6-letter words containing l
- absail — Misspelling of abseil.
- abseil — To abseil down a cliff or rock face means to slide down it in a controlled way using a rope, with your feet against the cliff or rock.
- abulia — a pathological inability to take decisions
- abulic — a symptom of mental disorder involving impairment or loss of volition.
- abvolt — the cgs unit of potential difference in the electromagnetic system; the potential difference between two points when work of 1 erg must be done to transfer 1 abcoulomb of charge from one point to the other: equivalent to 10–8 volt
- accel. — accelerando
- accloy — to knock a nail into (a horse's foot) when affixing a horseshoe and thereby cause injury
- accoil — a welcome
- acetal — 1,1-diethoxyethane; a colourless volatile liquid used as a solvent and in perfumes. Formula: CH3CH(OC2H5)2
- acetyl — of, consisting of, or containing the monovalent group CH3CO-
- achill — an island off the coast of NW Ireland. 14 miles (23 km) long; 11 miles (18 km) wide.
- acidly — Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- acrawl — crawling
- actalk — (language) A Smalltalk-based actor language developed by J-P Briot in 1989.
- actual — You use actual to emphasize that you are referring to something real or genuine.
- aculei — Also, acus. the modified ovipositor or sting of certain hymenopterous insects.
- ad-lib — If you ad-lib something in a play or a speech, you say something which has not been planned or written beforehand.
- addled — If you describe someone as addled, you mean that they are confused or unable to think properly.
- addles — mentally confused; muddled.
- adenyl — a derivative of adenine
- adland — the advertising industry and the people who work in it
- adlibs — Plural form of adlib.
- admail — Alternative expression for junk mail.
- adolph — a masculine name: equiv. L. Adolphus, Fr. Adolphe, Ger. Adolf
- adoral — Relating to or denoting the side or end where the mouth is situated, especially in animals, such as echinoderms, that lack clear upper and lower sides.
- adoula — Cyrille [see-ril] /siˈrɪl/ (Show IPA), 1922–78, African statesman: premier of the Democratic Republic of the Congo 1961–64.
- adults — Plural form of adult.
- aecial — relating to or resembling an aecium
- aedile — a magistrate of ancient Rome in charge of public works, games, buildings, and roads
- aeolia — Aeolis
- aeolic — of or relating to the Aeolians or their dialect
- aeolis — the ancient name for the coastal region of NW Asia Minor, including the island of Lesbos, settled by the Aeolian Greeks (about 1000 bc)
- aeolus — the god of the winds
- aerial — You talk about aerial attacks and aerial photographs to indicate that people or things on the ground are attacked or photographed by people in aeroplanes.
- aerily — in an aery manner
- afflux — a flowing towards a point
- afield — away from one's usual surroundings or home (esp in the phrase far afield)
- aflame — If something is on fire, you can say it is aflame.
- aflare — Flaring.
- afloat — If someone or something is afloat, they remain partly above the surface of water and do not sink.
- aflush — (archaic, or, poetic) flushed, blushing.
- afocal — denoting a method for transferring an image without bringing it into focus
- agedly — in a manner resembling that of an aged person
- aglaia — one of the three Graces
- aglare — glaring
- agleam — glowing; gleaming
- aglets — Plural form of aglet.
- aglint — displaying bright points of light, as by reflection; glittering: a diamond tiara aglint under the ballroom lights.
- agnail — a sore or swelling around a fingernail or toenail
- agonal — relating to agony, esp before death