5-letter words containing le
- chile — a republic in South America, on the Pacific, with a total length of about 4090 km (2650 miles) and an average width of only 177 km (110 miles): gained independence from Spain in 1818; the government of President Allende (elected 1970) attempted the implementation of Marxist policies within a democratic system until overthrown by a military coup (1973); democracy restored 1988. Chile consists chiefly of the Andes in the east, the Atacama Desert in the north, a central fertile region, and a huge S region of almost uninhabitable mountains, glaciers, fjords, and islands; an important producer of copper, iron ore, nitrates, etc. Language: Spanish. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. Currency: peso. Capital: Santiago. Pop: 17 216 945 (2013 est). Area: 756 945 sq km (292 256 sq miles)
- chole — A spicy Indian chickpea curry.
- chyle — a milky fluid composed of lymph and emulsified fat globules, formed in the small intestine during digestion
- clean — Something that is clean is free from dirt or unwanted marks.
- clear — Something that is clear is easy to understand, see, or hear.
- cleat — A cleat is a kind of hook with two ends which is used to hold ropes, especially on sailing boats.
- cleck — (of birds) to hatch
- cleek — a large hook, such as one used to land fish
- clefs — Plural form of clef.
- cleft — A cleft in a rock or in the ground is a narrow opening in it.
- clegg — Nick, full name Nicholas William Peter Clegg. born 1967, British politician; leader of the Liberal Democrats (2007–2015); deputy prime minister of a Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition (2010–2015)
- clems — Plural form of clem.
- cleon — died 422 bc, Athenian demagogue and military leader
- clepe — to call by the name of
- clept — a simple past tense and past participle of clepe.
- clerc — Laurent [loh-rahn] /loʊˈrɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1785–1869, French educator of the deaf, in the U.S. after 1816.
- clerk — A clerk is a person who works in an office, bank, or law court and whose job is to look after the records or accounts.
- cleve — Per Teodor [par tey-aw-dawr] /pær ˈteɪ ɔˌdɔr/ (Show IPA), 1840–1905, Swedish chemist.
- clews — Plural form of clew.
- coble — a small single-masted flat-bottomed fishing boat
- codle — Obsolete form of coddle.
- coles — Plural form of cole.
- colet — John. ?1467–1519, English humanist and theologian; founder of St Paul's School, London (1509)
- coley — any of various edible fishes, esp the coalfish
- coole — Obsolete spelling of cool.
- crile — George Washington1864-1943; U.S. surgeon
- culet — the flat face at the bottom of a gem
- culex — any mosquito of the genus Culex, such as C. pipiens, the common mosquito
- cycle — If you cycle, you ride a bicycle.
- dalek — any of a set of fictional robot-like creations that are aggressive, mobile, and produce rasping staccato speech
- dalen — Nils Gustaf. 1869–1937, Swedish engineer, inventor of an automatic light-controlled valve known as 'Solventil'. Nobel prize for physics 1912
- dales — a strong working breed of pony, originating from Yorkshire and Durham
- dalet — The fourth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
- daley — Richard J(oseph) 1902–76, U.S. politician: mayor of Chicago 1955–76.
- deale — Archaic spelling of deal.
- dekle — (art) Alternative form of deckle.
- deled — to delete.
- dhole — a fierce canine mammal, Cuon alpinus, of the forests of central and SE Asia, having a reddish-brown coat and rounded ears: hunts in packs
- doled — a portion or allotment of money, food, etc., especially as given at regular intervals by a charity or for maintenance.
- doles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dole.
- dowle — Feathery or woolly down; filament of a feather.
- doyle — Sir Arthur Conan [kaw-nuh n,, koh-] /ˈkɔ nən,, ˈkoʊ-/ (Show IPA), 1859–1930, British physician, novelist, and detective-story writer.
- drole — a scoundrel
- duple — having two parts; double; twofold.
- dwale — Deadly nightshade or belladonna.
- dwile — a cloth, rag, or mop used for various cleaning purposes around the house
- eagle — any of several large, soaring birds of prey belonging to the hawk family Accipitridae, noted for their size, strength, and powers of flight and vision: formerly widespread in North America, eagles are mostly confined to Alaska and a few isolated populations. Compare bald eagle, golden eagle.
- earle — a male given name: from the old English word meaning “noble.”.
- easle — a quantity of hot embers or ashes
- eccle — Alternative form of eckle.