6-letter words containing l, e, s, i
- merils — an old-fashioned game played by two people, involving the placing of counters at the intersections of lines drawn on a board or on the ground.
- mesail — a pivoted piece on a helmet between a visor and a beaver.
- mesial — medial.
- meslin — Alternative form of maslin.
- milers — Plural form of miler.
- milles — Carl (Carl Wilhelm Emil Anderson) 1875–1955, U.S. sculptor, born in Sweden.
- milsey — a milk strainer
- misled — to lead or guide wrongly; lead astray.
- mislie — to lie in an uncomfortable position
- missel — (obsolete) mistletoe.
- mistle — (obsolete) mistletoe.
- molies — Plural form of moly.
- molise — a region of S central Italy, the second smallest of the regions: separated from Abruzzi e Molise in 1965. Capital: Campobasso. Pop: 321 047 (2003 est). Area: 4438 sq km (1731 sq miles)
- muesli — a breakfast cereal similar to granola, usually consisting of rolled oats and dried fruit.
- oilers — Plural form of oiler.
- oldies — a popular song, joke, movie, etc., that was in vogue at a time in the past.
- olives — a female given name.
- ollies — Plural form of ollie.
- oriels — Plural form of oriel.
- pelias — a son of Poseidon and Tyro. He feared his nephew Jason and sent him to recover the Golden Fleece, hoping he would not return
- pelvis — the basinlike cavity in the lower part of the trunk of many vertebrates, formed in humans by the innominate bones, sacrum, etc.
- pensil — a small pennon, as at the head of a lance.
- perlis — a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 310 sq. mi. (803 sq. km). Capital: Kangar.
- pileus — Mycology. the horizontal portion of a mushroom, bearing gills, tubes, etc., on its underside; a cap.
- pilies — a Philippine tree, Canarium ovatum, the edible seeds of which taste like a sweet almond.
- pilose — covered with hair, especially soft hair; furry.
- pilsen — German name of Plzeň.
- pliers — pliers, (sometimes used with a singular verb) small pincers with long jaws, for bending wire, holding small objects, etc. (usually used with pair of).
- plisse — a textile finish characterized by a puckered or blistered effect, produced by chemical treatment.
- poleis — an ancient Greek city-state.
- relics — a surviving memorial of something past.
- relies — to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon): You can rely on her work.
- relish — liking or enjoyment of the taste of something.
- relist — to list again
- resail — to sail back or again.
- resile — to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- resoil — to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- rifles — a unit of soldiers equipped with rifles
- sailer — Anton [ahn-tohn] /ˈɑn toʊn/ (Show IPA), ("Toni") 1935–2009, Austrian skier.
- saline — of, containing, or resembling common table salt; salty or saltlike: a saline solution.
- saltie — an ocean-going sailor.
- saulie — a hired professional mourner at a funeral
- sedile — one of the seats (usually three) on the south side of the chancel, often recessed, for the use of the officiating clergy.
- seelie — good benevolent fairies
- seidel — a large beer mug with a capacity of one liter (1.1 quarts) and often having a hinged lid.
- selfie — a photograph taken with a smartphone or other digital camera by a person who is also in the photograph, especially for posting on a social media website: celebrities sharing selfies on Twitter.
- selkie — a mythical creature that looks like a seal in water but assumes human form on land.
- senile — showing a decline or deterioration of physical strength or mental functioning, especially short-term memory and alertness, as a result of old age or disease.
- serial — anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- serlio — Sebastiano 1475–1554, Italian architect and painter, best known for his treatise Complete Works on Architecture and Perspective (1537–75), the first to set out the principles of classical architecture and to give rules for their application