6-letter words containing l, u, e
- mutuel — pari-mutuel (def 1).
- mutule — a projecting flat block under the corona of the Doric cornice, corresponding to the modillion of other orders.
- muzzle — the mouth, or end for discharge, of the barrel of a gun, pistol, etc.
- nebula — Astronomy. Also called diffuse nebula. a cloud of interstellar gas and dust. Compare dark nebula, emission nebula, reflection nebula. (formerly) any celestial object that appears nebulous, hazy, or fuzzy, and extended in a telescope view.
- nebule — (obsolete) A little cloud.
- nebuly — resembling the wavy edges of a cloud, esp of a line in heraldry or architecture
- netful — the quantity of fish that can be held by a net
- neural — of or relating to a nerve or the nervous system.
- nodule — a small node, knot, or knob.
- nubble — a small lump or piece.
- nubile — (of a young woman) suitable for marriage, especially in regard to age or physical development; marriageable.
- nuclei — plural of nucleus.
- nucule — (rare) A section of a compound fruit; a nutlet; a small nut.
- nudely — In a nude manner.
- nulled — without value, effect, consequence, or significance.
- nuncle — uncle.
- nurdle — (cricket) To score runs by gently nudging the ball into vacant areas of the field.
- nurled — to make knurls or ridges on.
- nursle — (now rare, archaic) To nurture, train, raise (up) (a person).
- nustle — (obsolete) To fondle; to cherish.
- nutlet — a small nut; a small nutlike fruit or seed.
- nutley — a city in NE New Jersey.
- nuzzle — to burrow or root with the nose, snout, etc., as an animal does: a rabbit nuzzling into the snow.
- obelus — a mark (− or ÷) used in ancient manuscripts to point out spurious, corrupt, doubtful, or superfluous words or passages.
- oscule — Obsolete form of osculum.
- outler — a farm animal kept out of doors
- outlet — an opening or passage by which anything is let out; vent; exit.
- outlie — (rare, transitive) To tell more or better lies than.
- papule — a small, somewhat pointed elevation of the skin, usually inflammatory but nonsuppurative.
- peepul — pipal.
- peleus — a king of the Myrmidons, the son of Aeacus and father of Achilles.
- pellum — dust
- penful — the volume of ink held by a pen; the quantity a pen will hold
- penult — the next to the last syllable in a word.
- pepful — full of vitality
- peplum — a short full flounce or an extension of a garment below the waist, covering the hips.
- peplus — peplos.
- pileum — the top of the head of a bird, from the base of the bill to the nape.
- pileup — a massive collision of several or many moving vehicles.
- pileus — Mycology. the horizontal portion of a mushroom, bearing gills, tubes, etc., on its underside; a cap.
- pilule — a small pill (contrasted with bolus).
- plague — French La Peste. a novel (1947) by Albert Camus.
- plaque — a thin, flat plate or tablet of metal, porcelain, etc., intended for ornament, as on a wall, or set in a piece of furniture.
- plauen — a city in E Germany.
- plenum — the state or a space in which a gas, usually air, is contained at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure.
- pleura — Anatomy, Zoology. a delicate serous membrane investing each lung in mammals and folded back as a lining of the corresponding side of the thorax.
- plexus — a network, as of nerves or blood vessels.
- plumed — having or appearing to have a plume or plumes.
- plunge — to cast or thrust forcibly or suddenly into something, as a liquid, a penetrable substance, a place, etc.; immerse; submerge: to plunge a dagger into one's heart.
- pluses — more by the addition of; increased by: ten plus two is twelve.