9-letter words containing a, l, i, g
- apologise — to offer an apology or excuse for some fault, insult, failure, or injury: He apologized for accusing her falsely.
- apologist — An apologist is a person who writes or speaks in defence of a belief, a cause, or a person's life.
- apologize — When you apologize to someone, you say that you are sorry that you have hurt them or caused trouble for them. You can say 'I apologize' as a formal way of saying sorry.
- appalling — Something that is appalling is so bad or unpleasant that it shocks you.
- appealing — Someone or something that is appealing is pleasing and attractive.
- aquilegia — columbine
- arc light — Arc lights are a type of very bright electric light.
- argan oil — a yellow nutty-flavoured oil extracted from the ripe green olive-like fruits of the argan tree, Argania spinosa of SW Morocco, and used in cooking, medicines, and cosmetics
- argillite — any argillaceous rock, esp a hardened mudstone
- arlington — a county of N Virginia: site of Arlington National Cemetery
- articling — a written composition in prose, usually nonfiction, on a specific topic, forming an independent part of a book or other publication, as a newspaper or magazine.
- ashlaring — ashlars collectively
- aspergill — An aspergillum.
- assailing — to attack vigorously or violently; assault.
- assoiling — Present participle of assoil.
- astragali — Plural form of astragalus.
- astroglia — The group of star-shaped glial cells in the brain and spinal cord.
- athelings — Plural form of atheling.
- atoningly — in an expiating manner
- audiology — the scientific study of hearing, often including the treatment of persons with hearing defects
- aughtlins — in the least; to the least degree.
- ausgleich — the agreement (1867) that established the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary
- baby girl — a female baby
- backlight — light falling on a photographic or television subject from the rear
- bailliage — the office or district of a bailiff
- balancing — the process of achieving or maintaining equilibrium
- balk ring — A balk ring is a rotating part of a gearbox that prevents the gears from engaging too early.
- balkingly — in a balking manner
- ball girl — In a tennis match, the ball girls pick up any balls that go into the net or off the court and throw them back to the players. In a baseball game, the ball girls are in charge of collecting the balls that are hit out of the field.
- balloting — voting in an election
- barreling — a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- batteling — Alternative form of battling.
- beamingly — in a beaming manner
- becalming — Present participle of becalm.
- befalling — A happening; occurrence; chance; event.
- belgravia — a fashionable residential district of W central London, around Belgrave Square
- bengaline — a heavy corded fabric, esp silk with woollen or cotton cord
- biangular — having two angles or corners.
- big apple — People sometimes refer to the city of New York as the Big Apple.
- big labor — large labor unions collectively.
- bigeminal — happening in pairs
- bilingual — Bilingual means involving or using two languages.
- billabong — a backwater channel that forms a lagoon or pool
- blazingly — in a blazing manner
- bleaching — to make whiter or lighter in color, as by exposure to sunlight or a chemical agent; remove the color from.
- brabbling — to argue stubbornly about trifles; wrangle.
- bracingly — strengthening; invigorating: This mountain air is bracing.
- brambling — a Eurasian finch, Fringilla montifringilla, with a speckled head and back and, in the male, a reddish brown breast and darker wings and tail
- brandling — a small red earthworm, Eisenia foetida (or Helodrilus foetidus), found in manure and used as bait by anglers
- bricolage — the jumbled effect produced by the close proximity of buildings from different periods and in different architectural styles