6-letter words containing l, e, a
- balche — (among the Yucatec Maya) a drink made from the bark of a leguminous tree, Lonchocarpus violaceus, which is soaked in honey and water and fermented.
- balded — having little or no hair on the scalp: a bald head; a bald person.
- balder — a god, son of Odin and Frigg, noted for his beauty and sweet nature. He was killed by a bough of mistletoe thrown by the blind god Höd, misled by the malicious Loki
- baldie — a bald person (sometimes used as a facetious term of address).
- baleen — whalebone
- balers — Plural form of baler.
- balewa — Sir Abubakar Tafawa [ah-boo-bah-kahr tah-fah-wah,, ah-boo-bah-kahr] /ˌɑ buˈbɑ kɑr tɑˈfɑ wɑ,, ɑˈbu bɑˌkɑr/ (Show IPA), 1912–66, Nigerian statesman: prime minister 1957–66.
- balise — an electronic beacon used on a railway
- balked — to stop, as at an obstacle, and refuse to proceed or to do something specified (usually followed by at): He balked at making the speech.
- balker — One who, or that which balks.
- balled — a round or roundish body, of various sizes and materials, either hollow or solid, for use in games, as baseball, football, tennis, or golf.
- baller — a ball-game player, esp in basketball
- ballet — Ballet is a type of very skilled and artistic dancing with carefully planned movements.
- balmer — Johann Jakob. 1825–98, Swiss mathematician; discovered a formula giving the wavelengths of a series of lines in the hydrogen spectrum (the Balmer series)
- balter — (intransitive) To tumble; dance clumsily.
- bangle — A bangle is a decorated metal or wooden ring that you can wear round your wrist or ankle.
- barbel — any of several slender tactile spines or bristles that hang from the jaws of certain fishes, such as the catfish and carp
- barble — Obsolete form of barbel.
- barely — You use barely to say that something is only just true or only just the case.
- barley — Barley is a grain that is used to make food, beer, and whisky.
- barrel — A barrel is a large, round container for liquids or food.
- basely — morally low; without estimable personal qualities; dishonorable; meanspirited; selfish; cowardly.
- bastle — a fortified farmhouse built near to the Scottish–English border, particularly during the 16th and 17th centuries
- batler — a flat piece of wood once used for beating clothes during washing or to smooth them when dry
- batley — a town in N England, in Kirklees unitary authority, West Yorkshire. Pop: 49 448 (2001)
- battel — fertile; nourishing
- battle — A battle is a violent fight between groups of people, especially one between military forces during a war.
- bauble — A bauble is a small, cheap ornament or piece of jewellery.
- bawble — Misspelling of bauble.
- bawled — Simple past tense and past participle of bawl.
- bawler — to cry or wail lustily.
- bawley — a small fishing boat used off the coast of Essex and Kent
- beable — (physics) Anything that could possibly be.
- beadle — (formerly, in the Church of England) a minor parish official who acted as an usher and kept order
- beagle — A beagle is a short-haired black and brown dog with long ears and short legs. It is kept as a pet or sometimes used for hunting.
- bearly — Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of bears; ursine.
- becall — to use insulting words about someone
- becalm — to calm down
- bedeal — (transitive, obsolete) To deprive (of).
- bedlam — Bedlam means a great deal of noise and disorder. People often say 'It was bedlam' to mean 'There was bedlam'.
- bedral — a minor official in the Scottish Episcopal Church, similar but not identical to the English beadle
- befall — If something bad or unlucky befalls you, it happens to you.
- beflag — to decorate with flags
- beflea — to infest with fleas
- begall — to make sore by rubbing
- beglad — to make glad
- behalf — interest, part, benefit, or respect (only in the phrases on (someone's) behalf, on or US and Canadian in behalf of, in this (or that) behalf)
- belace — to decorate with lace
- belady — to call (someone) a lady
- belamy — a close friend