5-Letter Words with L: page 4

All 1,819 five-letter words with L: page 4 of 5

M

• moler7n. Synonym of molecatcher (“one who catches moles”).
• moley10adj. Pertaining to, full of, or characteristic of moles (burrowing...
• molle7adj. Flat; lowered by a semitone.
• molly10n. A woman or girl, especially of low status or prostitute.
• moloi7n. A magician, witch, wizard, or other magic-user, especially in...
• monal7n. Any of three species of pheasant in the genus Lophophorus.
• moola7n. Money, cash.
• mooli7n. Synonym of daikon, particularly its Indian varieties.
• moral7adj. Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour...
• morel7n. A true morel; any of several fungi in the genus Morchella, the upper...
• motel7n. A type of hotel or lodging establishment, often located near a major...
• mould8n. Commonwealth standard spelling of mold.
• mouli7n. A hand-operated kitchen utensil designed for grating or pureeing small...
• moult7n. The process of shedding or losing a covering of fur, feathers or skin...
• moval10n. Removal (the transfer of one's home or business).
• mugil8n. Any fish of the genus Mugil of mugilid mullets.
• muhly13n. Any of the many species of grasses of genus Muhlenbergia.
• mulai7n. A title for the ruler of Morocco.
• mulch12n. Any material used to cover the top layer of soil to protect, insulate...
• mules7v. To remove skin from (an animal) to prevent myiasis.
• mulet7n. A fine, a penalty paid for an offense.
• muley10adj. Without horns.
• mulga8n. Any of a number of small acacia trees, especially Acacia aneura...
• multi7n. A multituberculate.
• mural7n. A large painting, usually drawn on a wall.
• myall10n. An Aboriginal person living according to tradition.
• mylar10n. A polyester film.

N

• nabal7n. A long, straight, valveless brass trumpet used in the traditional music...
• nabla7n. A Hebrew stringed instrument.
• nahal8n. Synonym of wadi.
• nails5n. The four round-topped pedestals outside the Corn Exchange in Bristol on...
• naled6n. A particular organophosphate insecticide.
• nalla5n. Useless person, slacker.
• nasal5adj. Of or pertaining to the nose or to the nasion.
• natal5adj. Of or relating to birth.
• naval8adj. Of or relating to a navy.
• navel8n. The indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of placental mammals...
• nebel7n. A Hebrew stringed instrument, possibly the same as the nabla.
• neeld6n. A needle.
• neele5n. A needle.
• nelly8n. A person's life.
• neral5n. Citral.
• newel8n. A central pillar around which some types of spiral staircase are...
• newly11adv. Very recently/lately; in the immediate past.
• nidal6adj. Of or pertaining to a nidus.
• nihil8n. A nihil dicit.
• nival8adj. Abounding with snow; snowy; snow-covered (now especially in reference...
• noble7n. An aristocrat; one of aristocratic blood.
• nobly10adv. In a noble manner.
• nodal6adj. Of the nature of, or relating to, a node.
• nopal7n. A prickly pear cactus from the genus Opuntia, especially Opuntia...
• novel8adj. Newly made, formed or evolved; having no precedent; of recent origin...
• nullo5n. A bid in which the bidder asserts that he or she will not take any...
• nyala8n. A southern African antelope, Tragelaphus angasii (syn. Nyala angasii)...
• nylon8n. Originally, the DuPont company trade name for polyamide, a copolymer...

