| BATTEL | • battel n. Archaic spelling of battle. • battel n. (UK, law, obsolete) A single combat. • battel adj. (Obsolete) fertile; fruitful; productive. |
| BOATEL | • boatel n. (Nautical) A ship, normally moored alongside a quay, used as a hotel. • BOATEL n. a waterside hotel, also BOTEL. |
| CARTEL | • cartel n. (Economics) A group of businesses or nations that collude to limit competition within an industry or market. • cartel n. (Historical, politics) A combination of political groups (notably parties) for common action. • cartel n. (Historical) A written letter of defiance or challenge. |
| CAUTEL | • cautel n. (Obsolete) deceit. • cautel n. (Obsolete) caution; prudence; wariness. • cautel n. (Christianity) A traditional caution or written direction about the proper manner of administering the sacraments. |
| DENTEL | • dentel n. Alternative form of dentil. • DENTEL n. one of a row of tooth-shaped square blocks, also DENTIL. |
| DOTTEL | • dottel n. Alternative form of dottle. • DOTTEL n. a mass of half-burnt pipe tobacco, also DOTTLE. |
| FLOTEL | • flotel n. A ship converted to a permanently moored hotel. • flotel n. Living quarters built on a floating platform, such as near an offshore oil rig. • FLOTEL n. a platform or boat containing the sleeping quarters for workers on an oil-rig, also FLOATEL. |
| HOSTEL | • hostel n. A commercial overnight lodging place, with dormitory accommodation and shared facilities, especially a youth hostel. • hostel n. (Not US) A temporary refuge for the homeless providing a bed and sometimes food. • hostel n. (Obsolete) A small, unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge. |
| KITTEL | • kittel n. A white linen or cotton robe worn by religious Ashkenazi Jews on holidays, in the synagogue, or at home… • Kittel prop.n. A surname. • KITTEL n. (Yiddish) a white robe used in Jewish ceremonies. |
| LINTEL | • lintel n. (Architecture) A horizontal structural beam spanning an opening, such as between the uprights of a door… • Lintel prop.n. (Computing) The computing environment of the Linux operating system running on an Intel CPU; mostly in a server. • LINTEL n. a horizontal supporting beam, also LINTOL. |
| LISTEL | • listel n. (Architecture) A narrow fillet or border. • LISTEL n. (archaic) a narrow border or moulding. |
| MANTEL | • mantel n. The shelf above a fireplace which may be also a structural support for the masonry of the chimney. • mantel n. (Climbing) A maneuver to surmount a ledge, involving pushing down on the ledge to bring up the body… • mantel v. (Climbing) To surmount a ledge by pushing down on the ledge to bring up the body. |
| MARTEL | • martel n. A hammer, especially a war hammer. • martel v. (Obsolete) To strike a blow with, or as with, a hammer. • Martel prop.n. A surname. |
| PASTEL | • pastel n. (Color) Any of several subdued tints of colors, usually associated with pink, peach, yellow, green… • pastel n. (Art) A drawing made with any of those colors. • pastel n. A type of dried paste used to make crayons. |
| PENTEL | • pentel n. A non-permanent marker pen. • pentel n. (Inorganic chemistry, rare) A pnictogen or element from group 15 of the periodic table, which includes… • PENTEL n. a kind of pen. |
| WASTEL | • wastel n. (Now historical) A kind of fine white bread or cake. • WASTEL n. bread made from the finest flour. |