6-letter words containing i, u, l
- inhaul — any of various lines for hauling a sail, spar, etc., inward or inboard in order to stow it after use.
- inlaut — medial position in a word, especially as a conditioning environment in sound change.
- insoul — ensoul.
- 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.
- 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.
- ireful — full of intense anger; wrathful.
- 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.
- jubile — the celebration of any of certain anniversaries, as the twenty-fifth (silver jubilee) fiftieth (golden jubilee) or sixtieth or seventy-fifth (diamond jubilee)
- julian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Julius Caesar.
- julies — a female given name, form of Julia.
- juliet — the heroine of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
- julius — (Giammaria Ciocchi del Monte; Giovanni Maria del Monte) 1487–1555, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1550–55.
- jungli — the inhabitants of the jungle
- kailua — a city on SE Oahu, in Hawaii.
- kalium — (obsolete) Potassium.
- kidult — adultescent.
- kittul — a type of Asian palm, Caryota urens, from which jaggery sugar comes and which is used to make rope, etc
- 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.
- labium — a lip or liplike part.
- lamium — any of several plants belonging to the genus Lamium, of the mint family, some species of which have whitish or variegated leaves and are cultivated as ornamentals or ground cover.
- latium — a country in ancient Italy, SE of Rome.
- lauric — of or derived from lauric acid.
- laurie — a female given name, form of Laura.
- laurin — (chemistry) A white crystalline substance extracted from the fruit of the bay (Laurus nobilis), and consisting of a complex mixture of glycerin ethers of several organic acids.
- lazuli — lapis lazuli.
- leguia — Augusto Bernardino [ou-goos-taw ber-nahr-th ee-naw] /aʊˈgus tɔ ˌbɛr nɑrˈði nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1863–1932, president of Peru 1908–12, 1919–30.
- leucin — Dated form of leucine.
- li xue — Li Hsüeh.
- lie up — to be in a horizontal, recumbent, or prostrate position, as on a bed or the ground; recline. Antonyms: stand.
- lieut. — Lieut. is a written abbreviation for lieutenant when it is a person's title.
- ligula — Botany, Zoology. a tonguelike or strap-shaped part or organ.
- ligule — a thin, membranous outgrowth from the base of the blade of most grasses.
- ligure — a precious stone, probably the jacinth. Ex. 28:19.
- likuta — a paper money, aluminum coin, and monetary unit of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the 100th part of a zaire.
- limbus — limbo1 .
- limous — thick, slimy or muddy
- lindum — a city in E central England, administrative centre of Lincolnshire: an important ecclesiastical and commercial centre in the Middle Ages; Roman ruins, a castle (founded by William the Conqueror) and a famous cathedral (begun in 1086). Pop: 85 963 (2001)
- lineup — a particular order or disposition of persons or things as arranged or drawn up for action, inspection, etc.
- lingua — the tongue or a part like a tongue.
- linkup — a contact or linkage established, as between military units or two spacecraft.
- liquid — composed of molecules that move freely among themselves but do not tend to separate like those of gases; neither gaseous nor solid.
- liquor — a distilled or spirituous beverage, as brandy or whiskey, as distinguished from a fermented beverage, as wine or beer.
- lit up — a simple past tense and past participle of light1 .
- litmus — a blue coloring matter obtained from certain lichens, especially Roccella tinctoria. In alkaline solution litmus turns blue, in acid solution, red: widely used as a chemical indicator.
- lituus — Geometry. a polar curve generated by the locus of a point moving so that the square of its radius vector varies inversely as the angle the radius vector makes with the polar axis. Equation: θr 2 = a.
- loculi — Biology. locule.