6-letter words containing il
- ensile — Put (grass or another crop) into a silo in order to preserve it as silage.
- entail — A settlement of the inheritance of property over a number of generations so that it remains within a family or other group.
- entoil — to trap in toils or snares; ensnare
- epilog — Alternative spelling of epilogue.
- étoile — a star
- eviler — Comparative form of evil.
- evilly — In an evil manner.
- exiled — Simple past tense and past participle of exile.
- exiler — a person who, or thing which, exiles
- exiles — Plural form of exile.
- exilic — Of or pertaining to exile.
- facile — moving, acting, working, proceeding, etc., with ease, sometimes with superficiality: facile fingers; a facile mind.
- failed — unsuccessful; failed: a totally fail policy.
- failer — One who fails.
- faille — a soft, transversely ribbed fabric of silk, rayon, or lightweight taffeta.
- family — the children of one person or one couple collectively: We want a large family.
- fibril — a small or fine fiber or filament.
- filate — threadlike.
- filene — Edward Albert, 1860–1937, U.S. retail merchant.
- filers — Plural form of filer.
- filets — Plural form of filet.
- filial — of, relating to, or befitting a son or daughter: filial obedience.
- filing — A small particle rubbed off by a file when smoothing or shaping something.
- filius — a son
- filled — to make full; put as much as can be held into: to fill a jar with water.
- filler — an aluminum coin of Hungary, the 100th part of a forint.
- fillet — Cookery. a boneless cut or slice of meat or fish, especially the beef tenderloin. a piece of veal or other meat boned, rolled, and tied for roasting.
- fillip — to strike with the nail of a finger snapped from the end of the thumb.
- filmed — Simple past tense and past participle of film.
- filmer — One who films; that is, one who copies media to microfilm.
- filmic — of, relating to, or characteristic of motion pictures: a filmic adaptation of a novel.
- filose — threadlike.
- filter — any substance, as cloth, paper, porous porcelain, or a layer of charcoal or sand, through which liquid or gas is passed to remove suspended impurities or to recover solids.
- filthy — foul with, characterized by, or having the nature of filth; disgustingly or completely dirty.
- filtre — Obsolete form of filter.
- flails — Plural form of flail.
- foiled — ornamented with foils, as a gable, spandrel, or balustrade.
- foiler — One who foils or frustrates.
- fossil — any remains, impression, or trace of a living thing of a former geologic age, as a skeleton, footprint, etc.
- foxily — In a foxy manner.
- fraile — Obsolete spelling of frail.
- frails — having delicate health; not robust; weak: My grandfather is rather frail now.
- frazil — ice crystals formed in turbulent water, as in swift streams or rough seas.
- frills — a trimming, as a strip of cloth or lace, gathered at one edge and left loose at the other; ruffle.
- frilly — covered with or marked by frills: Some of the more elaborate dress shirts have frilly fronts.
- fulfil — to carry out, or bring to realization, as a prophecy or promise.
- fusile — formed by melting or casting; fused; founded.
- futile — incapable of producing any result; ineffective; useless; not successful: Attempting to force-feed the sick horse was futile.
- g file — (messaging) (General file) A mid 1980s term for text files, usually short and unpublished found on BBSs. The g-files section on BBSs contain text files of general interest, viewable on-line; this is as opposed to files in the file transfer section, which are generally downloadable but not viewable on-line. When used on the Internet, this term generally refers to the types of file most often associated with old BBSs such as instructions on phreaking or making bombs.
- gailer — Obsolete form of jailer.