6-letter words containing t, a, l
- coltan — a metallic ore found esp in the E Congo, consisting of columbite and tantalite (a source of the element tantalum)
- costal — of or near a rib or the ribs
- cotula — (in prescriptions) a measure.
- cotwal — (in India) a chief police officer
- crotal — any of various lichens used in dyeing wool, esp for the manufacture of tweeds
- curtal — cut short
- d-flat — C#
- dactyl — a metrical foot of three syllables, one long followed by two short (– ◡ ◡)
- daftly — senseless, stupid, or foolish.
- daktyl — Dactyl.
- daleth — the fourth letter of the Hebrew alphabet (ד), transliterated as d or, when final, dh
- dalton — John. 1766–1844, English chemist and physicist, who formulated the modern form of the atomic theory and the law of partial pressures for gases. He also gave the first accurate description of colour blindness, from which he suffered
- dartle — to move swiftly and repeatedly
- daylit — the light of day: At the end of the tunnel they could see daylight.
- dealth — (obsolete) A share dealt out.
- delate — (formerly) to bring a charge against; denounce; impeach
- deltas — Plural form of delta.
- dental — pronounced or articulated with the tip of the tongue touching the backs of the upper teeth, as for t in French tout
- desalt — to remove salt from (esp. sea water)
- detail — The details of something are its individual features or elements.
- dilate — to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- distal — situated away from the point of origin or attachment, as of a limb or bone; terminal. Compare proximal.
- ductal — (anatomy) Of, relating to, or originating in a duct.
- dystal — DYnamic STorage ALlocation. Adds lists, strings, sorting, statistics and matrix operations to Fortran. Sammet 1969, p.388. "DYSTAL: Dynamic Storage Allocation Language in FORTRAN", J.M. Sakoda, in Symbol Manipulation Languages and Techniques, D.G. Bobrow ed, N-H 1971, pp.302- 311.
- e-tail — retail conducted via the internet
- eaglet — a young eagle.
- elanet — any of four species of diurnal bird of prey of the genus Elanus and of the family Accipitridae
- elated — Extremely happy and excited; delighted; pleased.
- elater — That which elates.
- elates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of elate.
- eluant — Alternative spelling of eluent.
- eluate — A solution obtained by elution.
- elytra — Plural form of elytron.
- entail — A settlement of the inheritance of property over a number of generations so that it remains within a family or other group.
- et al. — et al. is used after a name or a list of names to indicate that other people are also involved. It is used especially when referring to books or articles which were written by more than two people.
- etalon — A device consisting of two reflecting plates for producing interfering light beams.
- exalts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exalt.
- eyalet — (formerly) a province of the Ottoman Empire, now known as a vilayet
- fablet — a large smartphone that is able to perform many of the functions of a tablet computer
- factly — Only used in matter-of-factly.
- falter — to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.
- fastly — Securely.
- faults — Plural form of fault.
- faulty — having faults or defects; imperfect.
- fealty — History/Historical. fidelity to a lord. the obligation or the engagement to be faithful to a lord, usually sworn to by a vassal.
- featly — suitably; appropriately.
- festal — pertaining to or befitting a feast, festival, holiday, or gala occasion.
- fetial — concerned with declarations of war and treaties of peace: fetial law.
- filate — threadlike.
- flat a — the vowel sound of a as in the usual US or S Brit pronunciation of hand, cat, usually represented by the symbol (æ)