10-letter words containing a, l, i
- alice blue — a pale grayish-blue color.
- alice paul — Saint, died a.d. c67, a missionary and apostle to the gentiles: author of several of the Epistles. Compare Saul (def 2).
- alienating — Present participle of alienate.
- alienation — a turning away; estrangement
- alienative — the state of being alienated, withdrawn, or isolated from the objective world, as through indifference or disaffection: the group's alienation from mainstream society.
- alienators — Plural form of alienator.
- alightment — a descent or dismount, normally from a mode of transport
- alignments — Plural form of alignment.
- alimentary — of or relating to nutrition
- alineation — the aligning or positioning of objects in a straight line
- alipterion — (in an ancient Roman bath) a room for anointment.
- aliquoting — Present participle of aliquote.
- alisanders — Alternative form of alexanders (plant).
- aliterates — Plural form of aliterate.
- alive with — teeming with; full of (living or moving things)
- alkahestic — of or relating to the alkahest
- alkalified — Simple past tense and past participle of alkalify.
- alkalinity — the quality or state of being alkaline
- alkalinize — to make alkaline
- alkaloidal — relating to alkaloids
- alkylating — Present participle of alkylate.
- alkylation — the attachment of an alkyl group to an organic compound, usually by the addition or substitution of a hydrogen atom or halide group
- all in all — You use all in all to introduce a summary or general statement.
- all righty — all right
- all smiles — If you say that someone is all smiles, you mean that they look very happy, often when they have previously been worried or upset about something.
- all'antica — in the manner of the ancients.
- all-in-one — All-in-one means having several different parts or several different functions.
- alla prima — (of a painting) painted with a single layer of paint, in contrast to paintings built up layer by layer
- allegation — An allegation is a statement saying that someone has done something wrong.
- allegiance — Your allegiance is your support for and loyalty to a particular group, person, or belief.
- allegories — Plural form of allegory.
- allegorist — a person who writes allegories
- allegorize — to transform (a story, narrative, fable, etc) into or compose in the form of allegory
- allenstein — German name of Olsztyn.
- allergenic — causing allergic sensitization.
- allergists — Plural form of allergist.
- alleviated — to make easier to endure; lessen; mitigate: to alleviate sorrow; to alleviate pain.
- alleviates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alleviate.
- alleviator — a person or thing that alleviates.
- alliaceous — of or relating to Allium, a genus of plants that have a strong onion or garlic smell and often have bulbs: family Alliaceae. The genus occurs in the N hemisphere and includes onion, garlic, leek, chive, and shallot
- alliancing — Present participle of alliance.
- alligation — the act of joining or the condition of being joined to something
- alligators — either of two broad-snouted crocodilians of the genus Alligator, of the southeastern U.S. and eastern China.
- allignment — Archaic form of alignment.
- allis shad — a now rare migratory species of fish (Alosa alosa) of European coastal waters that travels up rivers to spawn: family Clupeiformes
- alliterate — to contain or cause to contain alliteration
- allocating — to set apart for a particular purpose; assign or allot: to allocate funds for new projects.
- allocation — An allocation is an amount of something, especially money, that is given to a particular person or used for a particular purpose.
- allocative — the act of allocating; apportionment.
- allocution — a formal or authoritative speech or address, esp one that advises, informs, or exhorts