O

• octal7n. The number system that uses the eight digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.
• octyl10n. Any of very many isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C₈H₁₇...
• oddly10adv. In a peculiar manner; strangely; unusually.
• offal11n. The internal organs of an animal (entrails or innards), used as food.
• oflag9n. A German prisoner-of-war camp for officers only.
• oiled6adj. Covered in, or supplied with, oil.
• oiler5n. An assistant in the engine room of a ship, senior only to a wiper...
• olden6adj. From or relating to a previous era.
• older6adj. Elderly.
• oldie6n. Something or someone old.
• oleic7adj. Of or pertaining to oil, especially to vegetable oil.
• olein5n. Any naturally-occurring greasy or oily substance related to fat.
• oleum7n. A solution of sulfur trioxide in sulfuric acid.
• oligo6n. An oligonucleotide.
• oliva8n. Olivary body.
• olive8n. A tree of species Olea europaea cultivated since ancient times in the...
• ollie5n. An aerial maneuver in which one catches air by leaping off the ground...
• ology9n. Any branch of learning, especially one ending in “-logy”.
• onlay8v. To lay or place something on a surface.
• oodle6n. A crossbreed of a poodle and another breed of dog.
• oplan7n. Operational plan.
• orale5n. A white silk veil with coloured stripes, sometimes worn by the pope.
• oreal5adj. Inhabiting high mountains.
• oriel5n. A large polygonal recess in a building, such as a bay window, forming a...
• orlop7n. The platform over the hold of a ship that makes up the fourth or lowest...
• orval8n. A sage, of species Salvia viridis.
• ouzel14n. A Eurasian blackbird (Turdus merula).
• ovolo8n. A classical convex moulding carved with an egg and dart ornament.
• ovule8n. The structure in a plant that develops into a seed after fertilization...
• owler8n. The alder tree.
• owlet8n. A young owl; owling.

