6-letter words containing o, l, e
- lajoie — Napoleon ("Nap") 1875–1959, U.S. baseball player.
- lanose — lanate.
- laredo — a city in S Texas, on the Rio Grande.
- leanto — a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- leasow — to graze or pasture
- lebowa — a former Bantu homeland in NE South Africa, consisting of three separate territories with several smaller exclaves: abolished in 1993
- lector — a lecturer in a college or university.
- ledoux — Claude-Nicolas [klohd-nee-kaw-lah] /kloʊd ni kɔˈlɑ/ (Show IPA), 1736–1806, French architect.
- legato — In a smooth, flowing manner, without breaks between notes.
- legion — a division of the Roman army, usually comprising 3000 to 6000 soldiers.
- legong — an elegant Balinese dance-pantomime performed by several girls in elaborate costumes.
- leipoa — mallee fowl.
- leloir — Luis Federico [lwees fe-th e-ree-kaw] /lwis ˌfɛ ðɛˈri kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1906–1987, Argentine biochemist, born in France: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1970.
- lemnos — a Greek island in the NE Aegean. 186 sq. mi. (480 sq. km). Capital: Myrina.
- lemond — Gregory James ("Greg") born 1961, U.S. cyclist with three victories (1986, 1989–90) in the Tour de France.
- lemons — Plural form of lemon.
- lemony — the yellowish, acid fruit of a subtropical citrus tree, Citrus limon.
- lennon — John, 1940–80, English singer, songwriter, and guitarist for the Beatles.
- lennox — a town in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- lenoir — Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- lenore — a female given name, form of Eleanor.
- lentor — Slowness, sluggishness.
- leo ii — Saint, died a.d. 683, Sicilian ecclesiastic: pope 682–683.
- leo iv — Saint, died a.d. 855, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 847–855.
- leo ix — Saint (Bruno) 1002–54, German ecclesiastic: pope 1049–54.
- leo vi — pope a.d. 928.
- leo xi — (Alessandro de'Medici) 1535–1605, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1605.
- leoben — a city in E central Austria, in Styria on the Mur River: lignite mining. Pop: 25 804 (2001)
- leones — Plural form of leone.
- leonid — any of a shower of meteors occurring around November 15 and appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Leo.
- leonov — Aleksey Arkhipovich [uh-lyi-ksyey uhr-khyee-puh-vyich] /ʌ lyɪˈksyeɪ ʌrˈkhyi pə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), born 1934, Soviet cosmonaut: first man to walk in space 1965.
- lepto- — fine, slender, or slight
- lepton — an aluminum coin of modern Greece until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a drachma.
- lesbos — Mytilene (def 1).
- lesion — an injury; hurt; wound.
- lesson — a section into which a course of study is divided, especially a single, continuous session of formal instruction in a subject: The manual was broken down into 50 lessons.
- lessor — a person, group, etc., who grants a lease.
- lésvos — Mytilene (def 1).
- let go — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- let on — to allow or permit: to let him escape.
- leuco- — white or lacking colour
- leucon — a type of sponge having a thick body wall with a highly branched canal system leading into the spongocoel.
- leuko- — leuco-
- leukon — the total mass of circulating leucocytes, as well as their precursors and the leukopoietic cells from which they originate
- leyton — a former borough in SE England, near London: now part of Waltham Forest.
- lezdom — (BDSM) lesbian femdom.
- lhotse — a mountain peak in the Himalayas, on the Nepal-Tibet border: fourth highest peak in the world. 27,890 feet (8501 meters).
- libero — The rearmost, roaming defensive player in volleyball or soccer.
- lie to — to be in a horizontal, recumbent, or prostrate position, as on a bed or the ground; recline. Antonyms: stand.
- lienor — (legal) A lienholder.