8-letter words containing a, i, l
- alewives — Plural form of alewife.
- algerian — Algerian means belonging or relating to Algeria, or its people or culture.
- algerine — of or relating to Algeria or its inhabitants
- algerita — agarita.
- algicide — any substance that kills algae
- algidity — (medicine) The state of being algid.
- alginate — a salt or ester of alginic acid
- algonkin — Algonquin
- algorism — the Arabic or decimal system of counting
- alguacil — a Spanish law officer similar to a sheriff or chief constable
- alguazil — An officer of the law in Spain or Latin America. (from 16th c.).
- ali baba — (in The Arabian Nights' Entertainments) a poor woodcutter who discovers that the magic words "open sesame" will open the doors of the cave containing the treasure of the Forty Thieves
- aliakmon — a river in N Greece. 200 miles (322 km) long: longest river in Greece.
- aliasing — the error in a vision or sound signal arising from limitations in the system that generates or processes the signal
- alicante — a port in SE Spain: commercial centre. Pop: 305 911 (2003 est)
- alidades — Plural form of alidade.
- alienage — the legal status of an alien
- alienate — If you alienate someone, you make them become unfriendly or unsympathetic towards you.
- alienees — Plural form of alienee.
- alienism — the study and treatment of mental illness
- alienist — a psychiatrist who specializes in the legal aspects of mental illness
- alienors — Plural form of alienor.
- alighted — Simple past tense and past participle of alight.
- aligning — to arrange in a straight line; adjust according to a line.
- aliments — that which nourishes; nutriment; food.
- alinasal — (anatomy) Pertaining to expansions of the nasal bone or cartilage.
- alinotum — the plate to which the wings are attached on the notum of an insect.
- aliquant — of, signifying, or relating to a quantity or number that is not an exact divisor of a given quantity or number
- aliquote — Misspelling of aliquot.
- aliquots — Plural form of aliquot.
- alistair — a masculine name
- alitrunk — (zoology) The segment of an insect's body to which the wings are attached; the thorax or mesosoma.
- alive to — fully aware of; perceiving
- alizarin — a brownish-yellow powder or orange-red crystalline solid used as a dye and in the manufacture of other dyes. Formula: C6H4(CO)2C6H2(OH)2
- alkalies — Plural form of alkali.
- alkalify — to make or become alkaline
- alkaline — Something that is alkaline contains an alkali or has a pH value of more than 7.
- alkalize — to make alkaline
- alkaloid — any of a group of nitrogenous basic compounds found in plants, typically insoluble in water and physiologically active. Common examples are morphine, strychnine, quinine, nicotine, and caffeine
- alkannin — a dark red, amorphous, water-insoluble powder, C 16 H 16 O 5 , obtained from the root of the alkanet: used chiefly for coloring fats, oils, and pharmaceuticals.
- alkestis — Alcestis (def 1).
- alkoxide — a compound formed by the removal of a proton from an alcohol
- all hail — an archaic greeting or salutation
- all-time — You use all-time when you are comparing all the things of a particular type that there have ever been. For example, if you say that something is the all-time best, you mean that it is the best thing of its type that there has ever been.
- allanite — a rare black or brown mineral consisting of the hydrated silicate of calcium, aluminium, iron, cerium, lanthanum, and other rare earth minerals. It occurs in granites and other igneous rocks. Formula: (Ca,Ce,La,Y)2(Al,Fe,Be,Mn,Mg)3(SiO4)3(OH)
- allative — the grammatical case, or a word used in the case, that in certain languages denotes movement towards something
- allaying — to put (fear, doubt, suspicion, anger, etc.) to rest; calm; quiet.
- alleging — to assert without proof.
- allelism — any of several forms of a gene, usually arising through mutation, that are responsible for hereditary variation.
- alleluia — Alleluia means the same as hallelujah.