6-letter words containing n, a, i, l
- inwall — to enclose with a wall.
- inyala — an antelope, Tragelaphus angasii, that is native to South Africa
- island — a tract of land completely surrounded by water, and not large enough to be called a continent.
- jingal — a large musket fired from a rest, often mounted on a carriage: formerly used in India, China, etc.
- julian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Julius Caesar.
- kalian — a Persian tobacco pipe in which the smoke is drawn through water; hookah.
- kaolin — a fine white clay used in the manufacture of porcelain.
- lacing — a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- lactin — (obsolete) lactose.
- lading — the act of lading.
- ladino — Also called Judeo-Spanish, Judezmo. a Romance language of Sephardic Jews, based on Old Spanish and written in the Hebrew script.
- laggin — Usually, laggins. the staves at the bottom of a barrel, cask, or other hooped vessel.
- laking — Present participle of lake.
- lamina — a thin plate, scale, or layer.
- laming — Present participle of lame.
- lanais — Plural form of lanai.
- landis — Kenesaw Mountain [ken-uh-saw] /ˈkɛn əˌsɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1944, U.S. jurist: first commissioner of baseball 1920–44.
- lanier — Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- larine — characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- larkin — Philip, 1922–85, English poet and critic.
- larnin — Present participle of larn.
- lasing — the generation of coherent light by a laser.
- latina — of or relating to females of Latin-American descent: My mother is Latina. She will be the company’s first Latina CEO.
- latino — of or relating to people of Latin-American descent: Latino business owners; Latino audiences; the Latino community; Latino immigrants.
- lation — (astrology, obsolete) Motion of a celestial object from one place to another; local motion.
- laurin — (chemistry) A white crystalline substance extracted from the fruit of the bay (Laurus nobilis), and consisting of a complex mixture of glycerin ethers of several organic acids.
- laving — to wash; bathe.
- lawing — the principles and regulations established in a community by some authority and applicable to its people, whether in the form of legislation or of custom and policies recognized and enforced by judicial decision.
- lay in — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- laying — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- lazing — to idle or lounge lazily (often followed by around): I was too tired to do anything but laze around this weekend.
- lianas — Plural form of liana.
- lianes — any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- liason — Misspelling of liaison.
- libant — touching lightly
- libran — a person born under the sign of Libra
- libyan — of or relating to Libya or its inhabitants.
- lienal — the spleen.
- ligand — Biochemistry. a molecule, as an antibody, hormone, or drug, that binds to a receptor.
- ligans — lagan.
- lignan — (organic chemistry) Any of a class of phenylpropanoid (propylbenzene) type of molecules found in essentially all plants, generally dimeric or higher order, and produced by secondary metabolic pathways branching off of aromatic amino acid biosynthesis, in some cases having associated antioxidant or estrogenic (phytoestrogenic) activities; having in common with lignin the phenylpropanoid monomers, where lignin is a random oxidative polymerization of the same.
- lilyan — a female given name.
- limina — threshold (def 4).
- linacs — Plural form of linac.
- linage — the number of printed lines, especially agate lines covered by a magazine article, newspaper advertisement, etc.
- lineal — being in the direct line, as a descendant or ancestor, or in a direct line, as descent or succession.
- linear — of, consisting of, or using lines: linear design.
- lingam — Sanskrit Grammar. the masculine gender.
- lingua — the tongue or a part like a tongue.
- linhay — a storage shed or other attachment to the back of a house.