6-letter words containing l, e, s
- motels — Plural form of motel.
- mousle — (obsolete, transitive) To sport with roughly; to rumple.
- muesli — a breakfast cereal similar to granola, usually consisting of rolled oats and dried fruit.
- muleys — Plural form of muley.
- muscle — a tissue composed of cells or fibers, the contraction of which produces movement in the body.
- mussel — any bivalve mollusk, especially an edible marine bivalve of the family Mytilidae and a freshwater clam of the family Unionidae.
- myself — There is no disagreement over the use of myself and other -self forms when they are used intensively (I myself cannot agree) or reflexively (He introduced himself proudly). Questions are raised, however, when the -self forms are used instead of the personal pronouns (I, me, etc.) as subjects, objects, or complements. Myself occurs only rarely as a single subject in place of I: Myself was the one who called. The recorded instances of such use are mainly poetic or literary. It is also uncommon as a simple object in place of me: Since the letter was addressed to myself, I opened it. As part of a compound subject, object, or complement, myself and to a lesser extent the other -self forms are common in informal speech and personal writing, somewhat less common in more formal speech and writing: The manager and myself completed the arrangements. Many came to welcome my husband and myself back to Washington. Myself and other -self forms are also used, alone or with other nouns or pronouns, in constructions after as, than, or but in all varieties of speech and writing: The captain has far more experience than myself in such matters. Orders have arrived for everyone but the orderlies and yourself. There is ample precedent, going as far back as Chaucer and running through the whole range of British and American literature and other serious formal writing, for all these uses. Many usage guides, however, state that to use myself in any construction in which I or me could be used instead (as My daughter and myself play the flute instead of My daughter and I, or a gift for my husband and myself instead of for my husband and me) is characteristic only of informal speech and that such use ought not to occur in writing. See also me.
- naples — a region in SW Italy. 5214 sq. mi. (13,505 sq. km). Capital: Naples.
- navels — Plural form of navel.
- nelson — Viscount Horatio, 1758–1805, British admiral.
- nestle — to lie close and snug, like a bird in a nest; snuggle or cuddle.
- newels — Plural form of newel.
- nobles — distinguished by rank or title.
- norsel — a band or cord, esp one used to attach rope alongside the edge of a fishing-net
- novels — Roman Law. an imperial enactment subsequent and supplementary to an imperial compilation and codification of authoritative legal materials. Usually, Novels. imperial enactments subsequent to the promulgation of Justinian's Code and supplementary to it: one of the four divisions of the Corpus Juris Civilis.
- nowels — Plural form of nowel.
- nursle — (now rare, archaic) To nurture, train, raise (up) (a person).
- nustle — (obsolete) To fondle; to cherish.
- obelus — a mark (− or ÷) used in ancient manuscripts to point out spurious, corrupt, doubtful, or superfluous words or passages.
- oglers — to look at amorously, flirtatiously, or impertinently.
- oilers — Plural form of oiler.
- olbers — Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus [hahyn-rikh vil-helm mah-te-oo s] /ˈhaɪn rɪx ˈvɪl hɛlm mɑˈtɛ ʊs/ (Show IPA), 1758–1840, German astronomer and physician.
- oldest — far advanced in the years of one's or its life: an old man; an old horse; an old tree.
- oldies — a popular song, joke, movie, etc., that was in vogue at a time in the past.
- oleose — Oily.
- olives — a female given name.
- ollies — Plural form of ollie.
- oodles — a large quantity: oodles of love; oodles of money.
- oriels — Plural form of oriel.
- ortles — a range of the Alps in N Italy. Highest peak: 3899 m (12 792 ft)
- oscule — Obsolete form of osculum.
- osmole — a unit of solute containing one mole of osmotically active particles when in solution
- osteal — osseous.
- ostler — hostler.
- owelsh — Old Welsh
- palest — light-colored or lacking in color: a pale complexion; his pale face; a pale child. lacking the usual intensity of color due to fear, illness, stress, etc.: She looked pale and unwell when we visited her in the nursing home.
- passel — a group or lot of indeterminate number: a passel of dignitaries.
- pastel — the woad plant.
- pearls — a basic stitch in knitting, the reverse of the knit, formed by pulling a loop of the working yarn back through an existing stitch and then slipping that stitch off the needle. Compare knit (def 11).
- peleus — a king of the Myrmidons, the son of Aeacus and father of Achilles.
- 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
- pelles — (in Arthurian legend) the father of Elaine and one of the searchers for the Holy Grail
- pelops — Classical Mythology. a son of Tantalus and Dione, slaughtered by his father and served to the Olympians as food; Hermes restored him to life and he later ruled over southern Greece, which was called Peloponnesus after him.
- 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.
- peplos — a loose-fitting outer garment worn, draped in folds, by women in ancient Greece.
- peplus — peplos.
- perlis — a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 310 sq. mi. (803 sq. km). Capital: Kangar.
- pestle — a tool for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar.
- phelps — William Lyon [lahy-uh n] /ˈlaɪ ən/ (Show IPA), 1865–1943, U.S. educator and literary critic.