6-letter words containing li
- anelli — pasta shaped like small rings
- anglia — England
- anglic — the English language in a simplified spelling devised by R. E. Zachrisson (1880–1937), a Swedish philologist, to make English easier to use as an auxiliary language. About 40 of the most frequent words are kept in their usual spellings; the rest of the vocabulary is spelled phonetically with letters of the traditional 26-letter alphabet.
- anilin — aniline
- annuli — a ring; a ringlike part, band, or space.
- antlia — a proboscis designed for sucking
- aplite — a light-coloured fine-grained acid igneous rock with a sugary texture, consisting of quartz and feldspars
- apulia — a region of SE Italy, on the Adriatic. Capital: Bari. Pop: 4 023 957 (2003 est). Area: 19 223 sq km (7422 sq miles)
- aralia — any plant of the genus Aralia of trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants. The greenhouse and house plant generally known as aralia is Schefflera elegantissima of a related genus, grown for its decorative evergreen foliage: family Araliaceae
- argali — a wild sheep, Ovis ammon, inhabiting semidesert regions in central Asia: family Bovidae, order Artiodactyla. It is the largest of the sheep, having massive horns in the male, which may almost form a circle
- arliss — George, 1868–1946, English actor.
- atelic — showing an action or happening as being unfinished
- azalia — Archaic form of azalea.
- b list — a category considered to be slightly below the most socially desirable
- b-line — An early CAD language.
- baalim — any of numerous local deities among the ancient Semitic peoples, typifying the productive forces of nature and worshiped with much sensuality.
- bailie — (in Scotland) a municipal magistrate
- baling — Also, bailer. a bucket, dipper, or other container used for bailing.
- baliol — Edward. ?1283–1364, king of Scotland (1332, 1333–56)
- balise — an electronic beacon used on a railway
- baylis — Lillian Mary. 1874–1937, British theatre manager: founded the Old Vic (1912) and the Sadler's Wells company for opera and ballet (1931)
- belial — a demon mentioned frequently in apocalyptic literature: identified in the Christian tradition with the devil or Satan
- belied — to show to be false; contradict: His trembling hands belied his calm voice.
- belief — Belief is a feeling of certainty that something exists, is true, or is good.
- belies — to show to be false; contradict: His trembling hands belied his calm voice.
- belike — perhaps; maybe
- belive — speedily
- belize — a state in Central America, on the Caribbean Sea: site of a Mayan civilization until the 9th century ad; colonized by the British from 1638; granted internal self-government in 1964; became an independent state within the Commonwealth in 1981. Official language: English; Carib and Spanish are also spoken. Currency: Belize dollar. Capital: Belmopan. Pop: 334 297 (2013 est). Area: 22 965 sq km (8867 sq miles)
- berlin — the capital of Germany (1871–1945 and from 1990), formerly divided (1945–90) into the eastern sector, capital of East Germany, and the western sectors, which formed an exclave in East German territory closely affiliated with West Germany: a wall dividing the sectors was built in 1961 by the East German authorities to stop the flow of refugees from east to west; demolition of the wall began in 1989 and the city was formally reunited in 1990: formerly (1618–1871) the capital of Brandenburg and Prussia. Pop: 3 388 477 (2003 est)
- beylic — a province ruled over by a bey
- bialik — Hayyim Nahman (ˈhaɪm ˈnɑxman) or Chaim Nachman. 1873–1934, Russian Jewish poet and writer. His long poems The Talmud Student (1894) and In the City of Slaughter (1903) established him as the major Hebrew poet of modern times
- bilian — a type of ironwood from Borneo
- bilith — a prehistoric structure consisting of a horizontal stone slab supported by an upright stone.
- billie — a feminine and masculine name
- blight — You can refer to something as a blight when it causes great difficulties, and damages or spoils other things.
- blimey — You say blimey when you are surprised by something or feel strongly about it.
- blinds — unable to see; lacking the sense of sight; sightless: a blind man.
- blinks — a small temperate portulacaceous plant, Montia fontana with small white flowers
- blinky — (of milk) sour.
- blintz — a thin pancake folded over a filling usually of apple, cream cheese, or meat
- blithe — You use blithe to indicate that something is done casually, without serious or careful thought.
- blivet — something annoying, ridiculous, or useless.
- blivit — something annoying, ridiculous, or useless.
- blixen — Karen
- bolide — a large exceptionally bright meteor that often explodes
- boline — (in Wicca) a knife, usually sickle-shaped and with a white handle, used for gathering herbs and carving symbols
- bolita — a form of numbers pool.
- bollix — to make a muddle of; bungle; botch
- buglix — /buhg'liks/ Pejorative term referring to DEC's ULTRIX operating system in its earlier *severely* buggy versions. Still used to describe ULTRIX, but without nearly so much venom. Compare AIDX, HP-SUX, Nominal Semidestructor, Telerat, sun-stools.
- byline — A byline is a line at the top of an article in a newspaper or magazine giving the author's name.