5-letter words containing t, e, l
- eliot — George, real name Mary Ann Evans. 1819–80, English novelist, noted for her analysis of provincial Victorian society. Her best-known novels include Adam Bede (1859), The Mill on the Floss (1860), Silas Marner (1861), and Middlemarch (1872)
- elite — A group of people considered to be the best in a particular society or category, esp. because of their power, talent, or wealth.
- elton — Ben(jamin) (Charles). born 1959, British comedian, scriptwriter, playwright, and novelist; his work includes the Blackadder series for television (1987–89), the play Gasping (1990), the novel High Society (2002), and the lyrics to the musical We Will Rock You (2002)
- elute — Remove (an adsorbed substance) by washing with a solvent, especially in chromatography.
- elyot — Sir Thomas. ?1490–1546, English scholar and diplomat; author of The Boke named the Governour (1531), a treatise in English on education
- ethal — (chemistry, dated) cetyl alcohol.
- ethel — The letter Œ/œ, or the rune ᛟ.
- ethyl — (organic chemistry) The univalent hydrocarbon radical, C2H5, formally derived from ethane by the loss of a hydrogen atom.
- ettle — (transitive, dialectal, chiefly, Scotland) To aim; purpose; intend; attempt; try.
- etzel — a great king who, according to the Nibelungenlied, was the second husband of Kriemhild after the death of Siegfried: identified with Attila the Hun
- exalt — Hold (someone or something) in very high regard; think or speak very highly of.
- exptl — experimental
- extol — Praise enthusiastically.
- exult — Show or feel elation or jubilation, especially as the result of a success.
- felts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of felt.
- felty — Of, pertaining to, or similar to felt.
- fetal — of, relating to, or having the character of a fetus.
- filet — A kind of net or lace with a square mesh.
- flate — (intransitive, obsolete) To feel nausea.
- fleet — an arm of the sea; inlet.
- flite — to dispute; wrangle; scold; jeer.
- flote — a flotilla; a fleet
- flute — a musical wind instrument consisting of a tube with a series of fingerholes or keys, in which the wind is directed against a sharp edge, either directly, as in the modern transverse flute, or through a flue, as in the recorder.
- flyte — to dispute; wrangle; scold; jeer.
- galet — to fill (a mortar joint) with gallets.
- gelts — Plural form of gelt.
- gilet — A light sleeveless padded jacket.
- gleet — Pathology. a thin, morbid discharge, as from a wound. persistent or chronic gonorrhea.
- glute — (exercise, colloquial) A gluteal muscle.
- gulet — Alternative form of goelette.
- hatel — (obsolete) hateful; detestable.
- helot — a member of the lowest class in ancient Laconia, constituting a body of serfs who were bound to the land and were owned by the state. Compare Perioeci, Spartiate.
- helpt — Simple past tense and past participle of help.
- helth — Obsolete form of health.
- hotel — a commercial establishment offering lodging to travelers and sometimes to permanent residents, and often having restaurants, meeting rooms, stores, etc., that are available to the general public.
- inlet — an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- intel — Intel Corporation
- isetl — Interactive SETL by Gary Levin <[email protected]>. (Apr 1994)
- islet — a very small island.
- istle — a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- ixtle — istle.
- kelty — a large or extra drink imposed on someone who is avoiding drinking or is thought not to be drinking enough
- ketal — (chemistry) any acetal derived from a ketone.
- ketol — (organic chemistry) acyloin.
- knelt — a simple past tense and past participle of kneel.
- lacet — braided work in lace
- lated — belated.
- laten — to (cause to) become late
- later — occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: late frosts; a late spring.
- lates — Plural form of late.