6-letter words containing el
- telnet — /tel'net/ 1. The Internet standard protocol for remote login. Runs on top of TCP/IP. Defined in STD 8, RFC 854 and extended with options by many other RFCs. Unix BSD networking software includes a program, telnet, which uses the protocol and acts as a terminal emulator for the remote login session. Sometimes abbreviated to TN. TOPS-10 had a similar program called IMPCOM. 2. The US nationwide network into which one dials to access CompuServe. It was created by John Goltz, one of the founders and system guru of CompuServe. He later worked for Tymshare, one of CompuServe's big competitors.
- telome — the fundamental unit of a plant's structure
- telsim — Busch, ca 1966. Digital simulation.
- telson — the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
- telugu — a Dravidian language spoken mainly in Andhra Pradesh state, SE India.
- tencel — a fabric made from wood pulp cellulose, having a silky texture
- tercel — the male of a hawk, especially of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
- terfel — Sir Bryn, real name Bryn Terfel Jones. born 1965, Welsh bass baritone, noted for his performances in operas by Mozart and Wagner
- teruel — a city in E central Spain: 15th-century cathedral; scene of fierce fighting during the Spanish Civil War. Pop: 32 304 (2003 est)
- tetzel — Johann [yoh-hahn] /ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), 1465?–1519, German monk: antagonist of Martin Luther.
- thelma — a female given name.
- thelon — a river in the SE Northwest Territories, in central Canada, flowing NE into Hudson Bay. About 550 miles (885 km) long.
- timely — occurring at a suitable time; seasonable; opportune; well-timed: a timely warning.
- tinsel — a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- titely — immediately
- tolsel — a tolbooth
- tooele — a town in NW Utah.
- torsel — a beam or slab of wood, stone, iron, etc., laid on a masonry wall to receive and distribute the weight from one end of a beam.
- travel — to go from one place to another, as by car, train, plane, or ship; take a trip; journey: to travel for pleasure.
- tricel — a kind of rayon
- trowel — any of various tools having a flat blade with a handle, used for depositing and working mortar, plaster, etc.
- tugela — a river in E South Africa, rising in the Drakensberg where it forms the Tugela Falls, 856 m (2810 ft) high (highest waterfall in Africa), before flowing east to the Indian Ocean: scene of battles during the Zulu War (1879) and the Boer War (1899–1902). Length: about 500 km (312 miles)
- tunnel — an underground passage.
- tupelo — any of several trees of the genus Nyssa, having ovate leaves, clusters of minute flowers, and purple, berrylike fruit, especially N. aquatica, of swampy regions of the eastern, southern, and midwestern U.S.
- twelve — a cardinal number, 10 plus 2.
- umwelt — the environmental factors, collectively, that are capable of affecting the behaviour of an animal or individual
- unbelt — to remove the belt from.
- unfelt — not felt
- unheld — simple past tense and a past participle of hold1 .
- unhelm — to remove the helmet of (oneself or another)
- unreel — to unwind from or as if from a reel: to unreel some wire; to unreel a tangled skein.
- unseel — to undo the seeling of; to unsew
- unself — a lack of self
- unsell — to dissuade from a belief in the desirability, value, wisdom, or truth of something: He tried to unsell the public on its faith in rearmament.
- unwell — not well; ailing; ill.
- upheld — simple past tense and past participle of uphold.
- upwell — to well up, as water from a spring.
- v-belt — A V-belt is a rubber belt used for driving mechanisms in an engine such as the fans or water pump.
- vachel — a male given name: from a Latin word meaning “little cow.”.
- vakeel — a native lawyer.
- varvel — (in falconry) the ring on a strap which holds the bird to the trainer's wrist
- vattel — Emmerich [German em-uh-rikh] /German ˈɛm ə rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1714–67, Swiss jurist and diplomat.
- vela's — Biology. any of various veillike or curtainlike membranous partitions.
- velate — Biology. having a velum.
- velcro — fastening tape used for garment closure
- vellet — velvet
- vellon — a silver and copper alloy used in old Spanish coins
- vellum — calfskin, lambskin, kidskin, etc., treated for use as a writing surface.
- veloce — played at a fast tempo (used as a musical direction).
- velour — a velvetlike fabric of rayon, wool, or any of several other natural or synthetic fibers, used for outerwear and upholstery.