6-letter words containing el
- novels — Roman Law. an imperial enactment subsequent and supplementary to an imperial compilation and codification of authoritative legal materials. Usually, Novels. imperial enactments subsequent to the promulgation of Justinian's Code and supplementary to it: one of the four divisions of the Corpus Juris Civilis.
- nowell — Obsolete spelling of noel.
- nowels — Plural form of nowel.
- nudely — In a nude manner.
- obelia — a colonial hydroid of the genus Obelia, common in temperate seas and appearing as a delicate, mosslike growth on rocks, pilings, etc.
- obelus — a mark (− or ÷) used in ancient manuscripts to point out spurious, corrupt, doubtful, or superfluous words or passages.
- ocelli — a type of simple eye common to invertebrates, consisting of retinal cells, pigments, and nerve fibers.
- ocelot — a spotted leopardlike cat, Felis pardalis, ranging from Texas through South America: now greatly reduced in number and endangered in the U.S.
- odelet — A little or short ode.
- omelet — eggs beaten until frothy, often combined with other ingredients, as herbs, chopped ham, cheese, or jelly, and cooked until set.
- oriels — Plural form of oriel.
- orwell — George (Eric Arthur Blair) 1903–50, English novelist and essayist.
- otello — an opera (1887) with music by Giuseppe Verdi and a libretto by Arrigo Boito based on Shakespeare's Othello.
- owelsh — Old Welsh
- owelty — equality, esp in financial transactions
- oxymel — a medicinal syrupy mixture of vinegar, honey and water
- oyelet — eyelet (def 5).
- paella — a Spanish dish prepared by simmering together chicken, seafood, rice, vegetables, and saffron and other seasonings.
- palely — light-colored or lacking in color: a pale complexion; his pale face; a pale child. lacking the usual intensity of color due to fear, illness, stress, etc.: She looked pale and unwell when we visited her in the nursing home.
- pamela — (or Virtue Rewarded) an epistolary novel (1740) by Samuel Richardson.
- parcel — an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- parrel — Nautical. a sliding ring or collar of rope, wood, or metal that confines a yard or the jaws of a gaff to the mast but allows vertical movement.
- passel — a group or lot of indeterminate number: a passel of dignitaries.
- pastel — the woad plant.
- pdelan — Partial Differential Equation LANguage
- peeler — a police officer.
- pelage — the hair, fur, wool, or other soft covering of a mammal.
- peleus — a king of the Myrmidons, the son of Aeacus and father of Achilles.
- pelham — a bit that is used with two pairs of reins, designed to serve the purpose of a full bridle.
- pelias — a son of Poseidon and Tyro. He feared his nephew Jason and sent him to recover the Golden Fleece, hoping he would not return
- pelike — a storage jar with two handles extending from the lip to the shoulder, characterized by an oval body that is wider at the base than at the neck and rests on a foot.
- pelion — Mount, a mountain near the E coast of Greece, in Thessaly. 5252 feet (1600 meters).
- pelite — any clayey rock, as mudstone or shale.
- pellan — Alfred [French al-fred] /French alˈfrɛd/ (Show IPA), 1906–1988, Canadian painter.
- pelles — (in Arthurian legend) the father of Elaine and one of the searchers for the Holy Grail
- pellet — a small, rounded or spherical body, as of food or medicine.
- pellum — dust
- pelmet — a decorative cornice or valance at the head of a window or doorway, used to cover the fastenings from which curtains are hung.
- peloid — mud used therapeutically.
- pelops — Classical Mythology. a son of Tantalus and Dione, slaughtered by his father and served to the Olympians as food; Hermes restored him to life and he later ruled over southern Greece, which was called Peloponnesus after him.
- pelory — floral mutation
- pelota — a Basque and Spanish game from which jai alai was developed.
- pelted — to attack or assail with repeated blows or with missiles.
- pelter — a person or thing that pelts.
- peltry — fur skins; pelts collectively.
- pelvic — of or relating to the pelvis.
- pelvis — the basinlike cavity in the lower part of the trunk of many vertebrates, formed in humans by the innominate bones, sacrum, etc.
- pencel — a small pennon, as at the head of a lance.
- pentel — a ballpoint pen with free-flowing ink in the manner of a felt-tip pen
- petrel — any of numerous tube-nosed seabirds of the families Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, and Pelecanoididae.