6-letter words containing s, a, l
- haloes — Also called nimbus. a geometric shape, usually in the form of a disk, circle, ring, or rayed structure, traditionally representing a radiant light around or above the head of a divine or sacred personage, an ancient or medieval monarch, etc.
- halons — Plural form of halon.
- halser — Alternative form of hawser.
- halsey — William Frederick ("Bull") 1882–1959, U.S. admiral.
- halves — plural of half.
- hamals — Plural form of hamal.
- hansel — to give a handsel to.
- haoles — Plural form of haole.
- haslet — the heart, liver, etc., of a hog or other animal used for food.
- hassel — Odd [awd] /ɔd/ (Show IPA), 1897–1981, Norwegian chemist: Nobel Prize 1969.
- hassle — a disorderly dispute.
- haysel — the season for making hay
- hazels — Plural form of hazel.
- hellas — ancient Greek name of Greece.
- ideals — a conception of something in its perfection.
- ilesha — a town in SW Nigeria.
- inlaws — Plural form of inlaw.
- inlays — Plural form of inlay.
- instal — to place in position or connect for service or use: to install a heating system; to install software on a computer.
- insula — a group of convolutions situated at the base of the lateral fissure of the brain.
- isabel — a female given name.
- island — a tract of land completely surrounded by water, and not large enough to be called a continent.
- ismael — Ishmael (def 1).
- isolda — a female given name, form of Iseult.
- israel — a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- jacals — Plural form of jacal.
- kailas — a mountain in SW Tibet: highest peak of the Kailas Range in the Himalaya Mountains: sacred to Hindus and Buddhists. 22,028 feet (6714 meters).
- kalais — the winged son of Boreas the north wind. As Argonauts he and his brother Zetes chased away the Harpies.
- kalifs — Plural form of kalif.
- kalisz — a city in central Poland.
- kallis — Jacques (Henry), born 1975, South African cricketer; an all-rounder, in 166 tests (1995–2013) he scored 13,289 runs and took 292 wickets
- kalpis — a form of the hydria.
- kassel — a city in central Germany.
- kayles — (uncountable, only as plural, obsolete, or, dialect) The game of skittles or ninepins, or the set of pins used in the game.
- khalsa — a martial fraternity originated in 1699 and remaining as one of the closely knit communities of the Sikhs.
- killas — Cornish clay slate
- klesha — any of the five hindrances to enlightenment, which are ignorance or avidya, egocentricity, attachments, aversions, and the instinctive will to live.
- koalas — Plural form of koala.
- kraals — Plural form of kraal.
- kulaks — a comparatively wealthy peasant who employed hired labor or possessed farm machinery and who was viewed and treated by the Communists during the drive to collectivize agriculture in the 1920s and 1930s as an oppressor and class enemy.
- labels — Plural form of label.
- labors — Plural form of labor.
- labrys — A double-headed ax in Minoan mythology.
- laches — failure to do something at the proper time, especially such delay as will bar a party from bringing a legal proceeding.
- laclos — Pierre Ambroise François Choderlos de [pyer ahn-brwaz frahn-swa shaw der-loh duh] /pyɛr ɑ̃ˈbrwaz frɑ̃ˈswa ʃɔ dɛrˈloʊ də/ (Show IPA), 1741–1803, French general and writer.
- lacmus — (archaic) Litmus.
- laddus — Plural form of laddu.
- ladies — a woman who is refined, polite, and well-spoken: She may be poor and have little education, but she's a real lady.
- ladles — Plural form of ladle.
- lagash — an ancient Sumerian city between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, at the modern village of Telloh in SE Iraq: a palace, statuary, and inscribed clay tablets unearthed here.