6-letter words containing s, e, l
- leaves — permission to do something: to beg leave to go elsewhere.
- leavis — F(rank) R(aymond) 1895–1978, English critic and teacher.
- leches — to behave like a lecher (often followed by for or after).
- ledges — Plural form of ledge.
- legals — permitted by law; lawful: Such acts are not legal.
- legist — an expert in law, especially ancient law.
- lemans — Plural form of leman.
- lemass — Seán Francis [shawn] /ʃɔn/ (Show IPA), 1899–1971, prime minister of Ireland 1959–66.
- lemmas — Plural form of lemma.
- lemnos — a Greek island in the NE Aegean. 186 sq. mi. (480 sq. km). Capital: Myrina.
- lemons — Plural form of lemon.
- lemurs — Plural form of lemur.
- lens's — a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- lensed — a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- lenses — a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- leones — Plural form of leone.
- lepers — A person suffering from leprosy.
- lesage — Alain René (alɛ̃ ʀəˈneɪ) ; ȧlan rənāˈ) 1668-1747; Fr. novelist & dramatist
- lesbic — relating to lesbians
- lesbos — Mytilene (def 1).
- lesche — an arcade or other public place in ancient Greece.
- lesion — an injury; hurt; wound.
- leslie — a male or female given name.
- lessee — a person, group, etc., to whom a lease is granted.
- lessen — to become less.
- lesser — small in size; not big; not large; tiny: a little desk in the corner of the room.
- lesses — to a smaller extent, amount, or degree: less exact.
- 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.
- lester — a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- lesula — a species of Old World monkey of the genus Cercopithecus, inhabiting forests in the Democratic Republic of Congo
- lésvos — Mytilene (def 1).
- leucas — Levkas.
- leukas — Levkas.
- levees — Plural form of levee.
- levels — Plural form of level.
- levers — Lift or move with a lever.
- levi's — Carlo [kahr-law] /ˈkɑr lɔ/ (Show IPA), 1902–75, Italian painter and writer.
- levies — an imposing or collecting, as of a tax, by authority or force.
- levins — Plural form of levin.
- levkas — an island in the Ionian group, off the W coast of Greece. 114 sq. mi. (295 sq. km).
- lhotse — a mountain peak in the Himalayas, on the Nepal-Tibet border: fourth highest peak in the world. 27,890 feet (8501 meters).
- liaise — to form a liaison.
- lianes — any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- libels — Plural form of libel.
- libers — an ancient Italian god of wine and vineyards, in later times identified with Bacchus.
- lieges — Plural form of liege.
- lifers — Plural form of lifer.
- ligase — any of a class of enzymes that catalyze the joining of two molecules by formation of a covalent bond accompanied by the hydrolysis of ATP.
- ligers — Plural form of liger.