P

• padel8n. A racquet sport popular in Spain and Latin America, usually played in...
• pagal8n. Mentally ill person; lunatic.
• palak11n. Spinach or similar greens (including Amaranthus species and Chenopodium...
• palar7adj. Pertaining to a pale, a vertical band or line.
• palas7n. A tree of eastern India and Burma, Butea monosperma.
• palay10n. Paddy.
• palea7n. The interior chaff or husk of grasses.
• paled8adj. Striped.
• palen7v. To make or become pale.
• palla7n. A traditional Tuscan ball game played in the street.
• pallu7n. The usually decorated end of a sari that hangs loose when worn.
• pally10adj. Like a pal; friendly.
• palmo9n. A traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 20.8 cm.
• palmy12adj. Of, related to, or abounding in palm trees.
• palsy10n. Complete or partial muscle paralysis of a body part, often accompanied...
• palus7n. A vertical pillar along the inner septal margin of a coral.
• panel7n. A (usually) rectangular section of a surface, or of a covering or of a...
• paolo7n. An old Italian silver coin.
• papal9adj. Having to do with the pope or the papacy.
• parle7n. Parley; talk.
• parol7adj. Word of mouth.
• patel7n. A village head man.
• pearl7n. Nacre; mother-of-pearl.
• pedal8n. A lever operated by one's foot that is used to control or power a...
• peele7n. A kind of antelope, the rhebok, Pelea capreolus.
• peely10adj. Tending to peel.
• peled8n. The Coregonus peled, a whitefish of the Salmonidae family, endemic to...
• penal7adj. Of or relating to punishment.
• peril7n. A situation of serious and immediate danger.
• perlo7n. A rustic, one-pot Southern dish featuring chicken, smoked sausage, and...
• petal7n. One of the component parts of the corolla of a flower. It applies...
• phial10n. A bottle or other vessel for containing a liquid; originally any such...
• phile10n. A pedophile.
• phlox17n. Any flowering plant of the genus Phlox.
• pilaf10n. A dish made by browning grain, typically rice, in oil and then cooking...
• pilar7adj. Relating to hair.
• pilau7adj. Filthy.
• pilch12n. A gown or case of skin, or one trimmed or lined with fur.
• piled8adj. Formed from a pile or fagot.
• piles7n. A large amount of.
• pilin7n. Any of a class of fibrous proteins found in pilus structures in...
• pilly10adj. Covered in pills (particles created by mechanical wear).
• pilon7n. A conical loaf of sugar.
• pilot7n. A person who steers a ship, a helmsman.
• pilum9n. A Roman military javelin.
• pilus7n. A hair.
• pixel14n. One of the tiny dots that make up the representation of an image in a...
• place9n. An open space, particularly a city square, market square, or courtyard.
• plack13n. A coin issued by James III of Scotland; also a 15th-16th century...
• plage8n. A bright region in the chromosphere of the Sun.
• plaid8n. A type of twilled woollen cloth, often with a tartan or chequered...
• plain7adj. Ordinary; lacking adornment or ornamentation; unembellished.
• plait7n. A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat.
• plane7adj. Of a surface: flat or level.
• plank11n. A flat piece of wood on which to cook fish, so that the wood provides...
• plano7adj. Of lenses: flat; having no curvature; not serving to correct the vision.
• plant7n. An organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of...
• plash10n. A small pool of standing water; a marshy pond; also, a puddle...
• plasm9n. A mold or matrix in which anything is cast or formed to a particular...
• plate7n. A slightly curved but almost flat dish from which food is served or...
• platt7n. A marketplace.
• platy10adj. Resembling plates.
• platz16v. To become aggravated.
• playa10n. A level area which habitually fills with water that evaporates entirely.
• plaza16n. A town's public square.
• plead8v. To present (an argument or a plea), especially in a legal case.
• pleat7n. A fold in the fabric of a garment, usually a skirt, as a part of the...
• plebe9n. A plebeian, a member of the lower class of Roman citizens.
• plebs9n. The plebeian class of Ancient Rome or its equivalent in other ancient...
• pleck13n. A plot of ground.
• pleco9n. Any of several tropical American fish, of the family Loricariidae...
• plena7n. A style of Puerto Rican music having a highly syncopated rhythm and...
• plene7adv. With matres lectionis (letters indicating vowels) written out.
• plexi14n. A Plexiglas guitar.
• plica9n. A fold or crease, especially of skin or other tissue.
• plier7n. One who plies.
• pling8n. The symbol ! (an exclamation mark).
• plink11n. A short, high-pitched metallic or percussive sound.
• plitt7n. An instrument of punishment resembling the knout, formerly used in...
• plonk11interj. The sound made by something solid landing.
• plotz16v. To flop down wearily.
• pluck13v. To pull something sharply; to pull something out.
• plugg9n. A laid-back subgenre of trap music.
• pluma9n. A feather.
• plumb11n. A little mass of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by...
• plume9n. A token of honour or prowess; that on which one prides oneself; a prize...
• plump11adj. Having a full and rounded shape; chubby, somewhat overweight.
• plunk11n. A brief, dull sound, such as the sound of a string of a stringed...
• plush10adj. Very extravagant.
• pluto7v. To demote or devalue something.
• poilu7n. A French infantryman during the First World War.
• pokal11n. A tall drinking cup.
• polar7adj. Of, relating to, measured from, or referred to a geographic pole (the...
• poled8adj. Marked with poles.
• poley10adj. Without horns; polled.
• polio7n. A person who has poliomyelitis.
• polis7n. A Greek city-state.
• polje14n. An extensive depression having a flat floor and steep walls but no...
• polka11n. A lively dance originating in Bohemia.
• polls7n. A place where votes are cast in elections.
• polly10n. A prefect at Uppingham School in Rutland, England.
• polyp12n. A cylindrical coelenterate, such as the hydra, having a mouth...
• poule7n. A girl, a young woman, especially seen as promiscuous; a slut.
• poult7n. A young bird, a chick; now especially, a young game bird (turkey...
• prill7v. To flow, spurt.
• prole7n. A member of the proletariat; a proletarian.
• proll7v. To prowl or search after; to plunder, to rob.
• prowl10v. To rove over, through, or about in a stealthy manner; especially, to...
• psalm9n. A sacred song; a poetical composition for use in the praise or worship...
• pulla7n. A sweet, leavened baked good made of wheat and flavored with crushed...
• pully10n. A pullover.
• pulpy12adj. Having the characteristics of pulp.
• pulse7n. A normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin (for example...
• pupal9adj. Of or pertaining to the pupa stage of insect metamorphosis.
• pupil9n. A learner at a school under the supervision of a teacher.
• pylon10n. A gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple.

