6-letter words containing el
- shelvy — full of sandbanks or reefs hidden beneath the water's surface
- sheqel — shekel (def 1).
- shield — a broad piece of armor, varying widely in form and size, carried apart from the body, usually on the left arm, as a defense against swords, lances, arrows, etc.
- shovel — an implement consisting of a broad blade or scoop attached to a long handle, used for taking up, removing, or throwing loose matter, as earth, snow, or coal.
- simmel — Georg [gey-awrk] /geɪˈɔrk/ (Show IPA), 1858–1918, German sociologist and philosopher.
- simnel — in England,
- skeely — skilful
- skelly — a whitefish, Coregonus stigmaticus, of certain lakes in the Lake District
- smelly — emitting a strong or unpleasant odor; reeking.
- snelly — in a sharp or snell manner
- snivel — to weep or cry with sniffling.
- solely — as the only one or ones: solely responsible.
- solgel — pertaining to alternation between the sol and gel states, as in the pseudopodia of amebas.
- sorely — in a painful manner.
- sorrel — any of various plants belonging to the genus Rumex, of the buckwheat family, having edible acid leaves used in salads, sauces, etc.
- speltz — a wheat variety
- spinel — any of a group of minerals composed principally of oxides of magnesium, aluminum, iron, manganese, chromium, etc., characterized by their hardness and octahedral crystals.
- steele — Sir Richard, 1672–1729, English essayist, journalist, dramatist, and political leader; born in Ireland.
- steels — any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- steely — consisting or made of steel.
- stelae — stele (defs 1–3).
- stelai — an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- stelar — an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- stella — Frank (Phillip) born 1936, U.S. painter.
- stipel — a secondary stipule situated at the base of a leaflet of a compound leaf.
- streel — a slovenly woman
- surely — firmly; unerringly; without missing, slipping, etc.
- svelte — slender, especially gracefully slender in figure; lithe.
- swivel — a fastening device that allows the thing fastened to turn around freely upon it, especially to turn in a full circle.
- t cell — any of several closely related lymphocytes, developed in the thymus, that circulate in the blood and lymph and orchestrate the immune system's response to infected or malignant cells, either by lymphokine secretions or by direct contact: helper T cells recognize foreign antigen on the surfaces of other cells, then they stimulate B cells to produce antibody and signal killer T cells to destroy the antigen-displaying cells; subsequently suppressor T cells return the immune system to normal by inactivating the B cells and killer T cells.
- t-cell — any of several closely related lymphocytes, developed in the thymus, that circulate in the blood and lymph and orchestrate the immune system's response to infected or malignant cells, either by lymphokine secretions or by direct contact: helper T cells recognize foreign antigen on the surfaces of other cells, then they stimulate B cells to produce antibody and signal killer T cells to destroy the antigen-displaying cells; subsequently suppressor T cells return the immune system to normal by inactivating the B cells and killer T cells.
- tamely — changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated: a tame bear.
- tassel — a pendent ornament consisting commonly of a bunch of threads, small cords, or other strands hanging from a roundish knob or head, used on clothing, in jewelry, on curtains, etc.
- teasel — any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads. Compare teasel family.
- teazel — to raise a nap on (cloth) with teasels; dress by means of teasels.
- telary — relating to a web
- teledu — a small, dark-brown, badgerlike mammal, Mydaus javensis, of the mountains of Java, Sumatra, and Borneo, having a white stripe down the back, and ejecting a foul-smelling secretion when alarmed.
- telega — a Russian cart of rude construction, having four wheels and no springs.
- telegu — Telugu
- telesm — a talisman
- telfer — to transport by means of a telpherage.
- telial — of a telium
- telium — the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- telkom — the official telephone service in South Africa
- teller — Edward, 1908–2003, U.S. physicist, born in Hungary.
- tellez — Gabriel [Spanish gah-vree-el] /Spanish ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), Tirso de Molina.
- tellin — any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus Tellina, having a thin, rounded shell of white, yellow, pink, or purple.
- telloh — a village in SE Iraq, between the lower Tigris and Euphrates: site of the ancient Sumerian city of Lagash.
- tells' — an artificial mound consisting of the accumulated remains of one or more ancient settlements (often used in Egypt and the Middle East as part of a place name).
- tellus — an ancient Roman goddess of the earth, marriage, and fertility, identified with the Greek goddess Gaea.