6-letter words containing t, e, l, n
- lepton — an aluminum coin of modern Greece until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a drachma.
- let in — to allow or permit: to let him escape.
- let on — to allow or permit: to let him escape.
- levant — to leave secretly or hurriedly to avoid paying debts.
- leyton — a former borough in SE England, near London: now part of Waltham Forest.
- linget — An ingot; a lingot.
- linnet — a small Old World finch, Carduelis cannabina.
- linted — having or containing lint
- lintel — a horizontal architectural member supporting the weight above an opening, as a window or a door.
- linter — linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- lintie — (archaic, Scotland) A linnet.
- lionet — a young or small lion.
- listen — to give attention with the ear; attend closely for the purpose of hearing; give ear.
- litten — lighted1 .
- loment — a pod that is contracted in the spaces between the seeds and that breaks at maturity into one-seeded indehiscent joints.
- lonest — being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied: a lone traveler.
- lt gen — lieutenant general
- lucent — shining.
- lunate — Also, lunated. being in the shape of a crescent; crescent-shaped.
- lunted — a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- lutein — Also called xanthophyll. a yellow-red, water-insoluble, crystalline, carotenoid alcohol, C 40 H 56 O 2 , found in the petals of marigold and certain other flowers, egg yolk, algae, and corpora lutea: used chiefly in the biochemical study of the carotenoids.
- lutzen — a town in E Germany, WSW of Leipzig: site of Gustavus Adolphus' victory over Wallenstein in 1632 and Napoleon's victory over the Russians in 1813.
- mantel — a construction framing the opening of a fireplace and usually covering part of the chimney breast in a more or less decorative manner.
- mantle — a construction framing the opening of a fireplace and usually covering part of the chimney breast in a more or less decorative manner.
- melton — a heavily fulled cloth, often of wool, tightly constructed and finished with a smooth face concealing the weave, used for overcoats, hunting jackets, etc.
- mental — of or relating to the chin.
- milnet — Military Network. Part of the Defense Data Network (DDN) and of the Internet. Managed by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA).
- molten — a past participle of melt1 .
- neatly — in a pleasingly orderly and clean condition: a neat room.
- nestle — to lie close and snug, like a bird in a nest; snuggle or cuddle.
- netful — the quantity of fish that can be held by a net
- netlag — (networking) A condition that occurs when the delays in the IRC network, a MUD connection, a telnet connection, or any other networked interactive system, become severe enough that servers briefly lose and then reestablish contact, causing messages to be delivered in bursts, often with delays of up to a minute. (Note that this term has nothing to do with mainstream "jet lag").
- nettle — any plant of the genus Urtica, covered with stinging hairs. Compare nettle family.
- nextly — most nearly or closely
- niglet — (slang, US, offensive, pejorative, racial slur) A child of Negro lineage.
- nilote — a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- nustle — (obsolete) To fondle; to cherish.
- nutlet — a small nut; a small nutlike fruit or seed.
- nutley — a city in NE New Jersey.
- pentel — a ballpoint pen with free-flowing ink in the manner of a felt-tip pen
- pentyl — containing a pentyl group; amyl.
- penult — the next to the last syllable in a word.
- pintle — a pin or bolt, especially one on which something turns, as the gudgeon of a hinge.
- planet — Astronomy. Also called major planet. any of the eight large heavenly bodies revolving about the sun and shining by reflected light: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune, in the order of their proximity to the sun. Until 2006, Pluto was classified as a planet ninth in order from the sun; it has been reclassified as a dwarf planet. a similar body revolving about a star other than the sun. (formerly) a celestial body moving in the sky, as distinguished from a fixed star, applied also to the sun and moon.
- plante — Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1929–86, Canadian ice-hockey player.
- platen — a flat plate in a printing press for pressing the paper against the inked type or plate to produce an impression.
- plenty — a full or abundant supply or amount: There is plenty of time.
- relent — to soften in feeling, temper, or determination; become more mild, compassionate, or forgiving.
- rental — an amount received or paid as rent.
- runlet — a small stream; brook; rivulet.