5-letter words containing l
- belie — If one thing belies another, it hides the true situation and so creates a false idea or image of someone or something.
- bella — a feminine name
- belle — A belle is a beautiful woman, especially the most beautiful woman at a party or in a group.
- bello — Andrés [ahn-dres] /ɑnˈdrɛs/ (Show IPA), 1781–1865, Venezuelan poet, philologist, and educator.
- bells — Acton [ak-tuh n] /ˈæk tən/ (Show IPA) pen name of Anne Brontë.
- belly — The belly of a person or animal is their stomach or abdomen. In British English, this is an informal or literary use.
- belon — a type of European oyster
- below — If something is below something else, it is in a lower position.
- belyi — Andrei (ʌnˈdreɪ), real name Boris Nikolayevich Bugaev. 1880–1934, Russian poet, novelist, and critic: a leading exponent of symbolism. His novels include Petersburg (1913)
- berle — Milton, 1908–2002, U.S. comedian.
- beryl — a white, blue, yellow, green, or pink mineral, found in coarse granites and igneous rocks. It is a source of beryllium and is sometimes used as a gemstone; the green variety is emerald, the blue is aquamarine. Composition: beryllium aluminium silicate. Formula: Be3Al2Si6O18. Crystal structure: hexagonal
- betel — an Asian piperaceous climbing plant, Piper betle, the leaves of which are chewed, with the betel nut, by the peoples of SE Asia
- bevel — a surface that meets another at an angle other than a right angle
- beyle — Marie Henri [ma-ree ahn-ree] /maˈri ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA) real name of Stendhal.
- bezel — the sloping face adjacent to the working edge of a cutting tool
- bhili — an Indic language of west central India, the language of the Bhil.
- bialy — (in Polish Ashkenazi cuisine) a type of bagel
- bible — The Bible is the holy book on which the Jewish and Christian religions are based.
- bicol — Bikol.
- bield — a shelter; house
- bigly — comfortably habitable
- bikol — a Western Austronesian language spoken in S Luzon and neighboring islands
- bilbo — (formerly) a sword with a marked temper and elasticity
- bilby — a burrowing marsupial of the genus Macrotis of Australia having long pointed ears and grey fur
- biles — Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- bilge — The bilge or the bilges are the flat bottom part of a ship or boat.
- bilgy — looking or smelling like bilge water
- billy — A billy or billy club is a short heavy stick which is sometimes used as a weapon by the police.
- binal — twofold; double
- biol. — Biol. is a written abbreviation for biology or , biological.
- birle — to pour (a drink) or ply with drink
- black — lacking hue and brightness; absorbing light without reflecting any of the rays composing it.
- blade — The blade of a knife, axe, or saw is the edge, which is used for cutting.
- blaes — hardened clay or shale, esp when crushed and used to form the top layer of a sports pitch: bluish-grey or reddish in colour
- blaeu — Willem Janszoon [vil-uh m yahn-suh n,, -sohn] /ˈvɪl əm ˈyɑn sən,, -soʊn/ (Show IPA), 1571–1638, Dutch cartographer, geographer, astronomer, and mathematician.
- blaff — a West Indian seafood stew
- blahs — nonsense; rubbish: What they say is blah.
- blain — a blister, blotch, or sore on the skin
- blair — Tony, full name Anthony Charles Lynton Blair. born 1953, British politician; leader of the Labour Party (1994–2007); prime minister (1997–2007); Middle East peace envoy (2007–2015)
- blais — Marie-Claire [muh-ree-klair] /məˈriˈklɛər/ (Show IPA), born 1939, Canadian poet and novelist.
- blake — Sir Peter. born 1932, British painter, a leading exponent of pop art in the 1960s: co-founder of the Brotherhood of Ruralists (1969)
- blame — If you blame a person or thing for something bad, you believe or say that they are responsible for it or that they caused it.
- blanc — (Jean Joseph Charles) Louis (lwi). 1811–82, French socialist and historian: author of L'Organisation du travail (1840), in which he advocated the establishment of cooperative workshops subsidized by the state
- bland — If you describe someone or something as bland, you mean that they are rather dull and unexciting.
- blank — Something that is blank has nothing on it.
- blare — If something such as a siren or radio blares or if you blare it, it makes a loud, unpleasant noise.
- blart — to sound loudly and harshly
- blase — If you describe someone as blasé, you mean that they are not easily impressed, excited, or worried by things, usually because they have seen or experienced them before.
- blash — a heavy splash
- blast — A blast is a big explosion, especially one caused by a bomb.