5-letter words containing le
- lesbo — a contemptuous term used to refer to a lesbian.
- leshy — (Slavic mythology) A male woodland spirit in Slavic mythology who protects wild animals and forests.
- lesse — Archaic form of less.
- lesya — any of six possible colors given to the monad, or individual soul, by its karma and being lighter or darker according to the proportion of good or evil included in the karma.
- let's — Archaic. to hinder, prevent, or obstruct.
- letch — a lecherous desire or craving.
- letha — a female given name.
- lethe — Classical Mythology. a river in Hades whose water caused forgetfulness of the past in those who drank of it.
- letup — cessation; pause; relief.
- levee — (in Great Britain) a public court assembly, held in the early afternoon, at which men only are received.
- level — having no part higher than another; having a flat or even surface.
- leven — Loch, a lake in E Scotland: ruins of a castle in which Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned.
- lever — tool for lifting
- levet — (obsolete) A trumpet call for rousing soldiers; a reveille.
- levin — lightning.
- levis — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, across from Montreal, on the St. Lawrence.
- levo- — toward or on the left-hand side
- lewer — Comparative form of lew.
- lewes — George Henry, 1817–78, English writer and critic.
- lewis — Carl (Frederick Carlton Lewis) born 1961, U.S. track and field athlete.
- lexan — a polycarbonate resin, used in molded products, as a substitute for glass, etc.
- lexer — lexical analyser
- lexie — (literary theory) A minimal unit of reading, such as a sentence or sentence fragment.
- lexis — the vocabulary of a language, as distinct from its grammar; the total stock of words and idiomatic combinations of them in a language; lexicon.
- leyte — an island in the E central Philippines: focal point of the U.S. invasion of the Philippines 1944. 3085 sq. mi. (7990 sq. km).
- lezza — Alternative form of lezzer.
- lille — a department in N France. 2229 sq. mi. (5770 sq. km). Capital: Lille.
- lisle — Leconte de Lisle.
- lulea — a seaport in NE Sweden, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- mable — a female given name.
- macle — chiastolite.
- maile — a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- maleo — Macrocephalon maleo, a species of turkey-like bird in the megapode family, endemic to Sulawesi.
- males — Plural form of male.
- malle — Louis [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1932–95, French film director.
- maple — any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer, species of which are grown as shade or ornamental trees, for timber, or for sap. Compare maple family.
- mdlle — Mademoiselle
- melee — a group of diamonds, each weighing less than 0.25 carat.
- merle — a male or female given name.
- miler — a participant in a one-mile race.
- miles — Also called statute mile. a unit of distance on land in English-speaking countries equal to 5280 feet, or 1760 yards (1.609 kilometers).
- misle — A fine rain or thick mist; mizzle.
- moble — to wrap the head of, as in a hood.
- moile — A kind of high shoe worn in ancient times.
- moles — Plural form of mole.
- molet — mullet2 .
- molle — (music, obsolete) flat; lowered by a semitone.
- moole — (obsolete) altform mooli.
- moule — a mussel, esp. an edible variety
- moyle — Alternative form of moil.