5-letter words containing l
- balak — a Moabite king who sent for Balaam to come and curse the Israelites. Num. 22–23.
- balao — a halfbeak, Hemiramphus balao, of tropical western Atlantic seas.
- balas — a red variety of spinel, used as a gemstone
- balbo — Italo (ˈitalo). 1896–1940, Italian Fascist politician and airman: minister of aviation (1929–33)
- balch — Emily Greene, 1867–1961, U.S. economist, sociologist, and author: Nobel Peace Prize 1946.
- baldy — People sometimes refer to a bald person as a baldy, especially if they are talking about them or to them in a friendly or humorous way. Some people might find this offensive.
- baled — Also, bailer. a bucket, dipper, or other container used for bailing.
- baler — an agricultural machine for making bales of hay, etc
- bales — Also, bailer. a bucket, dipper, or other container used for bailing.
- balkh — a region of N Afghanistan, corresponding to ancient Bactria. Chief town: Mazar-i-Sharif
- balks — to stop, as at an obstacle, and refuse to proceed or to do something specified (usually followed by at): He balked at making the speech.
- balky — Someone or something that is balky does not behave or work the way you want them to.
- balla — Giacomo [jah-kaw-maw] /ˈdʒɑ kɔ mɔ/ (Show IPA), 1871?–1958, Italian painter.
- balls — If you say that someone has balls, you mean that they have courage.
- bally — a thumb
- balms — Plural form of balm.
- balmy — Balmy weather is fairly warm and pleasant.
- balon — the lightness and grace of movement that make a dancer appear buoyant.
- baloo — a lullaby
- balop — Also called balop card. a photographic print made on smooth, matte, double-weight paper, used especially in television advertisements.
- balot — Alternative form of balut.
- balpa — British Airline Pilots' Association
- balsa — Balsa or balsa wood is a very light wood from a South American tree.
- balti — A balti is a vegetable or meat dish of Indian origin which is cooked and served in a bowl-shaped pan.
- balun — a device for coupling two electrical circuit elements, such as an aerial and its feeder cable, where one is balanced and the other is unbalanced
- balut — Asian street food consisting of a developing duck embryo boiled alive and eaten in the shell.
- banal — If you describe something as banal, you do not like it because you think that it is so ordinary that it is not at all effective or interesting.
- basal — Basal means relating to or forming the base of something.
- basel — city in NW Switzerland, on the Rhine: pop. 180,000
- basil — Basil is a strong-smelling and strong-tasting herb that is used in cooking, especially with tomatoes.
- basle — a canton of NW Switzerland, divided into the demicantons of Basle-Landschaft and Basle-Stadt. Pops.: 263 200 and 186 900 (2002 est). Areas: 427 sq km (165 sq miles) and 36 sq km (14 sq miles) respectively
- baulk — the space, usually 29 inches deep, between the baulk line and the bottom cushion
- bawls — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bawl.
- bayle — Pierre (pjɛr). 1647–1706, French philosopher and critic, noted for his Dictionnaire historique et critique (1697), which profoundly influenced Voltaire and the French Encyclopedists
- bazil — Alternative form of basil (a tanned sheepskin).
- bbls. — barrel.
- bdle. — bundle.
- beale — Dorothea. 1831–1906, British schoolmistress, a champion of women's education and suffrage. As principal of Cheltenham Ladies' College (1858–1906) she introduced important reforms
- bebel — August (ˈauɡʊst). 1840–1913, German socialist leader: one of the founders of the Social Democratic Party (1869)
- bedel — Obsolete form of beadle.
- befal — (obsolete) befall.
- bejel — a nonvenereal syphilis occurring mainly among children in certain subtropical areas of southern Africa and southeastern Asia, caused by the spirochete strain Treponema pallidum endemicum.
- belah — an Australian casuarina tree, Casuarina cristata, yielding a useful timber
- belau — Palau
- belay — to make fast (a line) by securing to a pin, cleat, or bitt
- belch — If someone belches, they make a sudden noise in their throat because air has risen up from their stomach.
- belee — to position on the sheltered side
- belem — a port in N Brazil, the capital of Pará state, on the Pará River: major trading centre for the Amazon basin. Pop: 2 097 000 (2005 est)
- belg. — Belgian
- belga — a former Belgian monetary unit worth five francs