8-letter words containing a, l, e
- alterity — the quality of being different
- alternat — the practice of deciding precedence by lot
- altitude — If something is at a particular altitude, it is at that height above sea level.
- altrices — altricial birds
- alunogen — a mineral, hydrous sulfate of aluminum, Al 2 (SO 4) 3 ⋅18H 2 O, occurring as a white, fibrous crust on quarry or mine walls.
- alveated — resembling the channels of a beehive
- alveolae — a small cavity, cell, or pit on the surface of an organ.
- alveolar — of, relating to, or resembling an alveolus
- alveolus — any small pit, cavity, or saclike dilation, such as a honeycomb cell
- alyattes — king of Lydia c617–560 b.c.
- amabelle — a female given name.
- amalthea — a nymph who brought up the infant Zeus on goats' milk
- amarelle — a variety of sour cherry that has pale red fruit and colourless juice
- amazedly — in an amazed manner
- ambler's — an ambling gait.
- amblyope — A person afflicted with amblyopia.
- ambulate — to wander about or move from one place to another
- amelcorn — a variety of wheat used to produce starch
- amenable — If you are amenable to something, you are willing to do it or accept it.
- amenably — ready or willing to answer, act, agree, or yield; open to influence, persuasion, or advice; agreeable; submissive; tractable: an amenable servant.
- amicable — When people have an amicable relationship, they are pleasant to each other and solve their problems without quarrelling.
- amitrole — a non-selective systemic herbicide used on non-food crops to control grasses and weeds
- amplexus — the mating embrace of amphibians, particularly frogs and toads
- ampliate — enlarged; dilated.
- ampoules — Plural form of ampoule.
- ampullae — Anatomy. a dilated portion of a canal or duct, especially of the semicircular canals of the ear.
- amuletic — having the qualities of a charm
- amusable — capable of being amused
- amusedly — in a way that shows one is amused
- amyelous — congenital absence of the spinal cord.
- amygdale — a vesicle in a volcanic rock, formed from a bubble of escaping gas, that has become filled with light-coloured minerals, such as quartz and calcite
- amygdule — a small gas pocket, usually found in volcanic rock, partly or completely filled with a mineral, esp. a zeolite, calcite, or quartz
- amylases — Plural form of amylase.
- amylogen — the water-soluble part of the starch granule
- anableps — any of various cyprinodont fishes constituting the genus Anableps, which includes the four-eyed fishes
- analcime — a hard, colorless or white zeolite, NaAlSi2O6·H2O, commonly found in basalts
- analcite — a white, grey, or colourless zeolite mineral consisting of hydrated sodium aluminium silicate in cubic crystalline form. Formula: NaAlSi2O6.H2O
- analecta — Analects.
- analects — selected literary passages from one or more works
- analemma — a graduated scale shaped like a figure eight that indicates the daily declination of the sun
- analepsy — (medicine) analepsis.
- analogue — If one thing is an analogue of another, it is similar in some way.
- analysed — to separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of (opposed to synthesize): to analyze an argument.
- analyser — An analyser is a piece of equipment which is used to analyse the substances that are present in something such as a gas.
- analyses — to separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of (opposed to synthesize): to analyze an argument.
- analytes — Plural form of analyte.
- analyzed — to separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of (opposed to synthesize): to analyze an argument.
- analyzer — An analyzer is a piece of equipment used to analyze the substances that are present in something such as a gas.
- analyzes — to separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of (opposed to synthesize): to analyze an argument.
- anconeal — Of or pertaining to the elbow.