4-letter words that end in l
- gall — (Pizi) 1840?–94, leader of the Hunkpapa Sioux: a major chief in the battle of Little Bighorn.
- gaol — to take into or hold in lawful custody; imprison.
- gaul — an ancient region in W Europe, including the modern areas of N Italy, France, Belgium, and the S Netherlands: consisted of two main divisions, one part S of the Alps (Cisalpine Gaul) and another part N of the Alps (Transalpine Gaul)
- gcal — (text, tool) The Cambridge Phoenix equivalent of troff. So called because all Cambridge utilities were named after birds, GCAL was a "run off" equivalent, and Geococcyx californianus is the Latin name of the roadrunner. GCAL was eventually obsoleted by TeX. It is believed that even more obscure puns lurked in the depths of Phoenix. Perhaps it is better they stayed there.
- gdpl — Generalized Distributed Programming Language. "GDPL - A Generalized Distributed Programming Language", K. Ng et al, Proc 4th Intl Conf Distrib Comp Sys, IEEE 1984, pp.69-78.
- geal — (obsolete, or, Scotland) To congeal.
- gell — Eye dialect of girl.
- genl — General or general
- gfdl — GNU Free Documentation License
- gill — a male given name.
- girl — a female child, from birth to full growth.
- goal — the result or achievement toward which effort is directed; aim; end.
- goel — (obsolete) yellow.
- goll — (obsolete) hand.
- gool — the corn marigold
- gowl — (obsolete) To weep angrily; to howl.
- gril — (obsolete) harsh; hard; severe; stern; rough.
- gsbl — (language)
- gspl — (language) Greenberg's System Programming Language. Bernard Greenberg.
- gull — a person who is easily deceived or cheated; dupe.
- gurl — Obsolete form of girl.
- hail — to pour down on as or like hail: The plane hailed leaflets on the city.
- hall — Asaph [ey-suh f] /ˈeɪ səf/ (Show IPA), 1829–1907, U.S. astronomer: discovered the satellites of Mars.
- harl — A fibre, especially a fibre of hemp or flax, or an individual fibre of a feather.
- hasl — (language) SASL plus conditional unification.
- haul — to pull or draw with force; move by drawing; drag: They hauled the boat up onto the beach.
- hdfl — A single assignment language.
- hdsl — High bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line
- heal — to make healthy, whole, or sound; restore to health; free from ailment.
- heel — a contemptibly dishonorable or irresponsible person: We all feel like heels for ducking out on you like this.
- heil — To greet with a Sieg Heil.
- hell — the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death; the abode of evil and condemned spirits; Gehenna or Tartarus.
- herl — a barb of a feather, used especially in dressing anglers' flies.
- hill — the small hill in Washington, D.C., on which the Capitol stands.
- hitl — Human Interface Technology Laboratory
- hmsl — Hierarchical Music Specification Language
- hmtl — (spelling) Do you mean HTML?
- hool — (slang) A hooligan.
- howl — to utter a loud, prolonged, mournful cry, as that of a dog or wolf.
- html — hypertext markup language
- httl — Do you mean HTTP or HTML?
- hull — Cordell [kawr-del,, kawr-del] /ˈkɔr dɛl,, kɔrˈdɛl/ (Show IPA), 1871–1955, U.S. statesman: secretary of state 1933–44; Nobel Peace Prize 1945.
- hurl — to throw or fling with great force or vigor.
- hwyl — emotional fervour, as in the recitation of poetry
- i'll — I will
- idol — an image or other material object representing a deity to which religious worship is addressed.
- idyl — a poem or prose composition, usually describing pastoral scenes or events or any charmingly simple episode, appealing incident, or the like.
- ifdl — (language) Independent Form Description Language.
- igpl — Interest Group in Pure and Applied Logics
- intl — international