6-letter words containing s, l, i
- lisgar — Sir John Young, 1807–76, Canadian political leader: governor general 1869–72.
- lisp 1 — The original Lisp. Invented by John McCarthy et al at MIT in the late 50's. Followed by LISP 1.5.
- lisp 2 — LISP 1.5 with an ALGOL 60-like surface syntax. Also optional type declarations, new data types including integer-indexed arrays and character strings, partial-word extraction/insertion operators and macros. A pattern-matching facility similar to COMIT was proposed. Implemented for the Q-32 computer.
- lisp a — "LISP A: A LISP-like System for Incremental Computing", E.J. Sandewall, Proc SJCC 32 (1968).
- lisp70 — A Lisp dialect descended from MLISP and MLISP2. Also known as PLISP and VEL. Useful for parsing. Only the pattern-matching system was published and fully implemented. According to Alan Kay, LISP70 had an influence on Smalltalk-72. "The LISP70 Pattern Matching System, Larry Tesler et al, IJCAI 73.
- lisped — a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- lisper — a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- lissom — lithesome or lithe, especially of body; supple; flexible.
- listed — made of selvages or strips of cloth.
- listee — a person, business, etc., that is included in a list or directory.
- listel — a narrow list or fillet.
- listen — to give attention with the ear; attend closely for the purpose of hearing; give ear.
- lister — a border or bordering strip, usually of cloth.
- liston — Sonny, real name Charles. 1922–70, US boxer: former world heavyweight champion
- liters — Plural form of liter.
- litest — noting a commercial product that is low in calories or low in any substance considered undesirable, as compared with a product of the same type: used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products: lite beer.
- lithos — lithography.
- litmus — a blue coloring matter obtained from certain lichens, especially Roccella tinctoria. In alkaline solution litmus turns blue, in acid solution, red: widely used as a chemical indicator.
- litres — Plural form of litre.
- lituus — Geometry. a polar curve generated by the locus of a point moving so that the square of its radius vector varies inversely as the angle the radius vector makes with the polar axis. Equation: θr 2 = a.
- livens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of liven.
- livers — Plural form of liver.
- livest — being alive; living; alive: live animals.
- locris — either of two districts in the central part of ancient Greece.
- logics — Plural form of logic.
- logins — Plural form of login.
- lories — Plural form of lory.
- losing — causing or suffering loss.
- louisa — a feminine name
- louise — an opera (1900) by Gustave Charpentier.
- lovish — Like, resembling, or characteristic of love; amorous; loving.
- lowish — situated, placed, or occurring not far above the ground, floor, or base: a low shelf.
- lucius — (Ubaldo Allucingoli) died 1185, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1181–85.
- lugosi — Bela, 1884–1956, U.S. actor, born in Hungary: best known for his roles in horror films.
- lungis — Plural form of lungi.
- lupins — Plural form of lupin.
- lutist — a lute player; lutenist.
- lyings — Plural form of lying.
- lyrics — The words to a song (or other vocal music).
- lyrids — a collection of meteors comprising a meteor shower (Lyrid meteor shower) visible April 22 and having its apparent origin in the constellation Lyra.
- lyrism — lyricism.
- lyrist — a person who plays the lyre or who sings and accompanies himself or herself on the lyre.
- lysias — c450–c380 b.c, Athenian orator.
- lysine — a crystalline, basic, amino acid, H 2 N(CH 2) 4 CH(NH 2)COOH, produced chiefly from many proteins by hydrolysis, essential in the nutrition of humans and animals. Symbol: K. Abbreviation: Lys;
- lysing — Present participle of lyse.
- majlis — a public audience held by a chieftain, monarch, or other ruler to listen to the requests of petitioners.
- malism — The belief that the world is evil.
- maskil — an advocate or supporter of the Haskalah.
- maslin — a mixture of different grains, flours, or meals, especially rye mixed with wheat.
- melies — Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1938, French film director.