury; hurt; wound.
- let in — to allow or permit: to let him escape.
- leucin — Dated form of leucine.
- levine — Jack, 1915–2010, U.S. painter.
- levins — Plural form of levin.
- lianes — any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- libken — a lodging or house
- lichen — any complex organism of the group Lichenes, composed of a fungus in symbiotic union with an alga and having a greenish, gray, yellow, brown, or blackish thallus that grows in leaflike, crustlike, or branching forms on rocks, trees, etc.
- lie in — the manner, relative position, or direction in which something lies: the lie of the patio, facing the water. Synonyms: place, location, site.
- lie-in — an act or instance of staying in bed longer than usual, especially in the morning.
- lieing — Misspelling of lying.
- lienal — the spleen.
- lienee — (legal) One who has right of possession of goods but not right of property; the registered owner.
- lienor — (legal) A lienholder.
- lierne — an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- likens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of liken.
- limned — to represent in drawing or painting.
- limner — a person who paints or draws.
- linage — the number of printed lines, especially agate lines covered by a magazine article, newspaper advertisement, etc.
- linden — a city in NE New Jersey, near Newark.
- 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.
- linens — Plural form of linen.
- lineny — similar to or resembling linen
- liners — Plural form of liner.
- lineup — a particular order or disposition of persons or things as arranged or drawn up for action, inspection, 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.
- linier — full of or marked with lines.
- linked — (of a gene) exhibiting linkage.
- linker — one of the rings or separate pieces of which a chain is composed.
- linnet — a small Old World finch, Carduelis cannabina.
- linney — a lean-to shed
- linnhe — Loch, Loch Linnhe.
- linsey — linsey-woolsey.
- linted — having or containing lint