4-letter words containing l, e
- brel — Jacques (ʒak). 1929–78, Belgian-born composer and singer, based in Paris. His songs include "Ne me quitte pas" ("Don't Leave Me")
- ceil — to line (a ceiling) with plaster, boarding, etc
- cela — Camilo José (kaˈmilo xoˈse). 1916–2002, Spanish novelist and essayist. His works include The Family of Pascual Duarte (1942), La Colmena (1951), and La Cruz de San Andrés (1994). Nobel prize for literature 1989
- cell — A cell is the smallest part of an animal or plant that is able to function independently. Every animal or plant is made up of millions of cells.
- celp — (language) Computationally Extended Logic Programming.
- cels — Plural form of cel.
- celt — If you describe someone as a Celt, you mean that they are part of the racial group which comes from Scotland, Wales, Ireland, and some other areas such as Brittany.
- ciel — (language) An object-oriented Prolog-like language.
- clea — a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- clef — A clef is a symbol at the beginning of a line of music that indicates the pitch of the written notes.
- cleg — another name for a horsefly, esp one of the genus Haematopota
- clem — to be hungry or cause to be hungry
- cleo — Clear Language for Expressing Orders
- clep — College-Level Examination Program
- clew — a ball of thread, yarn, or twine
- cley — (obsolete) A claw.
- cloe — a female given name, form of Chloe.
- clue — A clue to a problem or mystery is something that helps you to find the answer to it.
- cole — any of various plants of the genus Brassica, such as the cabbage and rape
- cyle — Alternative form of sile.
- dale — A dale is a valley.
- deal — If you say that you need or have a great deal of or a good deal of a particular thing, you are emphasizing that you need or have a lot of it.
- deil — the devil
- dele — a sign (δ) indicating that typeset matter is to be deleted
- delf — something that has been dug, such as a ditch, pit, mine, or grave
- deli — A deli is a shop or part of a shop that sells food such as cheese and cold meat. Deli is an abbreviation for 'delicatessen'.
- dell — A dell is a small valley which has trees growing in it.
- dels — Plural form of del.
- delt — (slang) Shoulder.
- diel — of or relating to a 24-hour period, especially a regular daily cycle, as of the physiology or behavior of an organism.
- dole — Robert J(oseph) born 1923, U.S. politician: senator 1969–96.
- duel — a prearranged combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons according to an accepted code of procedure, especially to settle a private quarrel.
- dule — a state of suffering or misery
- eale — Obsolete form of ale.
- earl — a male given name: from the old English word meaning “noble.”.
- ebla — an ancient city whose remains are located near Aleppo in present-day Syria, the site of the discovery in 1974–75 of cuneiform tablets (Ebla Tablets) documenting a thriving culture of the third millennium b.c.
- ecsl — Extended CSL. A discrete simulation language, the successor to CSL.
- edml — Edinburgh SML
- eels — Plural form of eel.
- eely — any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- egal — equal.
- eild — (obsolete, or, dialectal, Scotland) Age.
- elam — an ancient kingdom east of the River Tigris: established before 4000 bc; probably inhabited by a non-Semitic people
- elan — Energy, style, and enthusiasm.
- elat — Eilat
- elba — a mountainous island off the W coast of Italy, in the Mediterranean: Napoleon Bonaparte's first place of exile (1814–15). Pop: 30 000 (latest est). Area: 223 sq km (86 sq miles)
- elbe — a river in central Europe, rising in the N Czech Republic and flowing generally northwest through Germany to the North Sea at Hamburg. Length: 1165 km (724 miles)
- eldo — European Launcher Development Organization
- eldr — European Liberal Democratic and Reform (Party): a European political party in the European Parliament (1994–2004)
- elea — (in ancient Italy) a Greek colony on the Tyrrhenian coast of Lucana