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5-Letter Words That Start With: EL

There are 36 5-letter words, 1 5-letter phrase and 0 5-letter abbr's that start with EL.

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elbow5
10 verb, nounv, n
noun

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

• a sharp bend in a road or river

• a length of pipe with a sharp bend in it

• the part of a sleeve that covers the elbow joint

• the joint of a mammal or bird that corresponds to the human elbow

verb

• push one's way with the elbows

• shove one's elbow into another person's ribs

elegy5
9 nounn
noun

• a mournful poem; a lament for the dead

elves5
8 nounn
noun

• 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

elfin5
8 adjectiveadj
adjective

• relating to or made or done by or as if by an elf

adjective satellite

• suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness

• small and delicate

• usually good-naturedly mischievous

elver5
8 nounn
noun

• young eel; may be sauteed or batter-fried

• young eel

elect5
7 verb, nounv, n
noun

• an exclusive group of people

adjective satellite

• selected as the best

• elected but not yet installed in office

verb

• select by a vote for an office or membership

• choose

elope5
7 verbv
verb

• run away secretly with one's beloved

elemi5
7 nounn
noun

• fragrant resin obtain from trees of the family Burseraceae and used as incense

elder5
6 noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• a person who is older than you are

• any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical Northern Hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit

• any of various church officers

adjective satellite

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

elude5
6 verbv
verb

• escape, either physically or mentally

• be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by

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

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