6-letter words containing l, e, k
- folkie — folk singer.
- frakel — (obsolete) Fraked.
- geekly — (rare) Concerning or typical of geeks.
- hackle — one of the long, slender feathers on the neck or saddle of certain birds, as the domestic rooster, much used in making artificial flies for anglers.
- heckle — to harass (a public speaker, performer, etc.) with impertinent questions, gibes, or the like; badger.
- hockle — (of a rope) to have the yarns spread and kinked through twisting in use.
- huckle — the hip or haunch.
- hulked — Simple past tense and past participle of hulk.
- hurkle — (intransitive) to draw in the parts of the body, especially with pain or cold.
- ilkley — a town in N England, in Bradford unitary authority, West Yorkshire: nearby is Ilkley Moor (to the south). Pop: 13 472 (2001)
- inkles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inkle.
- jekyll — Gertrude. 1843–1932, British landscape gardener: noted for her simplicity of design and use of indigenous plants
- k-line — one of a series of lines (K-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (K-radiation) produced by the transition of an electron to the K-shell.
- kabyle — a member of a branch of the Berber people dwelling in NE Algeria.
- kaleva — a hero and progenitor of heroes in Finnish and Estonian folk epics.
- kapell — William, 1922–53, U.S. pianist.
- kassel — a city in central Germany.
- kayles — (uncountable, only as plural, obsolete, or, dialect) The game of skittles or ninepins, or the set of pins used in the game.
- kebele — a small administrative unit in Ethiopia
- keblah — kiblah.
- keeled — Nautical. a central fore-and-aft structural member in the bottom of a hull, extending from the stem to the sternpost and having the floors or frames attached to it, usually at right angles: sometimes projecting from the bottom of the hull to provide stability.
- keeler — William H ("Wee Willy") 1872–1923, U.S. baseball player.
- keeley — Leslie Enraught [en-rawt] /ˈɛn rɔt/ (Show IPA), 1834–1900, U.S. physician.
- keelie — (Scotland, northern England) A sparrowhawk or kestrel.
- keenly — finely sharpened, as an edge; so shaped as to cut or pierce substances readily: a keen razor.
- kegler — a participant in a bowling game, as candlepins or tenpins.
- keitel — Wilhelm [vil-helm] /ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1882–1946, German marshal: chief of the Nazi supreme command 1938–45.
- kelcey — a female given name.
- kelebe — a mixing bowl, characterized by a wide neck and flanged lip from which extend two vertical handles to the shoulder of an oval body, used to mix wine and water.
- keller — Gottfried [got-freed;; German gawt-freet] /ˈgɒt frid;; German ˈgɔt frit/ (Show IPA), 1819–90, Swiss novelist.
- keloid — an abnormal proliferation of scar tissue, as on the site of a surgical incision.
- kelper — a native or inhabitant of the Falkland Islands.
- kelpie — Australian kelpie.
- kelsey — a male or female given name.
- kelson — keelson.
- kelter — kilter.
- keltic — Celt.
- kelvin — William Thomson, 1st Baron, 1824–1907, English physicist and mathematician.
- kembla — small change
- kemble — Frances Anne or Fanny (Mrs. Butler) 1809–93, English actress and author.
- kemple — a load or measure of hay or straw, varying in size in different periods and localities
- kendal — a town in NW England, in Cumbria: a gateway town to the Lake District, with an ancient woollen industry. Pop: 28 030 (2001)
- kennel — an open drain or sewer; gutter.
- kepler — Johann [yoh-hahn] /ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), 1571–1630, German astronomer.
- kerala — a state in SW India: formerly the regions of Travancore and Cochin. 15,005 sq. mi. (38,836 sq. km). Capital: Thiruvananthapuram.
- kernal — kernel
- kernel — the softer, usually edible part contained in the shell of a nut or the stone of a fruit.
- kettle — a metal container in which to boil liquids, cook foods, etc.; pot.
- kevlar — Alternative capitalization of Kevlar.
- keypal — The e-mail equivalent of a penpal; someone with whom to exchange e-mail for the simple joy of communicating.