Q

• qalam16n. A reed pen used for Islamic calligraphy.
• qibla16n. The direction in which Muslims face while praying, currently determined...
• qilin14n. A mythical Chinese hooved chimerical creature, said to appear in...
• quail14v. To waste away; to fade, to wither.
• quale14n. An instance of a subjective, conscious experience.
• qualm16n. A feeling of apprehension, doubt, fear etc.
• quell14v. To subdue, put down, or silence (someone or something); to force...
• quill14n. The lower shaft of a feather, specifically the region lacking barbs.
• quilt14n. A bed covering consisting of two layers of fabric stitched together...
• quoll14n. Any of the various carnivorous marsupials of the genus Dasyurus found...

R

• rally8n. A public gathering or mass meeting that is not mainly a protest and is...
• ralph10v. To vomit.
• ramal7adj. Relating to a branch.
• rasul5n. A prophet or messenger in Islam; Muhammad, as a special messenger of...
• ratel5n. Synonym of honey badger.
• ravel8v. To entwine or tangle (something) confusedly; to entangle.
• rawly11adv. In a raw manner.
• reaal5n. An obsolete currency in Curaçao, equivalent to six stuivers.
• realm7n. A sphere of knowledge or of influence; a domain.
• rebel7n. A person who resists an established authority, often violently.
• regal6adj. Of, pertaining to, or suitable for royalty.
• relax12v. To make something loose.
• relay8n. A new set of horses kept along a specific route so that they can...
• relet5v. To let a property again.
• relex12n. A conlang created by substituting new vocabulary into the grammar of an...
• relic7n. That which remains; that which is left after loss or decay; a remaining...
• renal5adj. Pertaining to the kidneys.
• repel7v. To reject, put off (a request, demand etc.).
• reply10v. To give a written or spoken response, especially to a question...
• reval8n. A revalidated ticket.
• revel8n. An instance of merrymaking; a celebration.
• rifle8n. A firearm fired from the shoulder; improved range and accuracy is...
• rigol6n. A ridge or channel above a porthole to redirect water flow from...
• rille5n. A long, narrow depression that resembles a channel, found on the...
• rival8n. A competitor (person, team, company, etc.) with the same goal as...
• riyal8n. The official currency of Qatar, divided into 100 dirhams.
• rizla14n. A rolling paper.
• roble7n. California white oak (Quercus lobata).
• roled6adj. Having a role.
• rolex12n. An omelette served inside a chapati.
• rolly8adj. Rolling; having the ability to roll, usually due to wheels attached on...
• roval8n. A motor racecourse composed of a road course section and a portion of a...
• rowel8n. A small spiked wheel on the end of a spur of certain types.
• royal8adj. Of or relating to a monarch or his (or her) family.
• ruble7n. The monetary unit of Russia, Belarus and Transnistria, equal to 100...
• rugal6adj. Folded.
• ruled6adj. Having printed lines.
• ruler5n. A (usually rigid), flat, rectangular measuring or drawing device with...
• rural5adj. Relating to the countryside or to agriculture.

