6-letter words containing l, s, a
- mulgas — Plural form of mulga.
- mullas — (in Islamic countries) a title of respect for a person who is learned in, teaches, or expounds the sacred law.
- murals — Plural form of mural.
- musial — Stanley Frank ("Stan the Man") 1920–2013, U.S. baseball player.
- nablus — a town of ancient Palestine, near the city of Samaria; occupied by Israel 1967–96; since 1996 under Palestinian self-rule: first capital of the northern kingdom of Israel.
- naples — a region in SW Italy. 5214 sq. mi. (13,505 sq. km). Capital: Naples.
- naplps — North American Presentation-Level-Protocol Syntax. Format for sending text and graphics over communication lines. Used by videotex systems.
- nasals — Plural form of nasal.
- natals — (obsolete) One's birth, or the circumstances attending it.
- navels — Plural form of navel.
- nopals — Plural form of nopal.
- nossal — Sir Gustav (Victor Joseph). born 1931, Australian biologist, born in Austria; knighted (1977) for his work on immunology
- nyalas — Plural form of nyala.
- oblast — (in Russia and the Soviet Union) an administrative division corresponding to an autonomous province.
- oilgas — a gaseous mixture of hydrocarbons used as a fuel, obtained by the destructive distillation of mineral oils
- omasal — of, relating to, or emanating from the omasum
- oopsla — Conference on Object-oriented Programming Systems, Languages and Applications.
- oscula — a small mouthlike aperture, as of a sponge.
- osteal — osseous.
- ostial — relating to an ostium
- oswald — Lee Harvey, 1939–63, designated by a presidential commission to be the lone assassin of John F. Kennedy.
- oxalis — any plant of the genus Oxalis, comprising the wood sorrels.
- palais — French. a palace, especially a French government or municipal building.
- 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.
- palish — somewhat pale.
- pallas — Also called Pallas Athena. Classical Mythology. Athena (def 1).
- palmas — a seaport on NE Gran Canaria, in the central Canary Islands.
- palpus — an appendage attached to an oral part and serving as an organ of sense in insects, crustaceans, etc.
- pansil — Pancha Sila.
- pascal — a high-level programming language, a descendant of ALGOL, designed to facilitate structured programming.
- passel — a group or lot of indeterminate number: a passel of dignitaries.
- pastel — the woad plant.
- pastil — a flavored or medicated lozenge; troche.
- 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).
- 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
- pholas — a type of bivalve mollusc that is a member of the genus Pholas and family Pholadidae
- places — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- plains — clear or distinct to the eye or ear: a plain trail to the river; to stand in plain view.
- planos — a town in N Texas.
- plants — ["The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants", Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz, Aristid Lindenmayer. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1990. 3-54097297-8].
- plashy — marshy; wet.
- plasm- — plasmo-
- plasma — Anatomy, Physiology. the liquid part of blood or lymph, as distinguished from the suspended elements.
- please — (used as a polite addition to requests, commands, etc.) if you would be so obliging; kindly: Please come here. Will you please turn the radio off?
- polska — Polish name of Poland.
- postal — of or relating to the post office or mail service: postal delivery; postal employees.
- psalms — a sacred song or hymn.
- psylla — jumping plant louse.
- pulsar — Astronomy. one of several hundred known celestial objects, generally believed to be rapidly rotating neutron stars, that emit pulses of radiation, especially radio waves, with a high degree of regularity.
- quails — Plural form of quail.