5-Letter Words Containing EL

an expression of greeting

make less taut

a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services

any property detected by the olfactory system

a branch of knowledge

a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process

the highest waterfall; has more than one leap; flow varies seasonally

a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor

further down

indicate or signify

move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle

get ready for something difficult or unpleasant

United States circus clown (1898-1979)

(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis

original and of a kind not seen before

a boy or man

used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son

a rectangular piece of absorbent cloth (or paper) for drying or wiping

remove the husks from

cause to be slowed down or delayed

a motor hotel

trade name of a company that produces musical recordings

a low triangular area of alluvial deposits where a river divides before entering a larger body of water

supporting yourself on your knees

break with established customs

selected as the best

expand abnormally

cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions

a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water

make into jelly

prolific English writer best known for his science-fiction novels; he also wrote on contemporary social problems and wrote popular accounts of history and science (1866-1946)

a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry

an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen

a young woman who is the most charming and beautiful of several rivals

hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped

an acronym for emissions of light and very low frequency perturbations due to electromagnetic pulse sources; extremely bright extremely short (less than a msec) electrical flashes forming a huge ring (up to 400 km diameter) in the ionosphere

select from a list

the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property

exist or be situated within

any of various fruit of cucurbitaceous vines including: muskmelons; watermelons; cantaloupes; cucumbers

eliminate (a substance)

electrical device such that current flowing through it in one circuit can switch on and off a current in a second circuit

an exclusive group of people

a large stringed instrument; seated player holds it upright while playing

Australian tree grown especially for ornament and its fine-grained wood and bearing edible nuts

something of sentimental value

cheat by avoiding payment of a gambling debt

the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus

extract (metals) by heating

run away secretly with one's beloved

a purulent infection at the end of a finger or toe in the area surrounding the nail

Asian pepper plant whose leaves are chewed with betel nut (seed of the betel palm) by southeast Asians

(Yiddish) glazed yeast-raised doughnut-shaped roll with hard crust

have and exercise

distinguish oneself

cheat by avoiding payment of a gambling debt

a scar where the umbilical cord was attached

a small mallet used by a presiding officer or a judge

force or drive back

celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities

a speech sound made with the vocal tract open

sing by changing register; sing by yodeling

(Genesis 11:1-11) a tower built by Noah's descendants (probably in Babylon) who intended it to reach up to heaven; God foiled them by confusing their language so they could no longer understand one another

fasten a boat to a bitt, pin, or cleat

a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth

hardy wheat grown mostly in Europe for livestock feed

any of various edible mushrooms of the genus Morchella having a brownish spongelike cap

avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

fruit-flavored dessert (trade mark Jell-O) made from a commercially prepared gelatin powder

a false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person

be in contradiction with

suppress or crush completely

turn up, loosen, or remove earth

a noisy riotous fight

a thin porridge (usually oatmeal or cornmeal)

small crude shelter used as a dwelling

French composer and exponent of Impressionism (1875-1937)

lap at the front of a coat; continuation of the coat collar

a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture

a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops

replay (as a melody)

(computer science) the smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot)

an upright tripod for displaying something (usually an artist's canvas)

give birth to (a puppy)

leave or strike out

a style of glazed earthenware; usually white with blue decoration

a character printer connected to a telegraph that operates like a typewriter

make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification

Australian operatic soprano (1861-1931)

a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods