5-letter words containing l, g, e
- gules — the tincture red.
- gulet — Alternative form of goelette.
- gymel — the technique, found in some medieval English music, of singing voice parts in parallel thirds.
- hegel — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich [gey-awrk vil-helm free-drikh] /ˈgeɪ ɔrk ˈvɪl hɛlm ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1770–1831, German philosopher.
- helga — a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “holy.”.
- helgi — the son of Hjorvard and Svava, a Valkyrie.
- hugel — Baron Friedrich von, 1852–1925, English theologian and writer.
- hyleg — the dominant planet when someone is born which is said to determine the length of their life
- ingle — a fire burning in a hearth.
- kegel — Often, Kegel exercises. exercise performed to strengthen the pubococcygeus and other muscles of the pelvic floor, in order to control incontinence, improve sexual response, etc.
- klieg — A powerful electric lamp used in filming.
- kluge — a software or hardware configuration that, while inelegant, inefficient, clumsy, or patched together, succeeds in solving a specific problem or performing a particular task.
- kugel — a baked casserole resembling a soufflé or pudding.
- lagen — Usually, laggins. the staves at the bottom of a barrel, cask, or other hooped vessel.
- lager — a camp or encampment, especially within a protective circle of wagons.
- lange — Christian Louis [kris-tyahn loo-ee,, -is] /ˈkrɪs tyɑn ˈlu i,, -ɪs/ (Show IPA), 1869–1938, Norwegian historian: Nobel Peace Prize 1921.
- large — of more than average size, quantity, degree, etc.; exceeding that which is common to a kind or class; big; great: a large house; a large number; in large measure; to a large extent.
- ledge — a relatively narrow, projecting part, as a horizontal, shelflike projection on a wall or a raised edge on a tray.
- ledgy — having ledges.
- legal — permitted by law; lawful: Such acts are not legal.
- legco — the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
- leged — Alternative form of legged.
- leger — Alexis Saint-Léger [a-lek-see san-ley-zhey] /a lɛkˈsi sɛ̃ leɪˈʒeɪ/ (Show IPA), St.-John Perse.
- leges — plural of lex.
- legge — to lighten or lessen
- leggo — (slang) Contraction of let go. To cease to hold. Generally used in the imperative.
- leggy — having awkwardly long legs.
- legis — legislation
- legit — legitimate.
- legol — "Application of MP/3 to the Design and Implementation of LEGOL, A Legally Oriented Language", S.H. Mandil et al, Intl Symp Programming, Paris 1974.
- legos — Plural form of lego.
- leigh — Vivien (Vivian Mary Hartley) 1913–67, English actress.
- liege — a city in E Belgium, on the Meuse River: one of the first cities attacked in World War I.
- liger — the offspring of a male lion and a female tiger.
- ligne — (in Swiss watchmaking) a unit equal to 0.0888 inch or 2.2558 millimeters, divided into 12 douziemes: used mainly to gauge the thickness of a movement.
- linge — (intransitive,UK,dialectal) To work hard; swink; dree.
- llgen — (tool) A BNF-based LL1 parser generator by Fischer and LeBlanc. It conforms to a subset of FMQ.
- lodge — Henry Cabot, 1850–1924, U.S. public servant and author: senator 1893–1924.
- loges — (in a theater) the front section of the lowest balcony, separated from the back section by an aisle or railing or both.
- logie — (in Australia) one of the awards made annually for outstanding television performances
- logue — Denoting discourse of a specified type.
- longe — a long rope used to guide a horse during training or exercise.
- luged — Simple past tense and past participle of luge.
- luger — Someone who competes in the luge.
- luges — Plural form of luge.
- lunge — a sudden forward thrust, as with a sword or knife; stab.
- nigel — a male given name, form of Neil.
- ogled — to look at amorously, flirtatiously, or impertinently.
- ogler — One who ogles.
- ogles — to look at amorously, flirtatiously, or impertinently.