S

• saala5n. Brother-in-law.
• sabal7n. Any palm of the genus Sabal of American dwarf fan palms; usually called...
• sable7n. A small carnivorous mammal of the Old World that resembles a weasel...
• sadly9adv. In a sad manner; sorrowfully.
• sails5n. The sailmaker on board ship.
• salad6n. A food consisting principally of raw vegetables (especially greens...
• salaf8n. One of the earliest Muslims, including Muhammad's companions and...
• salah8adj. Wrong, incorrect.
• salak9n. Any salak palm (Salacca zalacca), native to Indonesia; also called.
• salal5n. A leathery-leaved North American shrub, Gaultheria shallon, with edible...
• salat5n. The obligatory prayer that Muslims are called to perform five times a...
• salep7n. A starch or jelly made out of plants in the Orchidaceae family, such as...
• saler5n. Salt cellar.
• sales5n. The activities involved in selling goods or services.
• salin5n. A salt reddish substance obtained from vegetable ashes during potash...
• salix12n. Any member of the genus Salix; a willow.
• salle5n. A fencing school.
• sally8n. A willow.
• salmi7n. A rich stew or ragout, especially of game.
• salon5n. A large room, especially one used to receive and entertain guests.
• salsa5n. A spicy tomato sauce of Mexican origin, often including onions and hot...
• salto5n. A somersault.
• salty8adj. Tasting of salt.
• salve8n. An ointment, cream, or balm with soothing, healing, or calming effects.
• salvo8n. An exception; a reservation; an excuse.
• saola5n. A critically endangered ruminant of species Pseudoryx nghetinhensis, of...
• saule5n. A hired mourner at a funeral.
• sault5n. A waterfall; a rapid.
• scala7n. Ladder; sequence.
• scald8v. To burn with hot liquid.
• scale7n. An ordered, usually numerical sequence used for measurement; means of...
• scalp9n. The top of the head; the skull.
• scaly10adj. Covered or abounding with scales.
• scold8n. A person who habitually scolds, in particular a troublesome and angry...
• scowl10n. The wrinkling of the brows or face in frowning; the expression of...
• scull7n. A single oar mounted at the stern of a boat and moved from side to side...
• sculp9v. To flay.
• sealy8adj. Resembling or characteristic of a seal (the animal).
• selah8interj. A word occurring between verses or paragraphs in parts of the Hebrew...
• selar5n. The yellowtail scad.
• selca7n. A photographic portrait taken by the subject; a selfie.
• selfy11adj. Relating to the phenomenological human sense of self.
• sella5n. Synonym of sella turcica.
• sello5n. Sellotape.
• selly8adj. Rare; wonderful; admirable.
• selva8n. Heavily forested ground in the Amazon basin.
• selve8v. To become or cause to become a unique self.
• semla7n. A pastry with a cream and almond paste filling, traditionally eaten on...
• sepal7n. One of the component parts of the calyx, particularly when such...
• seral5adj. Being dried or withered.
• sewel8n. A scarecrow, generally made of feathers tied to a string, hung up to...
• shail8v. To walk or move unsteadily or haphazardly; stumbling or shuffling.
• shale8n. A shell, scale or husk; a cod or pod.
• shall8v. Used before a verb to indicate the simple future tense in the first...
• shaly11adj. Pertaining to or resembling shale.
• shawl11n. A square or rectangular piece of cloth worn as a covering for the head...
• shelf11n. A flat, rigid structure, fixed at right angles to a wall or forming a...
• shell8n. The calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans...
• shiel8n. A shepherd's hut or shieling.
• shill8n. A person paid to endorse a product while pretending to be impartial.
• shoal8n. A sandbank or sandbar creating a shallow.
• shola8n. A wild plant of species Aeschynomene aspera, found in Bengal and Assam...
• shole8n. A wooden block plank fixed beneath an object, such as the rudder of a...
• shool8v. To move materials with a shovel.
• shyly14adv. In a shy manner.
• sibyl10n. A pagan female oracle or prophetess, especially the Cumaean sibyl.
• sicle7n. A shekel.
• sidle6v. To (cause something to) move sideways.
• sigil6n. A seal, signature or signet.
• silat5n. A type of martial art originating from the Malay Archipelago.
• silex12n. A finely ground relatively pure form of silicas used as a paint filler...
• silky12adj. Similar in appearance or texture (especially in softness and...
• silly8adj. Laughable or amusing through foolishness or a foolish appearance.
• silty8adj. Having a noticeable amount of silt.
• silva8n. The forest trees of a particular area.
• silyl8n. The radical SiH₃ derived from silane.
