6-letter words containing l, i
- gilgie — Cherax quinquecarinatus, a small freshwater crayfish endemic to the south-west corner of Australia.
- gilgul — the soul of a dead person that passes into another living body to assume a new existence and atone for past sins.
- gilguy — Nautical. a rope used as a temporary guy.
- gilled — a faller used in the combing process, generally for only the highest-quality fibers.
- giller — a person who guts fish
- gillet — a mare
- gilley — (humour) (Usenet) The unit of analogical bogosity. According to its originator, the standard for one gilley was "the act of bogotoficiously comparing the shutting down of 1000 machines for a day with the killing of one person". The milligilley has been found to suffice for most normal conversational exchanges.
- gillie — a low-cut, tongueless shoe with loops instead of eyelets for the laces, which cross the instep and are sometimes tied around the ankle.
- gilman — Arthur, 1837–1909, U.S. educator.
- gilolo — Halmahera.
- gilpey — a mischievous, frolicsome boy or girl
- gilroy — a town in W California.
- gilson — Étienne Henry [ey-tyen ahn-ree] /eɪˈtyɛn ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1884–1978, French historian.
- gilyak — Nivkh.
- gimbal — Sometimes, gimbal. a contrivance, consisting of a ring or base on an axis, that permits an object, as a ship's compass, mounted in or on it to tilt freely in any direction, in effect suspending the object so that it will remain horizontal even when its support is tipped.
- gimbel — Jacob, 1850–1922, U.S. retail merchant.
- gimble — To grimace.
- gimels — Plural form of gimel.
- gimlet — a small tool for boring holes, consisting of a shaft with a pointed screw at one end and a handle perpendicular to the shaft at the other.
- gimmal — any of various joints for transmitting motion between rotating parts, as in a timepiece.
- gingal — a large musket fired from a rest, often mounted on a carriage: formerly used in India, China, etc.
- gingle — Obsolete form of jingle.
- ginnel — (British, especially Yorkshire and Lancashire) A narrow passageway or alley often between terraced houses.
- girdle — a lightweight undergarment, worn especially by women, often partly or entirely of elastic or boned, for supporting and giving a slimmer appearance to the abdomen, hips, and buttocks.
- girl-o — a girl or young woman.
- girlie — featuring nude or scantily clad young women: a girlie show; girlie magazines.
- girnel — a large chest for storing meal
- glacis — a gentle slope.
- glaire — to coat with glair.
- glairs — the white of an egg.
- glairy — of the nature of glair; viscous.
- glaive — a sword or broadsword.
- glibly — readily fluent, often thoughtlessly, superficially, or insincerely so: a glib talker; glib answers.
- glided — to move smoothly and continuously along, as if without effort or resistance, as a flying bird, a boat, or a skater.
- glider — a motorless, heavier-than-air aircraft for gliding from a higher to a lower level by the action of gravity or from a lower to a higher level by the action of air currents.
- glides — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of glide.
- gliere — Reinhold Moritzovich [rahyn-hawlt maw-ryi-tsuh-vyich] /ˈraɪn hɔlt ˈmɔ ryɪ tsə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1875–1956, Russian composer.
- glinka — Mikhail Ivanovich [mi-kah-eel i-vah-nuh-vich;; Russian myi-khuh-yeel ee-vah-nuh-vyich] /mɪ kɑˈil ɪˈvɑ nə vɪtʃ;; Russian myɪ xʌˈyil iˈvɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1803–57, Russian composer.
- glints — Plural form of glint.
- glinty — shiny
- glioma — a tumor of the brain composed of neuroglia.
- glitch — a defect or malfunction in a machine or plan.
- glitzy — pretentiously or tastelessly showy: a glitzy gown.
- globin — the protein component of hemoglobin, made up of alpha and beta chains.
- gloire — glory
- gloria — Liturgy. Gloria in Excelsis Deo. Gloria Patri. the response Gloria tibi, Domine, “Glory be to Thee, O Lord.”.
- gluily — In a gluey way.
- gluing — a hard, impure, protein gelatin, obtained by boiling skins, hoofs, and other animal substances in water, that when melted or diluted is a strong adhesive.
- gluino — (physics) The superpartner of the gluon.
- gluish — resembling, or having the properties of, glue