5-letter words containing a, l, i
- ariel — an Arabian gazelle, Gazella arabica (or dama)
- arils — Plural form of aril.
- armil — a bracelet
- aslib — Association for Information Management
- atilt — in a tilted or inclined position
- aulic — relating to a royal court
- aulis — an ancient town in E central Greece, in Boeotia: traditionally the harbour from which the Greeks sailed at the beginning of the Trojan war
- aumil — a native manager or revenue collector in India
- avail — If you avail yourself of an offer or an opportunity, you accept the offer or make use of the opportunity.
- avila — a city in central Spain: 11th-century granite walls and Romanesque cathedral. Pop: 52 078 (2003 est)
- avile — (obsolete) To abase or debase; to vilify; to depreciate.
- axial — relating to, forming, or characteristic of an axis
- axile — of, relating to, or attached to the axis
- axils — Plural form of axil.
- baila — (music) A genre of music from Sri Lanka and India.
- baile — (in the southwestern US and parts of Central and South America) a gathering for dancing.
- bails — Plural form of bail.
- baily — one of the largest craters on the moon, about 293 kilometres in diameter, lying in the SE quadrant
- balti — A balti is a vegetable or meat dish of Indian origin which is cooked and served in a bowl-shaped pan.
- basil — Basil is a strong-smelling and strong-tasting herb that is used in cooking, especially with tomatoes.
- bazil — Alternative form of basil (a tanned sheepskin).
- bialy — (in Polish Ashkenazi cuisine) a type of bagel
- binal — twofold; double
- blain — a blister, blotch, or sore on the skin
- blair — Tony, full name Anthony Charles Lynton Blair. born 1953, British politician; leader of the Labour Party (1994–2007); prime minister (1997–2007); Middle East peace envoy (2007–2015)
- blais — Marie-Claire [muh-ree-klair] /məˈriˈklɛər/ (Show IPA), born 1939, Canadian poet and novelist.
- blida — a city in N Algeria, on the edge of the Mitidja Plain. Pop: 269 000 (2005 est)
- brail — one of several lines fastened to the leech of a fore-and-aft sail to aid in furling it
- calid — warm
- calif — California
- calis — a city in SW Colombia.
- calix — a cup; chalice
- calli — Irregular plural form of callus.
- camil — Computer Assisted/Managed Instructional Language. A language used for CAI at Lowry AFB, CO.
- cavil — If you say that someone cavils at something, you mean that they make criticisms of it that you think are unimportant or unnecessary.
- celia — a feminine name
- cilia — the eyelashes
- cilla — a sister of Priam who, with her infant son, was slain by Priam because it had been prophesied that a mother and child of the royal house would cause the destruction of Troy.
- cital — a court summons
- claim — If you say that someone claims that something is true, you mean they say that it is true but you are not sure whether or not they are telling the truth.
- clair — René (rəne), real name René Chomette. 1898–1981, French film director; noted for his comedies including An Italian Straw Hat (1928) and pioneering sound films such as Sous les toits de Paris (1930); later films include Les Belles de nuit (1952)
- clavi — Psychiatry. an intense headache in which the pain is likened to one that would be produced by a sharp object driven into the skull.
- daily — If something happens daily, it happens every day.
- dalit — a member of the lowest class in India, whom those of the four main castes were formerly forbidden to touch
- davil — Eye dialect devil.
- delia — the recipes or style of cooking of British cookery writer Delia Smith (born 1941)
- dials — Plural form of dial.
- didal — (obsolete) A kind of triangular spade.
- dital — a key for raising the pitch of a lute or guitar string
- drail — a hook with a lead-covered shank used in trolling.