• simul7n. An exhibition in which one (typically much stronger) player plays...
• sinal5adj. Pertaining to the sinuses.
• sisal5n. A Central American plant, Agave sisalana, cultivated for its...
• skald10n. A Nordic poet of the Viking Age.
• skall9v. To scale; to mount.
• skeel9n. A shallow wooden vessel for holding milk or cream.
• skell9n. A homeless person, especially one who sleeps in the New York subway.
• skelp11v. To beat or slap with the hand.
• skill9n. A capacity to do something well; a technique, an ability, usually...
• skirl9v. To make a shrill sound, as of bagpipes.
• skoal9interj. A toast when drinking, roughly equivalent to cheers.
• skulk13n. A group of foxes.
• skull9n. The main bones of the head considered as a unit; including the cranium...
• slack11n. The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it.
• slade6n. A hillside.
• slain5n. Those who have been killed.
• slake9v. To satisfy (thirst, or other desires).
• slane5n. A one-eared spade for cutting turf or peat, consisting of an iron...
• slang6n. Language outside of conventional usage and in the informal register.
• slank9n. A depression, a low place in the ground, especially one at the side of...
• slant5n. A slope; an incline, inclination.
• slape7adj. Slippery, slippy.
• slaps7n. A two-player reaction game in which opponents slap each other's hands.
• slash8n. A swift, broad cutting stroke, especially one made with an edged weapon...
• slate5n. A piece of such stone, usually cut into a rectangular shape, used as a...
• slatt5n. A stone slab used as a veneer for coarse masonry.
• slaty8adj. Resembling the rock slate.
• slava8n. The custom of honoring a family patron saint, celebrated chiefly by the...
• slave8n. A person who is held in servitude as the property of another person...
• sleek9adj. Having an even, smooth surface; smooth.
• sleep7v. To rest in a state of reduced consciousness.
• sleet5n. Pellets of ice made of mostly-frozen raindrops or refrozen melted...
• slice7n. That which is thin and broad.
• slick11adj. Slippery or smooth due to a covering of liquid; often used to describe...
• slide6v. To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface.
• slike9v. To crawl; creep; slide.
• slime7n. Soft, moist earth or clay, having an adhesive quality; viscous mud; any...
• slimy10adj. Of or pertaining to slime.
• sling6v. To throw with a circular or arcing motion.
• slink9v. To sneak about furtively.
• slips7n. The area of the field covered by fielders in the slip positions; the...
• slive8n. A slice or sliver; slip, chip.
• sloat5n. A narrow piece of timber that holds together large pieces; a slat.
• sloop7n. A single-masted sailboat with only one headsail.
• sloot5n. A ditch.
• slope7n. A surface that either inclines or declines in a regular manner from the...
• slops7n. Sailors’ breeches ending just below the knees or above the ankles, worn...
• slosh8v. To shift chaotically; to splash noisily.
• sloth8n. Laziness; slowness of mind; disinclination to action or labour; a...
• slows8n. Milk sickness.
• sloyd9n. A Scandinavian system of handicraft-based education that emphasizes the...
• sluff11n. An avalanche, mudslide, or a like slumping of material or debris.
• slump9v. To collapse heavily or helplessly.
• slunk9n. An animal, especially a calf, born prematurely or abortively.
• slurp7v. To eat or drink noisily.
• slush8n. Half-melted snow or ice, generally located on the ground.
• slyly11adv. In a sly manner, cunningly.
• small7adj. Not large or big; insignificant; few in number.
• smell7n. A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the...
• smelt7n. Any small anadromous fish of the family Osmeridae, found in the...
• smile7n. A facial expression comprised by flexing the muscles of both ends of...
• smolt7n. A young salmon two or three years old, when it has acquired its silvery...
• snail5n. Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic)...
• snarl5v. To entangle; to complicate; to involve in knots.
• snell5adj. Quick, smart; sharp, active, brisk or nimble; lively.
• sobel7n. A government soldier who joined the rebels during the Sierra Leone...
• socle7n. A low plinth or pedestal used to display a statue or other artwork.
• solan5n. Solan goose.
• solar5adj. Of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from the sun.
• soldo6n. An Italian coin, formerly one-twentieth of a lira.
• soled6adj. Having a specified kind of sole.
• solen5n. A cradle, as for a broken limb.
• soler5n. One who fits the soles to shoes.

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