6-letter words containing w, e, l
- weasal — Misspelling of weasel.
- weasel — any small carnivore of the genus Mustela, of the family Mustelidae, having a long, slender body and feeding chiefly on small rodents.
- weblog — original term for blog.
- wedeln — a skiing technique first developed in Austria in the 1950s that consists of high-speed turns made in succession with both skis parallel while not noticeably setting the ski edges on a slope.
- weeble — /wee'b*l/ An egg-shaped plastic toy person with a weight in the bottom so that, if tipped over, they would right themselves and stand up again. They were popular in the UK during the 1970s and were famous for the slogan "Weebles wobble but they don't fall down", unlike some computers (pretty tenuous link with computing).
- weedle — Misspelling of wheedle.
- weekly — done, happening, appearing, etc., once a week, or every week: a weekly appointment with an analyst.
- weevil — Also called snout beetle. any of numerous beetles of the family Curculionidae, which have the head prolonged into a snout and which are destructive to nuts, grain, fruit, etc.
- welded — Simple past tense and past participle of weld.
- welder — to unite or fuse (as pieces of metal) by hammering, compressing, or the like, especially after rendering soft or pasty by heat, and sometimes with the addition of fusible material like or unlike the pieces to be united.
- weldon — Fay. born 1931, British novelist and writer. Her novels include Praxis (1978), Life and Loves of a She-Devil (1984), Big Women (1998), and Rhode Island Blues (2003)
- weldor — to unite or fuse (as pieces of metal) by hammering, compressing, or the like, especially after rendering soft or pasty by heat, and sometimes with the addition of fusible material like or unlike the pieces to be united.
- welkin — the sky; the vault of heaven.
- welkom — a town in central South Africa; developed rapidly following the discovery of gold. Pop: 34 157 (2001)
- welled — a hole drilled or bored into the earth to obtain water, petroleum, natural gas, brine, or sulfur.
- weller — Thomas Huckle [huhk-uh l] /ˈhʌk əl/ (Show IPA), 1915–2008, U.S. physician: Nobel Prize in medicine 1954.
- welles — (George) Orson, 1915–85, U.S. actor, director, and producer.
- wellie — Usually, wellies. Wellington boot.
- welted — a ridge or wale on the surface of the body, as from a blow of a stick or whip.
- welter — to roll, toss, or heave, as waves or the sea.
- wenzel — German form of Wenceslaus.
- werfel — Franz [German frahnts] /German frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1890–1945, Austrian novelist, poet, and dramatist, born in Austria-Hungary: in the U.S. after 1939.
- wesley — Charles, 1707–88, English evangelist and hymnist.
- whaled — any of the larger marine mammals of the order Cetacea, especially as distinguished from the smaller dolphins and porpoises, having a fishlike body, forelimbs modified into flippers, and a head that is horizontally flattened.
- whalen — Philip, 1923–2002, U.S. poet.
- whaler — a person or vessel employed in whaling.
- whales — Bay of, an inlet of the Ross Sea, in Antarctica: location of Little America.
- wheals — Plural form of wheal.
- wheels — a circular frame or disk arranged to revolve on an axis, as on or in vehicles or machinery.
- wheely — Circular; suitable to rotation.
- whelks — Plural form of whelk.
- whelky — Having whelks, ridges, or protuberances.
- whelms — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of whelm.
- whelps — Plural form of whelp.
- whiled — a period or interval of time: to wait a long while; He arrived a short while ago.
- whiles — Chiefly Scot. at times.
- wholer — comprising the full quantity, amount, extent, number, etc., without diminution or exception; entire, full, or total: He ate the whole pie. They ran the whole distance.
- wholes — Plural form of whole.
- wibble — (British, slang) Meaningless or content-free chatter in a discussion; drivel, babble.
- widdle — (chiefly, British) To urinate.
- widely — to a wide extent.
- wields — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wield.
- wieldy — readily wielded or managed, as in use or action.
- wiesel — Elie [el-ee] /ˈɛl i/ (Show IPA), (Eliezer) born 1928, U.S. author, born in Romania: Nobel Peace Prize 1986.
- wifely — of, like, or befitting a wife.
- wiggle — to move or go with short, quick, irregular movements from side to side: The puppies wiggled with delight.
- wiglet — a small wig, especially one used to supplement the existing hair.
- wilded — Simple past tense and past participle of wild.
- wilder — to travel around as a group, attacking or assaulting (people) in a random and violent way: The man was wilded and left for dead.
- wilier — full of, marked by, or proceeding from wiles; crafty; cunning.