5 letter words starting with el

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  • ELAIN
  • ELAND
  • ELANS
  • ELATE
  • ELBOW
  • ELCHI
  • ELDER
  • ELDIN
  • ELECT
  • ELEET
  • ELEGY
  • ELEMI
  • ELFED
  • ELFIN
  • ELIAD
  • ELIDE
  • ELINT
  • ELITE
  • ELMEN
  • ELOGE
  • ELOGY
  • ELOIN
  • ELOPE
  • ELOPS
  • ELPEE
  • ELSIN
  • ELUDE
  • ELUTE
  • ELVAN
  • ELVEN
  • ELVER
  • ELVES

Sometimes the solution is an uncommon word, then It’s time to learn something new. Here’s the definition of a few of these words:

Definition of elder

elder (noun)

  1. An older person or an older member, usually a leader, of some community.
  2. One who is older than another.
  3. One who lived at an earlier period; a predecessor.
  4. An officer of a church, sometimes having teaching responsibilities.
  5. A clergyman authorized to administer all the sacraments.
  6. One ordained to the lowest office in the Melchizedek priesthood.
  7. Male missionary.
  8. (often capitalized) Title for a male missionary; title for a general authority.
  9. A pagan or Heathen priest or priestess.

elder (verb)

  1. To admonish or reprove for improper conduct by the elders of the meeting.

elder (adjective)

  1. Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
  2. Having been used and thus no longer new or unused.
  3. Having existed or lived for the specified time.
  4. (heading) Of an earlier time.
  5. Tiresome after prolonged repetition.
  6. Said of subdued colors, particularly reds, pinks and oranges, as if they had faded over time.
  7. A grammatical intensifier, often used in describing something positive. (Mostly in idioms like good old, big old and little old, any old and some old.)
  8. Excessive, abundant.

elder (noun)

  1. A small tree, Sambucus nigra, having white flowers in a cluster, and edible purple berries
  2. Any of the other species of the genus Sambucus: small trees, shrubs or herbaceous perennials with red, purple, or white/yellow berries (some of which are poisonous).

Definition of elemi

elemi (noun)

  1. A tree, Canarium luzonicum, native to the Philippines.
  2. A resin harvested from the elemi tree.

Definition of elide

elide (verb)

  1. To leave out or omit (something).
  2. To cut off, as a vowel or a syllable.
  3. To conflate; to smear together; to blur the distinction between.


Definition of elver

elver (noun)

  1. A young eel.