6-letter words that end in el
- hirsel — (Scotland, Northern English) The entire stock on a farm or stock under the charge of a shepherd.
- hommel — a walled plain in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 75 miles (120 km) in diameter.
- hostel — Also called youth hostel. an inexpensive, supervised lodging place for young people on bicycle trips, hikes, etc.
- housel — the Eucharist.
- hummel — A stag that has failed to grow antlers.
- ijssel — a river in the central Netherlands, flowing N to the IJsselmeer: a branch of the Rhine River. 70 miles (110 km) long.
- isabel — a female given name.
- ismael — Ishmael (def 1).
- isohel — a line on a weather map connecting points that receive equal amounts of sunshine.
- israel — a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- jacmel — a seaport in S Haiti.
- kassel — a city in central Germany.
- keitel — Wilhelm [vil-helm] /ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1882–1946, German marshal: chief of the Nazi supreme command 1938–45.
- kennel — an open drain or sewer; gutter.
- kernel — the softer, usually edible part contained in the shell of a nut or the stone of a fruit.
- kissel — A dessert made from fruit juice or purée, boiled with sugar and water and thickened with potato or cornstarch.
- kittel — a white robe used by Jews, especially Orthodox Jews, as a ceremonial garment for men and as a burial shroud for both sexes: worn during worship on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, by a bridegroom during the wedding ceremony, and by the leader of the Seder on Passover.
- kmodel — An ancestor of Model-K. "Preliminary Results on the BEHAVIOUR Specifications Language KMODEL-0", BEHAVIOUR Memo 5-91, 1991, GMD, Sankt Augustin, Germany
- knawel — any of several plants belonging to the genus Scleranthus, of the pink family, native to Eurasia, especially S. annuus, a common, low-growing weed that forms dense mats.
- kossel — Albrecht [ahl-brekht] /ˈɑl brɛxt/ (Show IPA), 1853–1927, German chemist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1910.
- kummel — a colorless cordial or liqueur flavored with cumin, caraway seeds, etc., made especially in the Baltic area.
- laurel — Stan (Arthur Stanley Jefferson) 1890–1965, U.S. motion-picture actor and comedian, born in England.
- lemuel — a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “devoted to God.”.
- lingel — (obsolete) A shoemaker's thread.
- lintel — a horizontal architectural member supporting the weight above an opening, as a window or a door.
- lionel — a male given name, form of Leon.
- listel — a narrow list or fillet.
- machel — Samora Moisés [suh-mawr-uh moi-zes] /səˈmɔr ə mɔɪˈzɛs/ (Show IPA), 1933–86, Mozambique political leader: president 1975–86.
- mandel — a male given name.
- mangel — A beet of a variety with a large root, cultivated as feed for livestock.
- mantel — a construction framing the opening of a fireplace and usually covering part of the chimney breast in a more or less decorative manner.
- manuel — a male given name.
- marcel — to wave (the hair) by means of special irons, producing the effect of regular, continuous waves (marcel waves)
- mariel — a city and seaport of Cuba, on the W coast, SW of Havana.
- martel — Charles, Charles Martel.
- marvel — something that causes wonder, admiration, or astonishment; a wonderful thing; a wonder or prodigy: The new bridge is an engineering marvel.
- mendel — Gregor Johann [greg-er yoh-hahn;; German grey-gawr yoh-hahn] /ˈgrɛg ər ˈyoʊ hɑn;; German ˈgreɪ gɔr ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), 1822–84, Austrian monk and botanist.
- merkel — Angela. born 1954, German politician; chair of the Christian Democratic Union from 2000; chancellor of Germany from 2005 (the first woman to hold the office)
- michel — Obsolete form of mickle.
- mindel — the second major Pleistocene glaciation of Alpine Europe
- missel — (obsolete) mistletoe.
- morsel — a bite, mouthful, or small portion of food, candy, etc.
- muriel — a female given name.
- mussel — any bivalve mollusk, especially an edible marine bivalve of the family Mytilidae and a freshwater clam of the family Unionidae.
- mutuel — pari-mutuel (def 1).
- nickel — Chemistry. a hard, silvery-white, ductile and malleable metallic element, allied to iron and cobalt, not readily oxidized: used chiefly in alloys, in electroplating, and as a catalyst in organic synthesis. Symbol: Ni; atomic weight: 58.71; atomic number: 28; specific gravity: 8.9 at 20°C.
- norsel — a band or cord, esp one used to attach rope alongside the edge of a fishing-net
- oxymel — a medicinal syrupy mixture of vinegar, honey and water
- parcel — an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
- parrel — Nautical. a sliding ring or collar of rope, wood, or metal that confines a yard or the jaws of a gaff to the mast but allows vertical movement.